As we unfolded our lawn chairs within the maple’s shade we startled a wren from the arborvitae close by. Without her sudden departure, her miniature nest would never have been brought to our attention. In what might be described as a remarkable role reversal, I found myself teaching the old ...

Standing on a dock at a Lamoille River fishing access last week, Andrea Shortsleeve said that ballooning expenses and high demand are making state land and infrastructure harder and harder to manage. Moments later, Shortsleeve, who is the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department chief of ...

LANCASTER — Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn visited Lancaster County earlier this week to recognize the Conestoga River in southeastern Pennsylvania as the state’s 2026 River of the Year. “The Conestoga River is a great example of what ...

Chris Andrews was working the belt at the Anchorage airport last fall, watching international cargo arrive. “An employee said, ‘Hey, this box stinks, Chris,’” Andrews recalled. The box was labeled “car parts.” Other stinky boxes came down the belt. When opened, Andrews found they ...

When bass season opens next Saturday, June 13, all gamefish in Pennsylvania will be in season. While plenty of fishermen will be out for bass on the opening day, that event doesn’t draw the kind of attention or the sheer numbers of anglers that the first day of trout season does. Our region ...

HARRISBURG –– The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s recently banded the four peregrine falcon nestlings that live on the Rachel Carson State Office. Patti Barber, Endangered Bird Specialist with PGC led the team in bringing the ...