Jacob Oliver, a Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission waterways conservation officer trainee, holds a timber rattlesnake secured in a plastic tube for safety during a field outing May 1 in Clearfield County. Biologist Sam Hall is at left. TNS
Recreation
May 21, 2025
I walked into woods with dozens of deadly rattlesnakes and lived to tell about it
There was no time, really, to question whether this was a good idea. Thursday, May 1, I found myself among 20 state conservation officer trainees, walking into the woods toward a known population of timber rattlesnakes “What did I just do?” I thought to myself when it was all over, as the adrenaline wore off and anxiety
