Here is a look back on a colorful year (red, yellow, green) that went to hellgrammite in a hurry; when “out there” was one of the safest place…
With air travel down, many Americans are hitting the roads during COVID-19. Assuming local regulations allow for it, exploring the outdoors ca…
It would be the last hike of the season, Jessica Newton had excitedly posted on her social media platforms.
Increasing global temperatures will bring changes to our environment, economy, and society, but one of the most pronounced effects will be the…
25 cities with the highest rates of at-risk housing units relative to rising sea levels.
Come winter, many lakes and rivers can start to freeze over, presenting a beautiful, but potentially deadly situation. Here's what you need to…
As the mercury rose late morning last Wednesday on an unseasonably mild December day, so, too, did the traffic on Mark Sather Trail, a popular…
Let us begin with a question: What did you think of hunting deer on Sundays?
The new bear season across the state opens Saturday and includes the first-ever bear-hunting opportunity on Sunday, Nov. 22, and then Monday a…
He had guns pulled on him twice in Texas. A tree fell on him in Michigan while he was sleeping in a hammock. In North Dakota, driving snowstorms.
This would have been the 23rd year for Camp Grouse, pitched in a small clearing among maple trees in the Chippewa National Forest, but COVID-1…
The animals in Yellowstone National Park aren't the only ones stocking up for the winter.
Work by volunteers with the Cumberland Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited to repair a section of the Yellow Breeches near Boiling Springs has r…
State lawmakers earlier this year authorized the commission to regulate such devices, use of which was previously prohibited by state law.
COVID-19 lockdowns resulted in better air quality due to decreased commercial activity and automobile traffic. The lifting of lockdowns and a …
After multiple false-casts (scheduling conflicts), I was finally able to take-in the one-day beginner fly-fishing class along Tulpehocken Cree…
In order to protect local plants and wildlife, some national parks in the U.S. do not allow pets on hiking and biking trails. However, others …
Like anyone else, I enjoy a good walk in the woods.
As one is exploring the outdoors, trail safety should be at top of mind. While human attacks on most trails are quite rare, it’s important to …
There’s this term I keep hearing from friends when I ask them to go for walks in the woods.
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CWD was first detected in Pennsylvania in a captive deer facility in 2012. It was found in free-ranging deer just a few months later.
ON ISLAND LAKE, Minn. - Timmon Lund was reeling in a small perch on this big reservoir north of Duluth when the conversation turned to his bat…
Those of you headed to the beach, or wishing you had a bigger boat, might be interested (or not) to know that Steven Spielberg’s movie “Jaws” …
Want to know how various masks stack up while running or exercising? Here is one reporter's review.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission has expanded all three Disease Management Areas intended to control chronic wasting disease.
Anybody who ever chucked chicken livers or cut fish into the murky deep to entice catfish can appreciate the tug and thrill of pulling one of …
Licenses for the 2020-21 hunting and furtaking seasons go on sale Monday, June 22, the Pennsylvania Game Commission said Tuesday.
