Pennsylvania’s Outdoor Calendar
Staff Report
August 26, 2024
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Pennsylvania published in the Aug. 30, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.
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Pennsylvania Cuffs & Collars: Buck poached with small caliber rifle near Mill Village
Staff Report
August 26, 2024
Pennsylvania cuffs and collars are field reports from Wildlife Game Wardens and Waterways Conservation Officers. These reports are from the Aug. 30, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.
Smokey Bear celebrates 80th birthday
Staff Report
August 26, 2024
Smokey’s journey began during World War II when fears of incendiary shells led to his emergence as a symbol of fire prevention. Since then, through thousands of posters, radio, TV spots, billboards, and merchandise, Smokey’s
Road construction temporarily closes Longhouse Scenic Drive in Allegheny National Forest
Staff and News Reports
August 26, 2024
The U.S. Forest Service announced that Longhouse Scenic Drive will be temporarily closed to through-traffic from just south of Dewdrop Campground to just north of the entrance to Elijah Run Boat Launch.
The closure
Underwater grasses are key to the health of Chesapeake Bay
Joe Zimmermann / Maryland DNR
August 26, 2024
Across the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries, below the water’s surface, ribbons of green sway in the current.
They are stems of pondweed, eelgrass, widgeon grass, stargrass, and a number of other species. Together
Groundhog gets in claw machine game in Blair County, Pa.
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
August 26, 2024
Who doesn’t love the claw machine game? Those arcade favorites have the best prizes. From a cute stuffed animal to a football, or maybe rubber duckies, or a groundhog … wait, a WHAT?
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Pennsylvania Mixed Bag: PGC has two new deputy executive directors
Staff and News Reports
August 26, 2024
The Pennsylvania Game Commission has two new deputy executive directors.
David Gustafson, who had directed the agency’s Bureau of Wildlife Habitat Management, has taken over the deputy executive director role vacated when Stephen Smith
Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Fly-fishing advice available
Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor
August 26, 2024
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Aug. 30, 2024, edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
Commentary: Politicians wrong – Pennsylvania needs more game lands, not less
Gary Pannebaker / Port Matilda, Pa.
August 26, 2024
So, if you believe the Game Commission should be buying more game lands, you should contact the offices of Sen. Scott Hutchinson and Sen. Cris Dush – who have advocated buying no more game lands
