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Outdoor

KECA scholarships available to PA seniors

Students who reside in Pennsylvania who are currently in their senior year of high school will have the opportunity to earn a $1,000 scholarship provided by the Keystone Elk Country Alliance and Seneca Resources Company, LLC. The amount of $1,000 is awarded once to the scholarship recipient. ...

Waterfowl briefing to be held at Northwest Region Office

Representatives of waterfowl organizations, interested hunters and the public are invited to attend a briefing on Friday, March 6 on the status of Atlantic Flyway waterfowl populations and proposed federal frameworks for the 2020-21 waterfowl hunting seasons. The briefing will begin at 1 ...

‘Further investigation’

The ongoing dispute regarding how — and to what degree — oil and gas operations impact the environment isn’t going away any time soon. Locally, the most prevalent instance of that fight is the state-wide moratorium on oil and gas wastewater spreading on dirt roads, which originated ...

Ruff ideas

A proposed dog park has jumped a significant hurdle. The Warren County Zoning Hearing Board on Wednesday granted a special exception for the Woofington Dog Park with a proposed location adjacent to the Warren County Visitors Bureau in Starbrick. Rocco DelPrince, president of the dog park ...

Agencies offering advice on minimizing potential lead problems in hunted game

Research performed by a few state game agencies has provided proof that people who eat hunted game are running a risk of ingesting small quantities of lead which can be harmful. Children and women of child bearing age bear the greatest risk. This potential problem has not been widely publicized ...

Old things new again

I spent a large portion of the past weekend cleaning. Somewhat in anticipation of the Audubon Rummage Sale happening on March 28 and 29, in part because the winter doldrums have kicked in and are making me a bit cabin-feverish, and in final part because my kitchen was gross. As I cleaned, held ...