Notes off a soiled cuff: More on lobbying firms, license fees in Pennsylvania
Jeff Mulhollem
February 28, 2024
His answer was kinda muddled. He sounded nervous, probably because his agency looks bad making this move.
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Could Kiskiminetas River gator have survived even mild Pa. winter?
Deborah Weisberg
February 28, 2024
If only alligators could talk.
It might solve the mystery of how a reptile presumed to be Neo – a juvenile that went missing in Westmoreland County, Pa., last summer – has spent the
Pennsylvania Game Commission reports final bear harvest exceeds 2,900
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
February 27, 2024
All those hunters continue to do well, too. Last year they harvested 2,920 bears. That was down from the 3,170 taken in the 2022 seasons, which isn’t necessarily surprising given the Game Commission eliminated the
Flap grows around blight-resistant chestnut trees
Tom Venesky
February 27, 2024
Two groups working to restore the American chestnut are at odds about a crucial step in the process.
Researchers at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry have spent
Dam project sends sediment load into Pennsylvania trout stream, canceling three scheduled stockings
Tom Venesky
February 26, 2024
A deluge of sediment into a stocked trout stream in Lackawanna County has forced the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission to cancel scheduled stockings while county commissioners are calling for an investigation into the incident.<br
Canonsburg, Pa., man sentenced in bald eagle shooting case
Deborah Weisberg
February 26, 2024
A western Pennsylvania man was sentenced in federal court in January for the fatal shooting of a mature bald eagle in a Washington County residential community last May.
Rodney Thomas, 51, of Canonsburg, pleaded
Sentencing complete in 2022 Pennsylvania poaching case involving 26 whitetails
Deborah Weisberg
February 26, 2024
Three Westmoreland County, Pa., individuals have been sentenced for killing 26 white-tailed deer during a two-month poaching spree in the county in October and November 2022.
Chase Piper, 20, of Derry Township, and Angelica
Pennsylvania Game Commission hires former lawmaker’s firm to lobby
Angela Couloumbis / Spotlight PA
February 23, 2024
The state agency that promotes hunting in Pennsylvania has hired a lobbying firm run by a former top lawmaker using tens of thousands of dollars in public funds, an unusual arrangement that at least one
Trout stocking is underway in Pennsylvania with countdown to opening day started
Tyler Frantz
February 23, 2024
I don’t quite remember how we pulled it off, exactly, but I vividly recall more than once getting out of school to help stock Pennsylvania creeks with friends during my high school years.
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