Outdoors

Outdoors Calendar

Atkinson Mills Sportsmen’s Club • Meetings — held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. The club is located at 55 Sportsmen Club Lane, McVeytown; email atkinsonmillssportsmensclub@gmail.com; online at http://atkinsonmills-sportsmensclub.weebly.com. Blue Rock Sportsman Club • Club meetings — 2 p.m. on the fourth Sunday of each month on the gun range, and at 7 p.m. January and February in the barn. To east end Blue Rock: From Milroy, follow signs to Reeds Gap State Park. Free camping available and kitchen is open during all events except trap ...

Expo a learning experience for forest-product professionals

UNIVERSITY PARK — Visitors from Pennsylvania and surrounding states interested in the forest-products industry and the sustainable management of forest resources will gather at the 2023 Forest Products Equipment and Technology Exposition, June 9-10 at Penn State’s Ag Progress Days site at Rock Springs. Known as Timber 2023, the biennial trade exposition is aimed primarily at loggers, foresters, sawmill operators, value-added processors and forest landowners. The event is hosted by the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences ...

PFBC gives final approval to proposed fee adjustments

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) Board of Commissioners has given final approval to a list of proposed fishing license fee adjustments for the 2024 license year. Under the proposal, the price of the most common fishing licenses and permits, a resident annual fishing license, trout permit, and combination trout/Lake Erie permit, would increase by $2.50 each when 2024 licenses go on sale beginning on December 1, 2023. Separate adjustments would be applied to other license and permit categories for non-residents, seniors, and tourists. Revenues from these ...

Outdoors Calendar

Atkinson Mills Sportsmen’s Club • — held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. The club is located at 55 Sportsmen Club Lane, McVeytown; email atkinsonmillssportsmensclub@gmail.com; online at http://atkinsonmills-sportsmensclub.weebly.com. Blue Rock Sportsman Club • — 2 p.m. on the fourth Sunday of each month on the gun range, and at 7 p.m. January and February in the barn. To east end Blue Rock: From Milroy, follow signs to Reeds Gap State Park. Free camping available and kitchen is open during all events except trap shoots. Decatur Sportsman Club • ...

Deer on the run in Bunkertown

Jump into adventurous outdoor ideas

Metro Individuals looking for a little more excitement and adventure in their lives can look to the outdoors. Try a new outdoor activity The great outdoors consistently beckons. Answer the call by engaging in a new outdoor activity. Any activity can be adventurous if it’s new to you. Start off small and get more into it as your skills improve. Consider kayaking, surfing, mountain biking, rock climbing, or anything else that presents a thrill. Sleep outdoors Adventures do not have to be large and time-consuming. In fact, the term “microadventure” was dubbed by Alastair ...