
Game Laws Need Even Bigger Teeth
When an Allegheny County man was sentenced to jail last week for poaching, the case set an important precedent. And it also exposed a serious shortcoming in the law. According to a Pennsylvania Game Commission
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When an Allegheny County man was sentenced to jail last week for poaching, the case set an important precedent. And it also exposed a serious shortcoming in the law. According to a Pennsylvania Game Commission

Every time the state issues the list, I cringe. The latest one came out earlier this month – an updated fish consumption advisory for 2011, and it tells us which waterways are basically contaminated to

We are only about a week away from the Pennsylvania Game Commission Board of Commissioner’s meeting, which will be held in Harrisburg, Jan. 30 – Feb. 1. This is the meeting where commissioners will give

Harrisburg – Searching for that elusive “balance” between whitetail numbers high enough to keep hunters happy and yet not damage the state’s forests, game commissioners are contemplating more changes in their deer-management program. Several commissioners
Banquets/Fundraisers. Jan. 29: Westmoreland County’s Wild GAme dinner, 5 p.m., Derry Community Center. For more info call Shawn Updegraff, 724-537-2840. Feb. 4: Penn’s Woods Spurs NWTF Banquet, 6 p.m., Italian American Club. For more info
With ice fishing under way on many lakes across the state, anglers are reminded to exercise extreme caution when venturing onto frozen surfaces. The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission continues stocking trout at select lakes

Pittsburgh – Independent wildlife biologist John Eveland likens what he calls the decimation of Pennsylvania’s white-tailed deer herd to the elimination of bison from the Great Plains and elephants from Africa’s Savannah. Described by some

Harrisburg – Pennsylvania’s black bear season is world-renowned, and with good reason. The state has 16,000 or more bears, according to the most recent Pennsylvania Game Commission estimates, and they do get big, sometimes topping
The problem plaguing the Chesapeake Bay is widely known and obvious, according to a crops and soils expert in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences. But after decades of trying to save the famous estuary
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