Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: PGC funds are in jeopardy
Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor
May 5, 2025
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 9, 2025, edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
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Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission intends to use boat funds to pay for hatcheries
Deborah Weisberg
May 5, 2025
The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission is pushing for legislation that would allow it to transfer money between its Boat Fund and its Fish Fund – a move the agency says is essential to avoid
Avoid these common situations with puppies so they don’t become bird dog problems later
Site Staff
May 5, 2025
A lot of folks end up with puppies in the springtime. Most of those pups turn out just fine, but it’s almost impossible to find a dog that doesn’t have a few quirks. This goes
Commentary: Time to implement second half of Gary Alt’s plan with an October doe season in Pennsylvania
Scott Thomas / Morrisdale, Pa.
May 5, 2025
In the late 1990s I worked as a full-time wildlife conservation officer and part of my duties at that time was to escort Pennsylvania Game Commission deer biologist Gary Alt to his public meetings on
Penn State study shows strange, pale ghost pipe plant is in demand
Jeff Mulhollem
May 3, 2025
Despite a long history of traditional medicinal use in the United States, the collection, consumption and efficacy of the peculiar forest plant aptly named ghost pipe remains a mystery.
Now, with social media and
What to know about hunting the many U.S. military bases open to the public
Dan Small
May 3, 2025
The federal government manages millions of acres throughout the U.S., much of it open to public hunting.
You are probably familiar with hunting opportunities on national wildlife refuges, Bureau of Land Management lands, and
Understand the forage to become a better bass angler
Louie Stout
May 2, 2025
If you’re like most bass anglers, you go to the lake, tie on favorite baits and head to spots where you’ve caught them before. If that doesn’t get you many bites, you switch baits and
Pennsylvania charity event combines fishing, helping sick kids
Tom Venesky
May 2, 2025
When George Bowers started Fishing for a Cause in 2000 in northeast Pennsylvania, the purpose was simple.
An avid angler, Bowers wanted to use his love of fishing to brighten the day for children
Southwest Pennsylvania poachers nabbed after killing 19 deer
Deborah Weisberg
May 1, 2025
Three Somerset County individuals have been sentenced to hefty fines, restitution and several decades of lost hunting privileges for killing 19 white-tailed deer during a six-week poaching spree in 2020, according to the Pennsylvania Game
