A free seminar on Chronic Wasting Disease is scheduled at Penn College for March 28 with speaker Marcelo Jorge, a University of Georgia researcher and professor of wildlife habitat management. The event is on March 28 at 1 p.m. at the Klump Academic Center on Penn College’s campus and admission is free. The event will have a discussion on CWD and how it impacts our deer herds and lessons learned from a five-year field study testing over 400 deer.
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission to be featured at an upcoming Trout Unlimited Susquehanna Chapter Meeting regarding “20 Years of Stream Habitat Improvement.” The meeting will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. at the Covenant Central Presbyterian Church, 807 West Fourth Street in Williamsport. Parking and entrance to the Church is at the rear of the building with access off of Campbell Street. The public is invited to a meeting of the Trout Unlimited Susquehanna Chapter featuring Mark Sausser, Stream Habitat Section Chief with the PFBC. Sausser will discuss the ...
Here in Bradford County, we had very cold temperatures during December and January, and then, in January, a snowstorm brought life to a standstill. Feb. 7-8 were billed as the coldest days in ten years. The cold temperatures and snowstorm curtailed our activities. In our younger days, Mary Alice and I would have gone for a walk in the middle of a snowstorm, however, during this snowstorm, we were content to stay in front of the wood fire and watch the birds come in to our feeder. I remember one January snowstorm when I decided to go for a walk in the winter woods, with a plan to take ...
It’s hard to believe it is February already. Despite the snowstorms and cold weather, spring is right around the corner. While it may be a bit before you see temperatures rising and flowers blooming, there is one sign of spring headed your way— trout stocking trucks. The Pennsylvania ...
HARRISBURG — The Shapiro Administration today announced $1.4 million in new investments to expand and improve all-terrain vehicle trails and facilities across Pennsylvania – strengthening the Commonwealth’s $19 billion outdoor recreation industry. “These grants expand safe, high-quality ATV opportunities and help support outdoor recreation and its role in strengthening and supporting rural economies across Pennsylvania,” said Department of Conservation and Natural Resources secretary Cindy Adams Dunn. “We are eager to see the impact of these projects, and we urge ...
Recently I accompanied Mary Alice shopping for groceries. My job was to push the cart and since she is only 4 feet, 8 inches tall, reach products that are on the higher shelves. As we went down an aisle that had all the cleaning products, the smell made my eyes water and I began sneezing. I was glad to get out of that aisle. This reminded me of when I went shopping this past Christmas for a gift for Mary Alice. Selecting a gift for her is hard because we have been married for 68 years and we both have everything we need. I wanted to buy her perfume, because I knew the type of ...
