Archive for January, 2012

Pennsylvania Game Commission’s release about feeding wild birds. . .

Wild Bird Feeding: Is it ok? By Joe Kosack Wildlife Conservation Education Specialist Pennsylvania Game Commission   HARRISBURG – Feeding songbirds in winter has been an American pastime at least since the days of Henry David Thoreau, who wrote about feeding birds at Walden Pond in the latter 1840s. But Americans have enjoyed watching songbirds [...]

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2012 Photo Contest (Download Entry Form Here)

pa magazine photo contest 2012   More information about the photo contest (from the January/February 2012 issue’s NEWS AND VIEWS): Enter Our 2012 Photo Contest Our 2012 Photo Contest has three categories: Railroads & Trolleys (any image that contains subjects related to rails, trains or trolleys), Wilderness (showing what wild is and means to the photographer) [...]

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Feeding Elk in Pennsylvania Is Illegal

The Pennsylvania Game Commission issued this press release today. In case you don’t know, feeding elk in Pennsylvania is not only illegal, it is dangerous to the elk themselves. A veterinarian will discuss the hazards at a public event in February. Release #001-12 Jan. 9, 2012 GAME COMMISSION WILDLIFE VETERINARIAN TO DISCUSS HAZARDS OF ILLEGAL [...]

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