Opinions
Commentary: Pennsylvania Game Commission’s deer harvest numbers are credible
The April 14 issue had comments about last year’s deer harvests in Pennsylvania. One of the comments stated that to have the harvest of 422,960 deer would mean that every square mile of Pennsylvania’s land
Looking forward: Is technology spoiling fishing instincts?
An evergreen tree, a meandering point and a water tower was all the romance needed. I can still remember looking at these things like it was yesterday. But yesterday was 30 years ago. On that
Ohio woodland firefighters dispatched out of state
Ohio belongs to a multi-state compact that allows them to send specially trained wildland firefighters anywhere they are needed in the country. It can be dangerous work. But the ones I have met love it.
Ohio Insider: Research looks at potential relationship between antibiotics and algae blooms in Lake Erie
About 1.2 million killograms of antibiotics are produced for U.S. agriculture purposes each and every year. And, up to 90% of those drugs can be excreted without being metabolized by livestock. In the environment, those
Ohio could do better for traveling sportsmen
Maybe the clearest way of understanding that Ohio is sometimes headed in the wrong direction is seen with the first – and last – rest stops on Interstate-71 just north of Cincinnati.
Traveling north after
Notes off a soiled cuff: Recapping a busy recent period in Pennsylvania’s outdoors
Just before this issue went to press, we learned that the Game Commission recently charged six southwestern Pennsylvania residents with hundreds of wildlife violations after they admitted to illegally shooting and killing between 100 and
Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Sen. Laughlin is the enemy
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the June 9, 2023 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
Wondering about reason for recent bear attack in Pennsylvania
When I’m walking deep in the woods during the pre-dawn darkness to my deer stand, or busting through an impenetrable swamp to reach a bass pond, sometimes I wonder if danger is nearby? After all,
New research takes closer look at tick hosts in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania notoriously sits in the top 20% when it comes to tick-borne illnesses in the United States, with more than 400,000 people estimated to be infected with Lyme disease annually.
With expansive tracts
