Fishing

Harrisburg – The dire prediction made last year by many opponents of allowing crossbow use in the state’s general archery season was that sales of the controversial hunting implement would soar, and the forests and

Howard, Pa. – After several false starts at other state parks and construction delays, one of central Pennsylvania’s state parks now has up-scale accommodations. The 16-room nature inn at Bald Eagle State Park, in Centre

Washington, D.C. – The Environmental Protection Agency has denied a petition from several environmental groups calling for a ban on lead hunting ammunition and fishing sinkers. “EPA reached this decision because the agency does not

Benezette, Pa. – By the time you read this, the $12 million Elk Country Visitor Center will be open here and you can visit. Maybe. Billed as the largest elk-watching and conservation-education facility east of

Washington, D.C. – Several organizations, calling themselves “a coalition of conservation, hunting, and veterinary groups” recently filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency calling for a ban on the use of toxic lead

Altoona, Pa. – The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission recently agreed to purchase approximately 50 acres of wetlands in the upper Little Juniata River Watershed in Blair County north of here. The move is seen

DuBois, Pa. – Whoever shot Orlando W. Prosper Jr. and his young son, Garrett, on the opening day of spring gobbler season near here was still at large as of Aug. 1, despite a $2,500

Harrisburg – If state lawmakers this fall are going to put a severance tax on gas withdrawn through Marcellus shale wells as promised, the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission wants to share in the proceeds.

Harrisburg – Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission biologists and college students trained by them are spending a lot of time this summer taking a first-ever look at some of the state’s heretofore unassessed wild trout