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Outdoors

Outdoor community calendar for Week of Nov. 4

AUDUBON EVENT: OHL/MCELHATTEN RESERVOIR BIRDWALK WHERE: Valero gas station located at the interchange of PA 477 and Interstate 80 WHEN: Saturday, Nov. 8 at 9 a.m. NOTES: Our final Saturday trip of the season will be in southern Clinton County. We will walk along the edge of this ...

West Branch fisheries topics to be discussed at meeting on Nov. 12

The public is invited to a meeting of the Trout Unlimited Susquehanna Chapter featuring PA Fish and Boat Commission Warm Water Unit Leader Geoff Smith, Area 3 Fisheries Manager Jason Detar and Susquehanna River Biologist Garrett Kratina. The meeting will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 12 at 7 ...

Pennsylvania elk make trip to Benezette a must

Benezette, Pennsylvania. There is perhaps nowhere else in the Commonwealth where hundreds of people are willing to get up before dawn and drive to remote locations for the possibility of seeing and hearing male elk bugle during the mating season. The Pennsylvania elk herd is primarily located ...

Using drones for deer recovery?

Drones are not just toys anymore. A growing number of industries rely on drones for everything from photographing real estate to collecting content for videos. Some biologists even use drones to map and study wildlife. One Pennsylvania drone operator even offered his services to hunters ...

Reflections in Nature: Halloween, a game commissioner and a trapped dog

With Halloween just days away, ghosts, goblins, pumpkins and corn shocks have been appearing everywhere. Recently I have been seeing photos and hearing stories about people that have grown mammoth pumpkins. The word pumpkin comes from the Greek word pepon, which means large melon. Halloween ...

Pine Creek Rail Trail Connection to Wellsboro completed

WELLSBORO — The Shapiro Administration marked the completion of the Pine Creek Rail Trail Northern Extension in the Pennsylvania Wilds, connecting the Borough of Wellsboro to the 62-mile Pine Creek Rail Trail and closing the fifth Top 10 Trail Gap under Governor Josh Shapiro’s leadership. ...