The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners will meet Sept. 15 and 16 at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center in Erie. The meeting on Friday, Sept. 15 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 ...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) is excited to announce the availability of funding through the Clean Vessel Act (CVA) grant program. This is a federal grant program administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that funds the construction, renovation, ...

HARRISBURG — Junior hunters, between the ages of 12 and 16, who have successfully completed a hunter-trapper education course are eligible to participate in the Game Commission Junior pheasant hunt program between Oct. 7-14, 2023. While junior hunters are not required to purchase a license, ...

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 ...

BELLEVILLE — When it comes to competing against Mother Nature, there’s no shame in finishing third. That’s where VisitPA.com ranked the Standing Stone Trail in Belleville. The 84-mile trail finished the third among 16 trails in Pennsylvania that the website claimed would leave hikers ...

SHARON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Biologist Ashley Wilson carefully disentangled a bat from netting above a tree-lined river and examined the wriggling, furry mammal in her headlamp’s glow. “Another big brown,” she said with a sigh. It was a common type, one of many Wilson and colleagues ...