Black flies
The black flies (gnats) are again causing outdoor activities to be miserable in Warren County.
Spraying of the streams has been done twice in May and not to be done again until July. That may not happen due to the state budget and lack of complaints from residents of the conty.
You can file a complaint online at PA DEP Blackfly Suppression Program. Calls to our county commissiners and state representatives, Kathy Rapp and Scott Hutchinson, may help address the problem.
If we make enough noise here in Northwest PA, maybe Harrisburg will listen.
Elaine Taraska
Warren