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While living in an area of the state that is well forested, it’s easy to overlook the obvious. Surveys indicate that there are 17 million acres of for...

I’d climbed into the truck as if drugged. I felt totally, completely, drained; just stepping up into the truck was an effort and all that seemed to ma...

Talk about spoiling all the fun. After the Las Vegas Golden Knights clinched a trip to the Stanley Cup Final a couple weeks ago, one of the biggest qu...

Any time of year they make big news when spotted. After all, black bears are impressive creatures, with an adult black bear ranging in size from 150 t...

Turkey hunters like to think of themselves as being the real deal. Smart, savvy, ready to deal with the wily turkey and pull victory from defeat. Yes,...

From one year to the next a small percentage of hunters have questioned the opening date for hunting gobblers. Some believe the PA season should be op...

We’ve almost reached the one third pole of the 2018 MLB season and it’s already been full of interesting stories: the Yankees look like the Evil Empir...

It was a perfect day for fishing; rainy, cold and miserable. The rotten weather had chased most all other fishermen off the creek. It was the middle o...

After a very slow start to any photography adventures in 2018, I was hoping things would turn around soon. It seemed the winter like weather would con...

His arrival in Buffalo was surely unexpected, to say nothing of bizarrely timed. From the Bills’ inception in 1960, owner Ralph Wilson had developed a...

My only interaction with Brad Stevens was brief, and it came from the back of a cramped interview room inside Hinkle Fieldhouse. The stars behind this...

The sky lightened, the temperature a chilly 39 degrees, unheard of in Missouri the third week of April. But this was a cold, late spring indeed. The c...

There are 20 State Forest Districts in Pennsylvania. The largest, Susquehannock State Forest, is located within portions of McKean, Potter, and Clinto...

ST. BONAVENTURE, N.Y. — Jaylen Adams gazed over the Reilly Center court from his perch in Section 6, Row G, Seat 5. It had been 52 days since he hit t...

Most anglers you talk to have a favorite spot where they like to go opening day. Well-stocked streams can have an angler catching the limit in short o...

A friend of mine was buried this morning. Oh, he wasn’t a person whose story you would normally expect to occupy this space … but he’d be thrilled to ...

It’s not surprising how the human mind is affected by all of the humiliating jokes and teases we’ve suffered from others over the years. Unfortunately...

Cheese, bread, corn. Sounds like the makings for a lunchbox sandwich. On the other hand, come Saturday those are just a few of the types of bait you’l...

It’s hard for mere mortals to comprehend trout season is actually a galaxy-shaking event. Scientists struggle so, using all their intelligence and ing...

Winter has not been receptive to giving way to spring. However, weather forecasters indicate a warming trend is at hand. Yet between now and the openi...