Pennsylvania’s Outdoor Calendar
Staff Report
March 9, 2026
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Pennsylvania published in the March 13, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
Pennsylvania
Star Watch: Here comes spring
Bob Drieslein
March 9, 2026
Meteorologists tell us that March 20 marks the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere.
For most of us, that’s good news because it’s been a long winter for those who live in
Pennsylvania Game Commission seeks help for habitat projects
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
March 9, 2026
The Pennsylvania Game Commission is looking for able-bodied volunteers interested in making a difference. In the coming months, the agency has planned several habitat workdays on State Game Land 36 in Franklin Township and State
Pennsylvania Mixed Bag: DEP responds to Forever Chemicals in fire fighting runoff in Codorus Creek
Staff and News Reports
March 9, 2026
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection at press time was still investigating the environmental impacts of a fire at J&K Salvage in Spring Garden Township, York County, on Feb. 25.
Pennsylvania game agency monitoring avian influenza in wild birds in state
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
March 9, 2026
This winter, avian influenza viruses have continued to circulate in wild birds across Pennsylvania, and more birds will be migrating to and through the state in the coming weeks. Strains of highly pathogenic avian influenza
Patrick Durkin: Milo Hanson dies with record buck still No. 1
Patrick Durkin
March 9, 2026
Some lucky deer hunter eventually will shoot a whitetail with antlers bigger than those atop the buck that Milo Hanson killed Nov. 23, 1993, near his Saskatchewan farm.
No hunter will ever tell a
Pennsylvania NWTF chairman gets Latham Award
NWTF
March 9, 2026
Dave Boston, chairman of the Pennsylvania NWTF State Chapter’s board of directors, was honored by the organization as a recipient of the Roger M. Latham Sportsman Wild Turkey Service Award.
Boston was recognized for
Retired Pennsylvania Game Commission turkey biologist is honored by NWTF
NWTF
March 9, 2026
Retired Pennsylvania Game Commission wild turkey biologist Mary Jo Casalena recently was honored by the National Wild Turkey Federation with the organization’s prestigious Wayne Bailey Lifetime Achievement Award.
Casalena, who also serves as a
Pine Creek Rail Trail is state’s 2026 Trail of the Year
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
March 9, 2026
The Pine Creek Rail Trail, a 62-mile scenic journey through the Appalachian Mountains in Lycoming and Tioga counties, has been named Pennsylvania’s 2026 Trail of the Year by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural
