Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Hands off PGC reserve funds
Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor
May 4, 2026
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 8, 2026 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
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Pennsylvania Mixed Bag: PF&BC helps Coast Guard at NFL Draft
Staff and News Reports
May 4, 2026
The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission assisted the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit in enforcing a security zone on local waterways during the National Football League Draft April 23-25 to ensure public safety, safeguard
Pennsylvania expected to remove conservation order season for light geese in spring ’27
Jeff Mulhollem
May 4, 2026
In 1999, when the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service issued its Light Geese Conservation Order – which allows a special season to harvest more of the overabundant white birds – snow geese populations had grown
Trout stocked in April are harder to catch in May; here’s how to adjust
Jerry Bush
May 4, 2026
It can be almost too easy to catch trout during the first couple of weeks after stocking occurs. Most trout fin for a week or two, often visible, in the same pool or very near
Commentary: Pennsylvania’s Saturday deer openers boost early pressure, reduce hunter success
Dale Killinger / Alexandria, Virginia
May 4, 2026
I decided to research the Saturday vs. Monday deer season opener after seeing the paltry number of campers at Parker Dam State Park this past rifle season and wondering if the change in human behavior
After remarkable comeback, Pennsylvania’s Clarion River now the place to catch trophy browns
Robert Bukk
May 4, 2026
It once was known as “Tuppeek-hanne” by the First Nations, Rivière au Fiel by the French, and later named the Clarion by surveyor Daniel Stanard because its flowing water sounded like a distant clarion horn
Seed from Midwest ginseng farms planted in Pennsylvania forest
Jeff Mulhollem
May 3, 2026
To meet global demand for American ginseng – the medicinal plant traditionally collected in the forests of Appalachia and traded and used internationally – the plant now is commonly cultivated on forest farms in the
Pennsylvania commission takes a first vote on trout, catfish changes
Jeff Mulhollem
May 2, 2026
The Pennsylvania Board of Fish & Boat Commissioners gave preliminary approval to three significant changes in fisheries regulations at their meeting April 27.
First, commissioners voted to authorize the publication of proposed rulemaking to
Pennsylvania Game Commission says spring gobbler season outlook very good
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
May 1, 2026
History provides context on just how good Pennsylvania spring turkey hunters have had it lately.
During the state’s first spring turkey season in 1968, the total take was 1,636. Compare that to last year,
