Our beaver was the topic of last week’s article, and this week I am writing about one of our wild rats (ondatra zibethica), the common muskrat. Muskrats are rodents related to mice, voles, beavers and rats. The muskrat is possibly Pennsylvania’s No. 1 furbearer and the nation’s No. 1 ...

LEWISBURG — The Susquehanna Greenway Partnership is pleased to announce the recipients of Round 2 of this year’s Susquehanna Greenway mini-grant program. Congratulations are in order to the Borough of Milton, Londonderry Township, Susquehanna University, The Merrill W. Linn Land and ...

PINE GROVE MILLS — Department of Conservation and Natural Resources secretary Cindy Adams Dunn visited Rothrock State Forest to highlight plans for more than 50 miles of multiuse, single-track trails as an example of the type of work that will be expanded as a result of Governor Shapiro’s ...

The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners will meet April 12 and 13 at the agency’s Harrisburg headquarters. The meeting on Friday, April 12 begins at 1 p.m. The purpose of this meeting is for the board to hear reports from staff. Public comment will not be accepted at this ...

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission will conduct a meeting of the Boating Committee on Tuesday, April 16, at 10:30 a.m. This meeting will be held online with committee members participating remotely. Public comments pertaining to the agenda can be submitted by calling (717) 705-7846 ...

For the longest time, Sue DeArment was a wildlife rehabilitator. And one of the biggest challenges she always faced in that role was trying to get animals to the various centers. If an animal was injured where she was at in Crawford County, outside of Erie, and she needed to get it to a rehab ...