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PGC to discuss proposals for the 2025-26 hunting and trapping seasons

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners’ Wildlife Management Committee will hold a virtual meeting on Thursday, Dec. 19 at 1 p.m. to discuss and recommend proposals for the 2025-26 hunting and trapping seasons. The Wildlife Management Committee was formed this fall, with the purpose of reviewing and recommending proposals to be included on the agenda for the board meeting that will take place in January 2025. The committee is comprised of Commissioners Dennis Fredericks, Scott Foradora, Kristen Koppenhafer, Allen DiMarco and Bob Schwalm. The committee is ...

Susquehanna bridges help build connections across the Susquehanna Greenway

The Susquehanna River is a piece of living history, connecting communities to the natural landscape throughout Pennsylvania. Bridges make up one building block in this network of connections, and many of them used to be covered. Of the 14,000 covered bridges constructed across the United ...

Hyner Mountain Snowmobile Club offers safety course

The Hyner Mountain Snowmobile Club’s youth Pennsylvania snowmobile safety course will be conducted on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025 at the Hyner Mountain Snowmobile Club lodge. It’s located approximately six miles north of Haneyville and directly across Route 44 from Pat Reeders Tavern in Clinton County. Parents are to accompany their children to registration so that the required forms may be completed. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m.; class starts promptly at 8 a.m. and will end by 4 p.m. Class participants qualify for their certificate by completing their workbooks and achieving ...

Fish and Wildlife Services seeks public comment on hellbender

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a proposal to list the eastern hellbender as an endangered species throughout its range under the Endangered Species Act. Eastern hellbenders are found in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. “The eastern hellbender is a unique salamander that plays a crucial role in maintaining healthy freshwater ecosystems,” said Service Midwest regional director Will Meeks in a statement. “As key indicators of stream and ...

Reflections in Nature: Rhododendron bushes have two types of buds

The leaves and buds on our rhododendron bushes froze during the last cold blast. This caused the leaves to curl and appear as if frosted. When the temperature drops the leaves of the rhododendron bush will curl inward to prevent water from evaporating, and as the temperature warms the leaves ...

Interactive map plots 22,000 bird detections, 170 species along West Branch

Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association board president Michael Kinney and his girlfriend, Missy Gray, paddled the West Branch of the Susquehanna River the first 24 days of May. Along the way, they took a Birdnet PUC with mobile hotspot and Jackery battery with solar panels, a unit ...