A year ago my friend was talking about a wing bone call. I had never heard of it and it piqued my interest. So I began researching and finding out everything that I could about how it is made and used. You can find lots of videos online, but a week ago I began building my first wing bone ...
Nearing the one-year anniversary of an Aug. 17, 2025, spill from its Williamsport Second Street facility in which 16,000 gallons of fracking waste wound up in the West Branch of the Susquehanna River, Eureka Resources has sold its business operations at all three of its central Pennsylvania properties despite not having all remaining waste removed yet. In response to a recent request from the Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association to the Northcentral office of the Department of Environmental Protection, agency regional communications manager Megan Lehman reported that Eureka sold ...
With the scare of contaminated lettuce, many people have cut down on salads and are eating servings of cooked and raw vegetables. Have you ever wondered what the favorite vegetable is worldwide? Perhaps your answer would be the tomato. However, the tomato is a fruit. My vote is for the potato. While working in the yard and garden on the hot and humid days, we often find it easier to go to McDonalds for lunch. McDonalds’ french fries are the reason the potato gets my vote. However the fries have to be served hot, with a lot of salt. Mary Alice’s mother made the best french fries, ...
SOLAR VIEWING WHERE: Little Pine State Park and Hyner Run State Park WHEN: Friday, Aug. 14 at 3 p.m. (Hyner Run) and 6 p.m. (Little Pine) NOTES: Join the naturalist to do some solar viewing and learn things about the most well-known star in ur solar system: the sun. All children must be accompanied by an adult in order to participate. The program may be modified or canceled in the event of severe weather or new community guidelines. Those interested in the Little Pine program should meet at the beginning of the Lake Shore trail (by the top of dam). Those interested in the Hyner ...
With hunting season quickly approaching, many hunters are looking for ways to improve their odds at filling tags. Most will be searching for new ammunition, the latest camouflage, or better scent control. Maybe you should consider adding a bipod to your setup. Your idea of a bipod is probably limited to what you have seen on television or in the movies: a bulky contraption used to help hold a heavy weapon such as a machine gun, not something suitable for use when hunting. Although that may have been true at one time, it is not a modern hunting bipod. Modern hunting bipods come in ...
A Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association poll of people who use our river in very different ways highlighted a very similar concern. Plastics have infiltrated our aquatic ecosystem and become a major threat. The 16 people polled, including everyone from professional anglers to college ...
