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Outdoors

Williamsport resident Carrie Bosch wins SGP art contest

The Susquehanna Greenway Partnership announced the winner of its first very Susquehanna Greenway Art contest. The winner was Carrie Bosch of Williamsport. Her design stood out in the judging process for its creativity, thoughtful description, adherence to Susquehanna Greenway Partnership’s ...

Floord warning: Don’t let high water ruin your fishing trip

Flood warning is one of the last things an angler wants to hear before a planned day on the water. Not getting to fish is worse than fishing all day and never catching anything. Any time this happens, I am convinced that missed opportunity would have been the day I caught a PB. Never high ...

Reflections in Nature: A closer look at the fox

During the past week, I had two hints that a red fox family is about to break up. The first was the roadkill sighting of a young red fox pup. The second was when questioned by a man as to why a fox would be coming up the steps to his back porch. I asked whether he had either cat or dog food in ...

Community Outdoors calendar for week of Aug. 19

WHAT’S OUT AT NIGHT HIKE WHERE: Hyner Run State Park and Little Pine State Park WHEN: Friday, Aug. 23 at 8 p.m. (Little Pine) and Saturday, Aug. 24 at 8 p.m. (Hyner Run). NOTES: Join the park naturalist to use the senses for a hike about what’s out at night. Please bring sturdy shoes ...

Permits on sale for deer management assistance program

HARRISBURG — Offering white-tailed deer hunters more hunting opportunities across Pennsylvania, state forestlands and state parks are participating in the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Deer Management Assistance Program. The program allows landowners to apply for permits to encourage ...

Bird banding by PGC provides a lot of valuable data to study

Maddie Carlini is no stranger to being up close and personal with various birds to attempt to band them for studying purposes. Her father for years was the regional director for the Pennsylvania Game Commission and she got to take part in bird banding over the years with him. Now, as an ...