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Outdoors

Outdoor trails expanding in Pa.

By David Wenner pennlive.com dwenner@pennlive.com Remnants of old structures and long-gone communities. Ancient cemeteries. Geological rarities. Places offering mountain-to-mountain views across valleys. Unexpected curiosities to contemplate or research later. Not to mention exercise, ...

August is National Shooting Sports Month

HARRISBURG — Every shot benefits wildlife management. How? When wildlife was dwindling in the early 1900s, the firearms and ammunition industry stepped up and requested a federal tax be placed on the sale of these items to help fund wildlife conservation. This tax is a federal excise tax of ...

PFBC documents invasive Snakehead in lower Susquehanna

​HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) has issued a strong advisory to encourage anglers who catch invasive Northern Snakeheads in the lower Susquehanna River, and elsewhere in the Commonwealth, to report and dispose of any fish caught. This advisory follows ...

Sportsmen’s Banquet returns to Evangel Church on Sept. 9

LEWISTOWN — Chris Simonetti has been hunting and fishing all over North America for more than half a century. The Reedsville outdoorsman has hunted whitetail deer, bears and moose in every lower province in Canada at least once — some twice — and hunted in three or four different ...

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-sportsmens club.weebly.com. Blue Rock Sportsman ...

Boating Advisory Board to meet virtually Aug. 14

​HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) will conduct a meeting of the Boating Advisory Board on Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, beginning at 8 a.m. This meeting will be held online with board members participating remotely. The agenda for this meeting can be found on the ...