HARRISBURG — Legislation that could fully repeal Pennsylvania’s Sunday hunting ban has been reintroduced in Harrisburg. Last week Sen. Dan Laughlin, R-Erie, reintroduced Senate Bill 67, which would end the state’s prohibition on Sunday hunting and allow the Game Commission to include ...

Signs of the coming of spring are appearing everywhere. So far, I’ve seen robins, red-winged blackbirds, killdeers, herring gulls, grackles, great-blue herons, geese, chipmunks, geese and others. Humans also joined these harbingers of spring by tapping the maple trees. Mary Alice has been ...

“It’s easy for most gardeners to notice when birds aren’t chirping, but what will often happen long before the birds are gone is the bugs in the soil are missing.” That’s the warning from Erica Thetford, the Lycoming County Master Gardener Coordinator. On March 15, the local ...

RIDER RATTLER WHERE: Rider Park WHEN: Saturday, March 19 at 10 a.m. NOTES: This event is an 8-mile and 4-mile trail race. To register, go to ultrasignup.com and search for Rider Rattler. Long sleeve T-shirt and a meal for all participants who sign up before March 1. All participants in ...

HARRISBURG — The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is urging Pennsylvania’s forest landowners and woodlot owners to start planning now for spongy moth treatment this spring to protect their trees from severe damage. Spongy moths (Lymantria dispar dispar) are a major threat ...

On Feb. 10, 2025, the Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association hosted its second Riverkeeper Roundtable webinar, covering Watershed Volunteerism. Travis Wingard, the Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Coordinator of the PA Wilds Region, presented an overview of the Master ...