Hatchery disease dooms Erie trout
Site Staff
February 16, 2012
Steelhead bound to be stocked in Lake Erie’s tributary streams and brown trout destined to go into the lake itself are instead likely to be destroyed.
Pennsylvania
Rare ice-fishing opportunities didn’t last very long
Site Staff
February 16, 2012
Ice fishing opportunities were short-lived as of Feb. 5, when open water prevailed on most fisheries in the state. Decent flow was reported on a lot of streams because of rainfall and even snowmelt in
PF&BC officers strain to deal with Marcellus
Site Staff
February 16, 2012
With development of Pennsylvania’s Marcellus natural-gas reserves proceeding at a breakneck pace, Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission waterways conservation officers are stuggling to keep up, attempting to protect the state’s precious wild trout waters.
Calendar of Events – February 17th, 2012
Site Staff
February 16, 2012
Banquets/Fundraisers. Feb. 17: Penn Forest Sportsman Banquet, 6 p.m., Lower Milford Fire Co. For more info call Dick Koch, 610-967-1518. Feb. 18: Cascade Thundering Toms NWTF Banquet, Shenango Fire Hall. For more info call Dave
Display of fishing licenses to go on
Site Staff
February 16, 2012
That’s the conclusion a divided Fish & Boat Commission board came to after a spirited discussion about whether to continue to make Pennsylvania anglers display their fishing licenses.
House Bill 2034 – Legislation that should go nowhere
Site Staff
February 10, 2012
By now, House Bill 2034, Rep. Mike Hanna’s Antlerless Deer Harvest Committee bill, and reactions to it, have been covered by several Pennsylvania Outdoor News stories, columns and blogs. I think it’s a bad bill
Gov. Corbett should not open more public forestland to gas drilling
Site Staff
February 6, 2012
As Gov. Tom Corbett prepares the state budget, there is concern that he may allow additional leasing of state forest land for natural-gas drilling. Approximately 700,000 of the 2.2 million acres of state forest land
Agency proposes expanded bear hunt
Site Staff
February 2, 2012
Pennsylvania hunters in recent years have been given significantly more opportunities to harvest black bears, and it looks like they’ll get even more this year.
