ITHACA, N.Y. — Share in the joy of birds during the annual Great Backyard Bird Count and help make your community stronger for you and the birds. Bird and nature lovers everywhere unite in the effort to tally as many of the world’s bird species as possible over these four days. Combined ...
With the bitter cold weather we experienced in January, the popular toboggan slide at Eagles Mere has again been built. Our frigid temperatures during the month of January allowed the ice on the lake to be frozen enough for the toboggan slide. This is the first time in 11 years. The ...
During the Tuesday, Jan. 7 public meeting with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission on Tuesday, Jan. 7, the prevalence of blotchy bass syndrome within smallmouth bass in the Susquehanna and Juniata rivers was brought up. Blotchy bass syndrome is hyper-pigmented melanistic skin lesions, ...
It was cold and the wind was blowing hard, but there I was with two friends scanning the whitecaps of Rose Valley Lake, hoping for a fallout of waterfowl and vagrant species. Winter birding in these kinds of conditions can be challenging, but also rewarding. We didn’t find many birds on ...
Through the years, I have often been asked what is your favorite season to be in the woods? I always respond the fall when I watch the leaves changing colors and also hear the occasional flushing of a grouse from a stand of aspen trees. Later I question my answer when I think of spring, with ...
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is recruiting the 27th class of Waterways Conservation Officer trainees. The State Civil Service Commission will begin accepting applications now through February 3, 2025. The class of trainees will undergo a comprehensive training ...