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PFBC quarterly meeting to be held on Jan. 23

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) will hold its quarterly business meeting on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, beginning at 1:45 p.m. at its Harrisburg headquarters, located at 1601 Elmerton Avenue in Harrisburg. The meeting is open to the public. The complete schedule and agenda for this meeting and information on how to provide public comment is available on the PFBC website (Fishandboat.com). The meeting may be viewed remotely by joining the webinar from your internet browser using this link: ...

Why you should always wear a life jacket in the cold

November 1 through April 30 Beginning in 2012, the following regulation was established: •a person shall wear a Coast Guard approved personal flotation device (PFD or life jacket) during the cold weather months from Nov. 1 through April 30 while underway or at anchor on boats less than 16 feet in length or any canoe or kayak. I’m a good swimmer, so why do I need to wear a life jacket? Cold water shock is a major factor in boating fatalities when water temperatures are less than 70 degrees F. Cold water shock causes an involuntary gasp (often resulting in aspiration of ...

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 ...

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 ...

North American bison herds as Native American tribes reclaim stewardship

BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK, S.D. (AP) — Perched atop a fence at Badlands National Park, Troy Heinert peered from beneath his wide-brimmed hat into a corral where 100 wild bison awaited transfer to the Rosebud Indian Reservation. Descendants of bison that once roamed North America’s Great Plains by the tens of millions, the animals would soon thunder up a chute, take a truck ride across South Dakota and join one of many burgeoning herds Heinert has helped reestablish on Native American lands. Heinert nodded in satisfaction to a park service employee as the animals stomped their hooves ...

Record-setting Jerman Buck at Crossview Missional Church

CASSVILLE — Crossview Missional Church in Cassville, Huntingdon County, will hold its seventh annual Wild Game Meal on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. Doors open at 4 p.m. and the covered dish meal begins at 5 p.m. The keynote speaker is Brad Jerman of Ohio. Jerman harvested what is now known as the “Jerman Buck” in 2004. The Jerman Buck is one of the largest 5 x 5 whitetails ever taken and the Ohio state record. The deer mount will be available for viewing during the event. Outdoor enthusiasts are encouraged to bring their favorite wild game dish to share, as well as photographs (on 8 x ...