Two New Yorker’s die following ice incidents
Staff Report
March 21, 2023
In Tioga County, two ice fishermen fell through the ice on Alexander Pond in Newark Valley on March 3.
National News
At 100 years old, Penn State’s forestry fraternity still going strong
Deborah Weisberg
March 20, 2023
The Tau Phi Delta forestry fraternity at Penn State is well represented by generations of alumni now working in a variety of fields related to natural resources and conservation.
Wisconsin DNR’s Adam Payne gets his senate review
Tim Eisele
March 17, 2023
The Wisconsin Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy held its first meeting in taking up the possible confirmation of Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Secretary-Designee Adam Payne.
Payne can serve as DNR secretary
Red Lake Nation leadership looks to restore Upper Red Lake boundaries
Mary Balstad / Lakeland PBS
March 16, 2023
At the State of the Band address on March 10, Red Lake Nation Tribal Chairman Darrell Seki Sr. shared that the band will look to contact the United States secretary of the Interior to discuss
Lawsuit seeks removal of blockades in tribal land dispute in Wisconsin
Staff Report
March 15, 2023
Northern Wisconsin landowners have asked a federal judge to order the removal of barricades set up by a Native American tribe in a decade-long dispute over roads it claims were illegally built on tribal land.
No fish, wildlife effects in Pennsylvania found from East Palestine train derailment
Tom Venesky
March 15, 2023
During the weeks following the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 3, the Pennsylvania Game Commission and state Fish and Boat Commission remained alert for environmental impacts and sick
Judge tosses convictions in 1990 hunter-killing case in Michigan
Associated Press
March 15, 2023
A man recently was released from a Michigan prison after nearly 21 years, freed from a life sentence after state authorities acknowledged that an Ohio serial killer could have been the person who killed two
Chase Cominsky facing other charges as he awaits trial for allegedly cheating in fishing tournament
Staff Report
March 14, 2023
A Mercer County man awaiting trial in Cleveland for allegedly cheating in a fishing tournament, who is also accused of stalking and harassing a woman in Mercer County, faces a new charge for allegedly giving
Federal protection granted for imperiled freshwater mussels
John Flesher
March 10, 2023
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said it was granting protection to longsolid and round hickorynut mussels, which have declined in many Eastern and Midwestern streams. Flourishing mussel populations signal healthy streams, but about two-thirds
