With sales of the 2009-10 license set to begin in mid-June, Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe is reminding all first-time license buyers to make plans to attend a Hunter-Trapper Education (HTE) course now.

HARRISBURG – Kathryn ‘Cass’ Geary, of Glenmoore, Chester County, recently was honored by the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners as the 2008 Hunter-Trapper Education Instructor of the year.
“Cass Geary is a very essential asset to the success of the Hunter-Trapper Education program in the district,” said Scott Frederick, Game Commission Wildlife Conservation Officer (WCO) for [...]

You asked for it, and now it’s available; the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s big game records in a bound, printed version.

HARRISBURG – While Pennsylvania’s junior pheasant hunt seems like a long way off, Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe noted that now is the time for hunting clubs to make plans to host an organized junior pheasant hunt.

Read about my day on Penns Creek in Central PA with Bruce Fisher of Penns Creek Anger on a beautiful day in May.

Harrisburg, PA – Have a little free time on your hands? Grab a friend or family member and try some free fishing. Thanks to the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC), the only thing you’ll have to spend is some quality time together.

HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe today urged motorists to stay alert and slow down when driving after dusk and before dawn to reduce their risk of colliding with a white-tailed deer.

DOYLESTOWN – For the second time in 13 years, Pennsylvania Game Commission and Philadelphia Zoo officials teamed up to foster a zoo-hatched eagle into a wild nest in the Commonwealth. This time the eaglet was placed in a wild nest already holding two eaglets near Doylestown, Bucks County.

Harrisburg, PA – Boating safety experts want to get something off their chest and onto yours: a life jacket. The importance of flotation devices and other watercraft safety tips are the focus of the 2009 National Safe Boating Week, May 16-22.

Harrisburg, PA, — The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) has been awarded $985,991 in federal funding through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Boating Infrastructure Grant (BIG) program to construct transient docks on the Allegheny River along the Convention Center Riverfront Park in Pittsburgh.