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Improving outdoor services on agenda for WMI group

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 ...

Dove, goose hunting beginning next week

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 ...

Fishermen make historic catch

PORTLAND, Maine — Damon Sacco had never seen anything like the fish he and fellow anglers fought for hours in the waters off Massachusetts. As it rose from the depths, it looked like a glimmering blue spaceship. Sacco, a longtime Massachusetts charter fishing boat captain, saw the giant fin ...

PSU offering help for wild game prep

UNIVERSITY PARK — Those interested in learning about methods of safely preserving wild game can attend upcoming Penn State Extension workshops and webinar. this fall In recent years, interest in home food preservation has grown, with preservation methods such as canning, freezing and drying ...

State commissions seek input on wildlife plans

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Game Commission and Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission announced that public input is being accepted related to the agencies’ draft 2025-2035 Pennsylvania Wildlife Action Plan. This is a non-regulatory plan that encourages all Pennsylvanians to participate in fish and wildlife conservation. The draft Plan and public comment form are available online. Comments may be submitted through Sept. 19. First developed in 2005, the Pennsylvania Wildlife Action Plan has been the Commonwealth’s blueprint “to conserve Pennsylvania’s native fish and ...

Dell family wants to give local children chance to learn to fish

Karisma Dell was a compassionate, selfless and ambitious young woman who possessed a love for the outdoors, her family and friends, and for life itself, when her own life was cut short due to injuries that she suffered in a traffic accident in Bedford County at the age of 17 on Feb. 26, ...