Fishing

Potters Mills, Pa. – “Where are all of the bears?” was an often-repeated question at the Centre County bear check station. The usually busy Pennsyl-vania Game Commission employees and volunteers spent more time drinking coffee

Harrisburg – In one of the largest natural-resources damage settlements in state history, Norfolk Southern will pay $7.35 million to the commonwealth to resolve its civil liability for a June 2006 derailment that polluted and

Greensburg, Pa. – Mike Kuna was less than enthusiastic the first time his cousin Bob Griffith asked him to go ice fishing. Oh how things have changed. Today, the pair – Kuna, from McCandless Township,

Harrisburg – A fish disease that was originally identified as a potential threat to trout in commercial hatcheries in Europe, then later caused widespread die-offs of freshwater drum, white bass and yellow perch in the

Greensburg, Pa. – Pennsyl-vania has a bear season, one for black bears in particular. That’s just what Chuck Williams shot on opening day of the 2006 season, too. You’d never know it, though, not to

Altoona, Pa. – Much of the opposition to Sunday hunting is dishonest and selfish, according to leaders of national hunting-rights groups who have participated in successful campaigns to legalize it in other states. The general