Pennsylvania’s Outdoor Calendar
Staff Report
September 22, 2025
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Pennsylvania published in the Sept. 26, 2025 edition of Outdoor News.
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Star Watch: Defining the Planets
Bob Drieslein
September 22, 2025
A debate continues among scientists about what to call, and how to classify, those recently-discovered, planet-like objects found moving around in our solar system.
Here’s the latest from NASA: Our solar system includes eight
Pennsylvania Cuffs & Collars: Don’t take in abandoned bear cubs
Outdoor News
September 22, 2025
Pennsylvania cuffs and collars are field reports from Wildlife Game Wardens. These reports are from the Sept. 26, 025 edition of Outdoor News.
More than 500 acres added to Pennsylvania game lands
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
September 22, 2025
The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners, at their recent meeting here, approved five land acquisitions – a donation, a new purchase, and three land exchanges – that would add 572 surface acres to state game
How too many deer are harming Maryland’s forests
Francis Smith / Maryland Forest Service
September 22, 2025
Maryland is home to a diversity of native wildlife and plant species, and the balance between the two can sometimes be difficult to manage. Like rabbits overrunning a garden, an overpopulation of deer will have
Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission awards R3 education grants to 17 fishing groups
Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
September 22, 2025
The Fish & Boat Commission announced Sept. 9 that it has awarded $196,832 in grant funding through its R3 Education Grant Program.
Through this program, the commission will support 16 education projects in 10
Driving tours return to Pennsylvania state game lands
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
September 22, 2025
It’s time, once again, to get off the beaten path and go for a drive on state game lands. The Pennsylvania Game Commission is offering the opportunity to explore several state game lands from the
Pennsylvania DCNR designates new ATV rural route in Tioga County
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
September 22, 2025
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Secretary Mike Carroll and Pennsylvania State Forester Seth Cassell announced the first designated All-Terrain Vehicle Route to boost rural economies and the commonwealth’s $19 billion outdoor recreation industry.
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Special regulations floated for Philadelphia game land
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
September 22, 2025
Many state game lands are special in their own ways. Few are unique for the same reasons that make 17.88-acre State Game Land 339 in Philadelphia different, though.
That might lead to a name
