GOTHIC, Colo. — Last winter was tough for marmots living high in the Colorado mountains, where researchers say two-thirds of one population died while hibernating because of insufficient snow cover. Those that survived are doing well, fattening up in time not just for fall and ...
Although fall doesn’t officially arrive for a couple of weeks yet, we’re well within the month of September, so it’s reasonable to expect some pleasant weather during the coming weeks that we associate with early fall. With the departing of sweltering summer heat, it’s time to get ...
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is offering white-tailed deer hunters more opportunities to harvest antlerless deer this hunting season through participation by state forestlands and state parks in the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Deer ...
MOUNT JEWITT – This week, one of Pennsylvania’s iconic fall destinations in the Pennsylvania Wilds — the Skywalk at Kinzua Bridge State Park — reopened for fall foliage viewing, giving visitors a chance to experience breathtaking views of the Kinzua Valley at peak leaf-peeping season. The Skywalk at Kinzua Bridge State Park offers visitors a unique opportunity to walk out and peer down for stunning views of the Kinzua Valley on a viaduct that was reimagined as a skywalk after being partially toppled by a tornado. For fall leaf viewing season, the Skywalk is now ...
Wildlife Management Institute has completed its research study of the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. WMI, a third-party, non-profit organization, conducted this study to evaluate opportunities to improve the long-term sustainability of both commissions. Through this broad look at both agencies, WMI has made several recommendations that both the PGC and PFBC will take into consideration, specifically as to how those recommendations could directly impact the hunters and anglers of the Commonwealth. As noted in the report, more granular ...
Writing about the first hunting seasons of the year is always somewhat of a jolt when I realize it’s that time of year again. That task seems even a little more surprising this year since Labor Day is still more than a week away. But that is how the calendar shakes out for the beginning of the 2026 fall hunting opportunities. The mourning dove season starts on Tuesday, Sept. 1, and runs through Nov. 27. Legal shooting hours during dove season will be a half hour before sunrise to sunset. The daily bag limit is 15 doves. Pennsylvania established its first season for mourning doves in ...
