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Outdoors

Registration for Step Outdoors Tryathlon, 5K Run/Walk

Registration ends Wednesday at noon for those who want to participate in the Step Outdoors Tryathlon or only do the 5K Trail Run/Walk on Saturday, Sept. 17 at Hills Creek State Park in Wellsboro. Registration is online at www.stepoutdoors.org. There are no competitive categories in the ...

ATV riding season is coming to a close later in month

District forester Chris Nicholas announced the ATV riding season on DCNR trails and roads will be closing on Sunday,, Sept. 25. The ATV riding season runs from the Friday of Memorial Day weekend through the last Sunday of September. Locally, the Susquehannock ATV Trail and the designated ...

Study suggests a third of wild bee species in state have declined in abundance

STATE COLLEGE — Over a six-year period in southcentral Pennsylvania, measures of biodiversity among wild bee communities declined and one-third of species experienced decreases in abundance, according to a Penn State-led team of researchers. Findings from their recently published study, the ...

Clinton County native named new forester at Sproul State Forest

HARRISBURG -- Department of Conservation and Natural Resources secretary Cindy Adams Dunn announced the appointment of Gregory Kisko as the District Forester for Sproul State Forest in Clinton and Centre counties, which is in the Pennsylvania Wilds. “Greg has risen to every challenge in his ...

Game Commissioner’s elk cam back for another season

HARRISBURG — Can’t wait for the September peak of Pennsylvania’s elk rut? Get a jumpstart now with the Game Commission’s Elk Cam. The Game Commission again has installed a camera on State Game Lands 311 in Elk County, in a field that typically is a hub of elk activity as the bugling ...