
Commentary: Drawing a line for America’s public lands
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness isn’t just another patch of federal land on a map. It’s one of the last places in the Lower 48 where wild still means wild.
Where clean water,
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The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness isn’t just another patch of federal land on a map. It’s one of the last places in the Lower 48 where wild still means wild.
Where clean water,

Two weeks ago, the Trump administration announced many changes for the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. The plan would move the USFS headquarters from our national seat of federal government in Washington D.C. to

Once again, I had very mixed emotions about this past mentored youth trout fishing day.
I took two of my grandsons, ages 8 and 9, trout fishing on mentored youth day, March 28. I

Commissioner Kristen Koppenhafer made a point that every ethical hunter should agree with, yet she was in the minority.
During the April 11 Pennsylvania Game Commission board meeting, an amendment was made to change

At the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s April 10-11 meeting, Commissioner Dennis Fredericks, of Washington County, asked agency elk biologist Jeremy Banfield if he is concerned about a century of inbreeding affecting the elk herd, with no

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 24, 2026 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.

Last year the Pennsylvania Game Commission took some positive steps toward improving the elk license drawing.
This year, a pair of bills proposed in the state House could impede the progress. A major concern among

Having read the editor’s Notes Off a Soiled Cuff column in the last issue, “Thinking About ‘Forever Chemicals,” I would like to share a related problem we have in western Pennsylvania.
Those of us

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 10, 2026 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
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