
Mike Raykovicz: Troubled hellbender tells us plenty about the waters it calls home
My introduction to the eastern hellbender or mudpuppy came at an early age.
I was about 14 years old when I first held one in my hand and it scared me half to death.
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My introduction to the eastern hellbender or mudpuppy came at an early age.
I was about 14 years old when I first held one in my hand and it scared me half to death.

When the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission created the Mentored Youth Trout Day in 2013, it was one of the best decisions the agency ever made.
Yet some still complain. The mentored event gives

A group of northwest Pennsylvania business owners, managers and representatives met recently to provide input into a statewide initiative labeled ELEVATE to promote the state’s outdoor industry.
The workshop was led by Nathan Reigner,

In a strange development, a mosquito-transmitted virus that is deadly to horses has been confirmed in a wild turkey in northeastern Pennsylvania.
Keith George, coordinator of the Mosquito-borne Disease Control Program for the Luzerne

Briar Creek Lake in Columbia County is, you might say, another example of the twist on the “BOGO” concept applied to fishing.
You know how a BOGO works. Walking into a store – groceries
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Pennsylvania published in the April 11, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.

Pennsylvania cuffs and collars are field reports from Wildlife Game Wardens. These reports are from the April 11, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 11, 2025, edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.

In a recent two-week period, two positive cases of CWD were found in wild deer, both adult bucks. One was in Carbon County and the other in Luzerne County, locations 10 miles apart.
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