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PORT ALLEGANY — High school students from McKean and Cameron counties competed in the WILD Envirothon at Veterans Memorial Inc. on Wednesday. The Envi...

Zach Muzzey has seen the decline in wild turkey numbers firsthand. In areas where there used to be solid numbers of the birds, there now appear to be ...

HELLBENDER: The original “Hellbender Defenders,” a group of high school student leaders, celebrated recently the 5 year anniversary of the hellbender’...

The McKean County Conservation District (MCCD) spent the last two weeks celebrating Arbor Day by sponsoring the My Growing Tree program. With the assi...

MOUNT JEWETT — Kinzua Bridge State Park Complex will offer a variety of programs in May at Kinzua Bridge State Park, Bendigo State Park and Elk State ...

The McKean County Conservation District completed a wide variety of water quality projects in 2023 to prevent nonpoint source pollution of local water...

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford graduated 201 students Sunday during commencement exercises held in KOA Arena. Those unable to attend commenc...

Conservation districts were created in Pennsylvania in 1945 in response to the dust bowl of the 1930s to improve soil and water conservation. County g...

The big blue ribbon is almost the size of your head. It took serious yardage to make it, and the fancy circle in the middle couldn’t have been cheap, ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — With warmer weather, it’s not only humans becoming more active. There are many pests that could be affecting forests in the next few...

Being born in February, once I turned 12, the first game animal I could hunt was spring turkey. Although most hunters begin their hunting career somet...

Half of the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s six regions have new leadership, including the Northcentral Region that incudes McKean, Potter, Elk and Cam...

STATE COLLEGE — On Saturday, the Ruffed Grouse Society saw 45 members of the community attend their Future Hunters and Handlers (FHH) Clinic at Lion C...

Spotted lanternfly killing season is about to begin. The invasive species is set to return to Western Pennsylvania later this summer, but as eggs begi...

WILD: Keep it wild, folks, even streams and rivers. The National Park Service has a series called “I Didn’t Know That!” where they explore common thin...

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford honored 50 students for a variety of academic achievements at its annual Honors Convocation held Friday. Loca...

I’ve always been fascinated by whitetail deer. They’re one of the most beautiful game animals as well as one of the tastiest. Nevertheless, my favorit...

WILDLIFE: It’s time for the annual reminder — don’t feed the wildlife! This from the National Park Service: “You may have the best intentions when you...

HARRISBURG — A push continues to end Pennsylvania’s restriction on Sunday hunting but as sportsmen find conditional support among farmers, there remai...

PITTSBURGH — A yellow perch caught in Lake Erie Monday appears to be the largest ever caught in Pennsylvania. Because of state record-weighing protoco...