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Wellsboro’s Colegan Stiner continues success in bass fishing

Colegan Stiner is just a junior and 16 years old at Wellsboro High School, but the Green Hornet is already quite accomplished when it comes to fishing. Stiner competes with the Wellsboro bassmasters, an affiliated group with Wellsboro High School, had an outstanding season this year by ...

40,000 pounds of trash removed from Susquehanna communities

Communities across the region were alive with volunteers this April in celebration of Earth Month and the 2024 Susquehanna Greenway Cleanup Month. During April, partnering communities and organizations from across the Commonwealth organized 24 events that attracted over 950 volunteers and collectively removed more than 40,000 of pounds of litter from area parks, trails and communities along the Susquehanna River. Events organized and led by local groups and organizations were held in the communities of Sayre, Falls, Bloomsburg, Lock Haven, Jersey Shore, Newberry, Williamsport, South ...

Fly-fishing shop opens near Muncy

It wouldn’t be a stretch to call Northcentral Pennsylvania an angler’s paradise with its numerous creeks, rivers and lakes offering plenty of opportunities to catch trout, bass and other game fish. So, it only seemed fitting to bring a fully stocked fly-fishing shop centrally located in ...

Reflections in Nature: Crows don’t have that many enemies

Henry Ward Beecher wrote, “If men wore feathers, very few of them would be clever enough to be crows.” During my career as a game warden, I had many encounters with crows, especially crows that were taken from their nest when they were young and made into pets. This was, and still, is illegal. Two of these tame crow incidents stand out in my mind. Both involve a crow visiting local elementary schools. The first incident involved the Monroeton Elementary School, which was located in the country. I received a call from a teacher saying that a crow had been visiting the school and ...

Community Outdoor calendar for May 14

LYCOMING AUDUBON: RIDER PARK BLUEBIRD TRAIL WHERE: Rider Park WHEN: Tuesdays, beginning May 14 at 8 a.m. NOTES: Bird the Lycoming Audubon Bluebird Trail while monitoring nest boxes. Learn about the Bluebirds, their calls, nests, habitat, and how they raise their young. Please email Bruce Buckle at Bcbuckle60@gmail.com beforehand to confirm as our monitoring schedule is subject to change. Program is free and open to the public. For more details, check out our website at www.lycomingaudubon.org. SEVEN MOUNTAIN’S AUDUBON EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM WHERE: Online via Zoom (Request link by ...

Never too late: WAHS grad Burget found passion later in life

Finding your life’s passion isn’t always a seamless process. Though 1992 Williamsport graduate Marc Burget had consistently gotten runs in to stay in shape throughout his 20s and 30s, it took him 39 years to fully realize his love for running. More intrigued by baseball and basketball ...