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Maine couple helps moose calf escape from bear

A Maine couple heading out for a day of fishing happened upon a scene fit for a nature documentary: A moose calf running for its life with a large black bear in pursuit. Elvia and Todd Malcolm were in Telos Township, Maine, about an hour or so from their home in Lincoln, when they saw a ...

State launches work group to enhance wildlife connection

Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration is launching what officials are billing as a first-of-its-kind multi-agency work group to develop strategies to better connect wildlife habitats to protect the animals and reduce vehicle-animal collisions and other negative impacts. The work group will ...

Officials hope House Bill 2460 will bring hunter education to classroom

HARRISBURG — In an effort to make Hunter-Trapper Education more accessible to students across the state, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives recently approved House Bill 2460 (180-22), sponsored by House Game & Fisheries Committee Chair Rep. Anita Kulik (D-Allegheny), to provide ...

PGC says out-of-state elk licenses on decline

The Pennsylvania Game Commission recently announced that it sees an anticipated decline in the number of non-residents applying for an elk license because of several new changes to the program. The agency Commission is offering such things as 155 elk tags, including 80 for bulls, over four hunting seasons this year. The deadline to apply is July 12. As of July 7, the agency has received applications from 35,712 hunters across the country, including 10,975 applications from people who didn’t apply last year. Also, 5,074 people applied for the first time. As of this time last year, ...

Bald eagles symbolize great conservation success story

As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of our country’s founding this weekend, there will be plenty of images and displays depicting our national symbol, the bald eagle. When the bald eagle was adopted as our national symbol in 1782, as many as 100,000 mating pairs of eagles may have ...

Game Commission could use a little turkey talk

HARRISBURG –– The Pennsylvania Game Commission is again asking the public to report sightings of all wild turkeys they see this summer. The annual Wild Turkey Summer Sighting Survey runs now through Aug. 31. Public participation is important for wild turkey population management. These ...