
Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Why is PGC spraying its lands?
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Jan. 16, 2026 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
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Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Jan. 16, 2026 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.

At least 31 organized predator hunts are scheduled across Pennsylvania, and hunters are eager to participate. Hunts begin this month and continue through late March.
Fifteen hunts are planned to start in January –

Big Spring Creek in south-central Pennsylvania is one of fly-fishing guide Neil Sunday’s favorite waters.
The Class A tributary of Conodoguinet Creek and a sister to Letort Spring Run supports wild rainbow and brown
Other significant upgrades as a part of a $3.4 million project include repairs to walkways and hardscapes, improvements, and lighting upgrades on the City Side Lawn, flag bastion, and parking lot, and refreshing of landscaping

The Fisheries Committee of the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission held a meeting online Dec. 23 and discussed increasing the minimum length for anglers to keep trout, in an effort to protect wild fish.

Donations of venison to the Hunters Sharing the Harvest program might set a record for the second consecutive year, and the organization is asking for help to sustain the milestone pace.
During the 2024-25

Lots of ice fishing across the state’s Northern Tier. Here’s a look at the Pennsylvania fishing report on Jan. 8, 2026.

Over more than two decades editing this publication, I have watched how reader submissions fluctuate with hunting and fishing seasons, sportsmen’s issues du jour, time of year, and severe weather – and I try not

The tick problem described by Tom Venesky in his recent column is one I’ve dealt with for many years, both as a hunter and as a forester.
In the late ‘90s, I was at
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