
Pennsylvania Cuffs & Collars: Don’t keep wild raccoons as pets
Pennsylvania cuffs and collars are field reports from Wildlife Game Wardens. These reports are from the July 17, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
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Pennsylvania cuffs and collars are field reports from Wildlife Game Wardens. These reports are from the July 17, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn, alongside trail volunteers and local officials on June 25, officially opened the second 11-mile stretch of the new Musser Gap Trail in Rothrock State Forest,

In an effort to make Hunter-Trapper Education more accessible to students across the state, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives resoundingly approved House Bill 2460 (180-22) to provide opportunities for the course to be taught in

Pennsylvanians now can nominate their favorite trail for the 2027 Trail of the Year. The commonwealth is home to more than 14,000 miles of trails, which serve as the backbone for Pennsylvania’s $20.4 billion outdoor

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 17, 2026 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.

Along the 33 most navigable miles of the Conestoga River, from Brownstown to the Susquehanna River, people who want to get their kayaks or canoes into the water make do.
They access the river

Prior to the 1900s, the American chestnut was widely considered the most valuable tree on the Pennsylvania landscape. Naturally rot-resistant, it was used to build barns, homes and expand the railway system.
Its nutritious

In 2020 state legislators entrusted the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission with the ability to set its own license fees.
Now they want to do the same thing with the Pennsylvania Game Commission. House

Sizzling heat discourages anglers, but some succeed. Here’s the Pennsylvania fishing report on July 9, 2026.
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