LIVINGSTON, Mont. — Trout need cool water to survive, but record heat this summer has driven water temperatures to lethal levels for fish. Wildlife officials are banning fishing during certain hours on rivers and streams across the U.S. West, following an exceptionally dry winter and amid ...
Nate Rouette and his brother Nelson went shark fishing on Cape Cod hoping for an exciting catch, but were shocked by what they reeled in — a tropical species of shark with a reputation for eating everything it can swallow. The brothers, longtime sport fishermen who live in Massachusetts, ...
During its quarterly business meeting last week, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission gave final approval to a measure that will raise the minimum size limit for trout from 7 inches to 9 inches. This change will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2027. The last time the size limit for trout was ...
HARRISBURG — This past week, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources celebrated the addition of two forest tracts in Potter and Schuylkill counties into the national Old-Growth Forest Network: Ole Bull State Park in Potter County and the Tuscarora State Park in ...
The state Supreme Court in a divided ruling last week concluded that property owners who take steps to protect their privacy should be afforded greater protection against warrantless searches by game wardens. The ruling came after a years-long dispute between game wardens and two hunting clubs in Indiana County and largely centers on whether Pennsylvania law differs from federal “open fields doctrine” indicating that outside areas do not have the same right to privacy as the interior of buildings. Justice Kevin Brobson, who authored the opinion, noted that over the years, wardens ...
HARRISBURG — Absent from Pennsylvania for over 60 years, the federal and state endangered piping plover, a small shorebird, has made a comeback at Presque Isle State Park in Erie. Federal, state and local officials recently came together at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center in Erie for ...
