Protecting your cell phone and electronics outdoors
It was easy to enforce early on. When my oldest son joined his Scout troop, the leaders had a rule: no cell phones on campouts….
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A Celebration of Seeds
Saturday opener for PA’s deer season inches closer to reality
Commission answers questions on voluntary permits
Hiking with dogs in winter requires extra care
Crowdfunding for Slippery Rock trees
Remember ice fishing safety as season gets started
Muzzleloader bear hunting, other changes may be coming
Gardening with Kids in January
First Day Hikes a growing way to celebrate the season
These are parades of a different kind. The usual New Year’s Day version is fun and festive, if you like noise and crowds and giant…
Porcupines and the winter woods
They are one of the slowest moving creatures in the northern woods, generally waddling along at a seemingly carefree pace. Yet they are difficult to…
In the Dirt – December (Seed Catalogs)
Cold-weather months are a great time for scouring catalogs for seed-starting purchases. Making grand plans for spring is invigorating thinking of what might be once…
Geocaching a way to add a new twist to outdoor adventures
The appeal remains the same as ever. From the days of Pirates – and probably even before that – to now, treasure hunting is a…
Science offers tips for filling a deer tag
The firearms deer seasons – at least in those states where whitetails roam, and that’s most of them – are the busiest and most anticipated…
Hiking with children can be fun, memorable if you do it right
It was a choice of adventure over labor. A niece graduated from high school and we, her far flung family, assembled in Ohio from points…
Seismic change may be occurring in the whitetail woods
It’s that most magical time of year for whitetail deer hunters. The rut is at its peak or very close to it. Bucks — including…
Acorns, dandelions and crabapples foraged for tasty treats
Ellen Zachos, known as the Backyard Forager, laments a late fall snow as she talks via phone from her home in New Mexico. “It’s melting,…
Squirrel hunting remains fun despite changes
There was, surprisingly, no competition on that day, just as there is not so surprisingly little to none on most days in this era. There’s…
October Gardening Calendar
By now you probably know of my obsession to extend the season. I’m growing cool weather plants so I can enjoy the garden as long…
Sunday hunting tied to coming election
Spring of 2020 remains the target date for removing the legislative prohibition on Sunday hunting in Pennsylvania. But the job of reaching it starts right…