Archery season will be upon us before you know it, and a lot of us don’t know how to hunt with bow and arrows except to buy a tree stand and sit in it waiting for a deer to come by. That’s one of the ways to go about it, but I know a man who is just about the most successful still-hunter I ...
WATERFORD — French Creek Valley Conservancy and the Well Done Foundation recently jointly announced they have successfully plugged the Martha Smith No. 1 orphaned oil well, situated in Northwestern Pennsylvania, and restored the surface area around it. Located near Waterford, the abandoned well was originally drilled in 1982 and prior to its plugging was threatening the waters of LeBoeuf Creek, a major tributary to French Creek. FCVC’s Smith Tract property, comprising 45 acres, was donated to FCVC in 2009 as a conserved natural area. “The impact of The Well Done Foundation ...
By Shirley Grenoble For the Mirror As I drove my old car down a well-used dirt road recently, I bumped into one of my favorite woodsy scenarios: one of Pennsylvania’s state birds, the Ruffed Grouse, was strutting on the edge of the dirt road. His ruff (the neck feathers) was all bunched up, with a seemingly non-caring hen grouse a bit ahead of him. I stopped the car and just watched because it is a rare sight to see. Eventually, they wandered out of sight but so thankful was I to have seen this wondrous scenario. Another seldom-seen sight in the woods is to actually see a male ...
By Walt Young sports@altoonamirror.com Summertime bass fishing is popular with anglers throughout the country. Lake-dwelling largemouth bass are a great summer fish because they are usually receptive to a huge variety of baits, lures and angling techniques. But catching bass consistently during the summer presents its own special set of challenges during the frequent hot, bright days, because even largemouths can only take so much heat. Often, the bigger bass will move to deeper water during extended hot spells like we will continue to experience in the coming weeks. While ...
By John Hartsock jhartsock@altoonamirror Last summer, the team of Jerry Brumbaugh, Jr. and Hunter Klotz, both of Central High School, won first place in the High School (Bass) Fishing National Championship event in South Carolina. So when Brumbaugh, Jr., a recent Central graduate, and ...
The Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. — The Yellowstone National Park area’s weather forecast the morning of June 12 seemed fairly tame: warmer temperatures and rain showers would accelerate mountain snow melt and could produce “minor flooding.” A National Weather Service bulletin recommended moving livestock from low-lying areas but made no mention of danger to people. By nightfall, after several inches of rain fell on a deep spring snowpack, there were record-shattering floods. Torrents of water poured off the mountains. Swollen rivers carrying boulders and trees smashed ...
