Pennsylvania Magazine

GAME COMMISSION OFFERS ADVICE TO AVOID ATTRACTING BEARS NOTE: More information on bears is available on the agency’s website (www.pgc.state.pa.us) by putting your cursor on “HUNT/TRAP” in the menu bar at the top of the homepage, clicking on the “Hunting” in the drop-down menu listing and clicking on “Black Bears” in the “Big Game” section. [...]

(a news release from the Pennsylvania Game Commission) UNIVERSITY PARK, Centre County – Excessive rain and localized flooding may have impacted the number of students who attended the recent National Archery in the Schools (NASP®) 2011 State Tournament on March 11, but it certainly didn’t damper spirits, according to Pennsylvania Game Commission officials, who hosted [...]

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From his note today: Nice sunrise, then saw five or six different bald eagles yesterday, one along Rte. 6 just outside of Honesdale, one right in Hawley, the others “elsewhere”… and a funny squirrel, along with a female Mallard splashing down. Lousy weather and light yesterday, but good to see activity, finally! Bill Maile www.billmailephotography.ifp3.com

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Cook Forest State Park will be conducting two teacher workshops for ACT48 this year.  Please feel free to pass this information on to other interested educators: 1.  ‘Old Growth Forest Ecosystems Teacher Workshop’ This two-day workshop, in conjunction with the North Central Region Math/Science Education Collaborative,  will emphasize identification of old growth forest characteristics when [...]

GAME COMMISSION LOOKING FOR REPORTS OF DEAD BARN OWLS HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Game Commission wildlife biologists are seeking information from the general public about dead barn owls that may have succumbed to starvation during the long periods of snow and ice that covered much of Pennsylvania this winter. Information can be submitted to the Game [...]

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In the September/October issue of Pennsylvania Magazine: From the article Uncovering a Civil War Mystery (High school students reproduce 1864 Confederate submarine lanterns) by Jodi Webb, photographs by Edward “Ned” Eisenhuth At the end of that article, we mention the three previous projects done with students by Edward “Ned” Eisenhuth and retired industrial arts teacher [...]

This is a listing that goes with an article in the Sept./Oct. 2010 issue of Pennsylvania Magazine of  New Deal Post Office artwork. If you’d like to see a copy of the article, email the editor. Post Office Art in Pennsylvania, list compiled by the article author Aliquippa1 – Oil on canvas, 1938,  Western Pennsylvania [...]

When I planted my sunflowers in the spring, I had no idea that two of them would end up being 12 feet tall. The stock is about 4.5 inches around and their height dwarfs the other sunflowers that they are growing by. joe kostelansky, butler

  US 6 cuts across the Northern tier of Pennsylvania, offering 290 miles of  pleasurable, scenic riding for the entire route.  The road is in great condition and traffic is generally light – particularly in the mid-section.  There are plenty of open spaces for passing when needed.  Throughout the entire route, US 6 offers many gentle curves, a [...]

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