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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
If you are a fly angler there is little doubt you have heard of Fisherman’s Paradise of Spring Creek, located between Bellefonte and State College. Anglers from all around are familiar with what consider a primer fly fishing area. But why is this section of stream so popular? How did it rise from an isolated area accessible only by trail become somewhere anglers and nature lovers travel from across the map to visit. It’s all by design. Sure, Spring Creek is spring fed making it perfect for trout. It is also located in a relatively remote canyon but within easy reach of those ...
