
Looking closely at the ecology of a rotten log
It’s easy to overlook the significant role dead trees play in the years after they perish.
Seldom do we pay much heed to “insignificant” relics of the past such as a rotting log, but
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It’s easy to overlook the significant role dead trees play in the years after they perish.
Seldom do we pay much heed to “insignificant” relics of the past such as a rotting log, but

I adhere to different degrees of catch and release in different angling contexts.
For myself, catch and release is always, universally, appropriate with native trout in ours and neighboring states. These, after all, are

The April 14 issue had comments about last year’s deer harvests in Pennsylvania. One of the comments stated that to have the harvest of 422,960 deer would mean that every square mile of Pennsylvania’s land

An evergreen tree, a meandering point and a water tower was all the romance needed. I can still remember looking at these things like it was yesterday. But yesterday was 30 years ago. On that

Just before this issue went to press, we learned that the Game Commission recently charged six southwestern Pennsylvania residents with hundreds of wildlife violations after they admitted to illegally shooting and killing between 100 and

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the June 9, 2023 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.

When I’m walking deep in the woods during the pre-dawn darkness to my deer stand, or busting through an impenetrable swamp to reach a bass pond, sometimes I wonder if danger is nearby? After all,

Pennsylvania notoriously sits in the top 20% when it comes to tick-borne illnesses in the United States, with more than 400,000 people estimated to be infected with Lyme disease annually.
With expansive tracts

At their April 2023 meeting, the Board of Game Commissioners made the right move toward better scientific management of Pennsylvania’s deer herd. They shocked some hunters by not interfering with the antlerless license allocations put
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