From the Backyard: The lean season for wildlife
Val Cunningham
April 4, 2023
Pileated woodpeckers can be, in a word, dramatic. They have dramatic, contrasting plumage and their emotions can be dramatic, too.
Pennsylvania
Sycamore trees are Pennsylvania’s streamside sentinels
Mark Nale
April 4, 2023
Sycamore trees stand like tall sentinels lining sections of Penns, Spring and Bald Eagle creeks – protecting their banks from erosion, shading the stream and providing cover for wild brown trout.
In fact, from
Elk visionary Rawley Cogan named Pennsylvania Outdoor News’ Person of the Year
Deborah Weisberg
April 3, 2023
Rawley Cogan’s first assignment with the Pennsylvania Game Commission, in 1982, was to help research why the state’s elk population was failing to thrive.
For a 23-year-old wildlife technician, fresh out of Slippery Rock
Delta Waterfowl expands predator management program
Paul Wait
April 3, 2023
Even though deep snowdrifts still blanket the northern prairie landscape where more than half of North America’s ducks nest, Delta Waterfowl has begun the organization’s annual Predator Management Program field work.
For the 2023
Here’s how to scratch an Alaskan fishing trip from your bucket list
Joe Shead
April 3, 2023
For many anglers, fishing in Alaska is a dream trip. But all too often, this bucket-list experience remains just a dream.
After spending a few summers working in Alaska, I’ve seen The Last Frontier
Time is fish: simple tips to keep your bait in the water when snags are inevitable
Mike Gnatkowski
April 2, 2023
Both steelhead and trout relate to the bottom, especially in the cold waters of spring. If your offering is not within inches of bottom then you’re less likely to encounter strikes. Unfortunately, the bottom also
Bet on these four stocked trout streams in Pennsylvania for fun fishing
Vic Attardo
April 1, 2023
The emphasis at this time is on the put-and-take fishery, and these waters can provide a lot of fun.
The southeast has three end points – the large waters where these streams eventually empty.
Catch the lunkers of Neshannock Creek in Pennsylvania this spring
Jerry Bush
March 31, 2023
Neshannock arguably ranks among the top five trout streams in northwest Pennsylvania and should be considered in the top two dozen trout fisheries in the entire state.
The 2.3 mile-long, Delayed Harvest, Artificial Lures
Commentary: Angling groups explain why Farm Bill programs are important for fish
Fisheries in the Farm Bill Coalition Report
March 30, 2023
The Fisheries in the Farm Bill Coalition emphasizes the important role America’s farmlands have on inland and marine waters.
