Legislators will soon consider a bill aimed at lifting the plugging requirement for shotguns during the snow goose conservation season, bringing Pennsylvania in line with federal regulations.
During a March 25 House Game and
Since 2019, the Pennsylvania Game Commission has had the two-week season start on the Saturday after Thanksgiving and has tentatively approved to have the two-week season open this year on Saturday, Nov. 28, and end
A state legislator is continuing his effort to bring alleged harassment allegations made by former employees against the Pennsylvania Game Commission to the table.
State Rep. Dave Maloney, R-Berks County, who also serves as
Highly pathogenic avian influenza appeared in multiple species across Pennsylvania, from Erie to Lancaster, in February and March.
Snow geese accounted for most cases, although greater white-fronted geese, turkey vultures, Coopers and red-tailed hawks,
Anglers caught intentionally snagging or foul hooking fish in Pennsylvania will face higher penalties if a newly proposed bill becomes law.
Senate Bill 1213 – introduced by Sen. Dan Laughlin, R-Erie, on March 12,
The Pennsylvania Game Commission’s gigantic fiscal reserve was again a topic of conversation at a Senate Game and Fisheries Committee hearing March 17.
At the session held to hear the Game and Fish &
Pennsylvania hunters harvested about 6% more deer in the 2025-26 hunting seasons than they did the year before, according to Pennsylvania Game Commission estimates.
The statewide 2025-26 deer harvest was estimated at 505,600 deer,
A mallard observed this winter in central Pennsylvania sparked discussion among birders and waterfowl hunters after appearing to display traits of both sexes.
Gliding across the water alongside a flock of mallards and an
Although there was some activity at the Rutter’s construction site in Smithfield Township near Huntingdon during the winter, all construction work stopped at the end of September. Heavy equipment has been removed from the site
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