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PGC finally to offer hunting land maps

Harrisburg – A huge, if unintentionally-secret, Pennsylvania Game Commission program may finally be coming to light. For the better part of seven decades, the commission has been convincing farmers, foresters, and other private landowners to

Campaign mounts for Sunday hunting

Harrisburg – The Governor’s Advisory Council on Hunting, Fishing and Conservation has kicked off an educational campaign about the benefits of allowing hunting on Sundays in the state. The effort is in support of a

Southeast Region

Lake Nockamixon (Bucks County) -_Stripers were hot in recent weeks for anglers trolling crankbaits or swimbaits between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Spoons and spinnerbaits were working, too. Catfish were hitting on shiners. Richard Kuka

Southcentral Region

Raystown Lake (Huntingdon County) – The striped bass bite was slower than normal, with water temperatures in the mid-70 degree range in late August. Fish were shallow in the river channels and deeper in the

Northcentral Region

East Branch Lake (Elk County) – The boat launch closed Aug. 19 to all but hand-carried watercraft. For more, call (814) 965-2065. Chappel Fork Creek (McKean County) – Vandals are believed to be responsible for

Deep-well natural gas poses big risks

University Park, Pa. – Reminiscent of Pennsylvania’s halcyon days of oil production and coal mining early in the last century, the current boom in natural-gas well drilling poses a risk to the state’s streams and

PGC says no game lands gas windfall

Harrisburg – At a time when the natural gas industry, landowners, local governments and other state agencies are bracing for an economic boom from an unprecedented wave of natural-gas drilling, Pennsylvania Game Commission officials recently

Few lawmakers at license fee hearing

Cambridge Springs, Pa. – Well, at least hotel space wasn’t an issue. State lawmakers have been saying for three years that if the Pennsylvania Game Commission wants them to increase the cost of hunting license

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