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New Zealand mudsnail response plan activated at two state fish hatcheries

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) has announced that the Benner Spring and Pleasant Gap State Fish Hatcheries (SFHs), both located in Centre County, are operating under a special response plan following the detection of invasive New Zealand Mudsnails on hatchery premises. During a scheduled staff training at Benner Spring SFH on May 31, New Zealand Mudsnails were detected within water supply plumbing inside a hatchery building. It is important to note that while this is the first detection of New Zealand Mudsnails in a PFBC hatchery, these snails are known ...

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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 shoots. Decatur ...

Marine sets his sights on world archery championship

NESHANNOCK (AP) — Archery season for deer is under way in Pennsylvania, but Major Eric Burkett has his eye on a different kind of target. Burkett — a Marine Corps veteran, wounded warrior and bow and arrow sharpshooter — is going for the gold medal at the third Pan Am Archery ...

Fall turkey season approaching soon

HARRISBURG — The excitement of turkey hunting doesn’t have to wait for spring. Pennsylvania’s fall turkey season, an annual opportunity to pursue the state’s only big-game bird among the changing colors of the autumn woods, kicks off Saturday, Oct. 29 in 19 of Pennsylvania’s 23 Wildlife Management Units (WMUs.) The fall season is closed in WMUs 5A, 5C and 5D. For the remaining WMUs the season lengths are as follows: WMUs 1A, 1B, 4A, 4B, 4D and 4E – Oct. 29-Nov. 5; WMU 2B – Oct. 29-Nov. 18 and Nov. 23-25; WMUs 2A, 2F, 2G, 2H, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D and 4C – Oct. 29-Nov. 12; ...

PFBC encourages safety during the cold weather months

​HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) began its quarterly business meeting by encouraging anglers and boaters to take advantage of opportunities to enjoy the water during fall and winter, while remaining safe. In his report to the Board, Executive Director Tim Schaeffer reminded anglers that while there are often fewer people on the water during the cold weather months, conditions are still fantastic for many popular gamefish species across the Commonwealth, including bass, walleye, catfish, wild and stocked trout, and steelhead that are beginning their ...

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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 ...