There’s been a slow, but steady, growing interest in the area regarding clay target shooting and skeet shooting. For Kelli Smith, she saw her oldest son Wade, a ninth grader this year, have interest as he registered for skeet shooting with her husband the past five years. The problem ...
The Deer Management Assistance Program, commonly known as simply DMAP, was established by the Game Commission in 2003 to assist landowners in countering crop damage. Over the years, the program has expanded and changed multiple times but remains a valuable tool in controlling local doe populations. DMAP permits allow a hunter to harvest one doe, or antlerless deer, per tag in a pre-designated area. This area may be a specific property or a geographic area. Permits are obtained via the HuntFishPA website or a license issuing agent, the same as regular hunting licenses or antlerless ...
We are over halfway through the month of August, and summer is coming to an end. Nature has been giving us hints that things have been changing. August is a month of sunshine and flowers. Flowers, flowers, everywhere. I am finding it necessary to check my flower book to identify wildflowers that grow at this time of year. On our walks, Mary Alice and I try to identify the wildflowers flowers we see, however, we often cannot come up with a name, that is until hours later when out of the blue one of us will blurt out the name of the flower. Our computer brains have eventually come up ...
TROUT OF LITTLE PINE AND HYNER WHERE: Little Pine State Park WHEN: Friday, Aug. 22 at 3:30 p.m. (Little Pine) and 8 p.m. (Hyner Run) NOTES: Join the park naturalist and learn about the many different types of fish of Little pine. Afterward, there may be some time to share fish stories. 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 contact station. Those interested in the Hyner Run porgram ...
Jersey Shore native Alex Butzler remembers being in fifth grade and reading the book “Walking with Spring” by Earl V. Shaffer. It details the account of Shaffer, who became the first person to ever thru-hike the Appalachian Trail. Prior to reading it, Butzler didn’t even know what ...
During the spring and summer months, we have been entertained by nature’s concerts. Now, with the August heat, we are coming to the end of the concerts given by the birds and frogs. The birds have finished their nesting season, which means there is no reason for the males to protect their territories, and the singing has practically stopped. The frogs are burying themselves in the mud to escape the heat, and their concerts. However, this is the time for our late summer and fall concerts to begin. The high-pitched songs of the crickets, katydids, grasshoppers and cicadas are the ...
