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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. in 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 ...

PFBC announces awards for outstanding achievement in law enforcement for 2022

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) has announced several awards presented to Waterways Conservation Officers in recognition of outstanding achievements in law enforcement in 2022. Awards were presented during the PFBC Board of Commissioners quarterly business meeting on April 24, 2023. The PFBC Bureau of Law Enforcement 2022 Officer of the Year Award was presented to Waterways Conservation Officer (WCO) Erin Czech, whose district includes the eastern section of the City of Philadelphia in the Southeast Region. In 2022, WCO Czech’s exemplary law ...

Tribe seeks to adapt to climate change

SANTA CLARA PUEBLO, N.M. (AP) — Raymond Naranjo sings for rain, his voice rising and falling as he softly strikes his rawhide-covered drum. The 99-year-old invites the cloud spirits, rain children, mist, thunder and lightning to join him at Santa Clara Pueblo, where Tewa people have lived for thousands of years on land they call Kha’p’o Owingeh, the Valley of the Wild Roses. “Without water, you don’t live,” says Naranjo’s son Gilbert, explaining the rain dance song his father, a World War II veteran, has sung for decades — and with increasing urgency as the tribe ...

$36M for improvements as part of Investing in America Agenda

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Biden-Harris Administration has announced investments of more than $36 million in nearly 100 projects to improve water quality, roads, trails, bridges and fish habitat on national forests and grasslands nationwide. The announcement is part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda and the Administration’s work to build a clean energy economy while creating economic opportunity in communities across the country. The funds are delivered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service through their Legacy Roads and Trails Program, which ...

Busy time for birds, birdwatchers

MIFFLINTOWN — When Chad Kauffman talks about having a few friends fly in for a visit this time of year, he’s talking about the fine-feathered variety. Each spring, billions of birds fly northward, making April and May among the best months to be a birdwatcher. “Spring migration is the Super Bowl for birders,” said the Mifflintown man, who has served as administrator for Juniata County Birding since December 2017. Dozens of photos are posted on the club’s Facebook page. Some are from members who want to share their extraordinary sightings, while others are seeking species ...

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. in 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 ...