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National Deer Association gives retired Ohio deer program leader its highest honor
The National Deer Association (NDA) presented its 2025 Professional Deer Manager of the Year Award to Dr. Mike Tonkovich, the recently retired deer program administrator for the Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
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Pennsylvania Game Commission seeks help for habitat projects
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
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
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
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
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
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
Giant muskie through the ice is huge surprise for Pennsylvania angler
How do you get a 52-inch muskie through an 8-inch hole in the ice?
“Not easily,” said Brett Baldwin, 25, a McKean County, Pa., angler who faced that once-in-a-lifetime challenge on the Allegheny Reservoir
Commentary: Clean and Green lands pay even less than Pennsylvania game lands
Recently, some in the Pennsylvania Senate have made claims that public lands negatively impact local government due to loss in real estate tax revenue (the public lands making payment in lieu of taxes, or “PILT,”
