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Mark Nale: Hook, line and stinker

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission’s trout-stocking trucks began their pre-season runs on March 1. However, the end is in sight for trout deliveries originating from the Bellefonte hatchery.

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Woods & Waters: Organized coyote outings fill winter season for hunters

A full slate of predator hunts is on tap for this winter.
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Mark Nale | Archery hunting game has changed in past 30 years

Late summer held a special anticipation and excitement for me. My first archery deer season in more than 30 years was fast approaching.
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Deer killer: Chronic wasting disease is spreading; case confirmed in Pa.

What many considered inevitable has happened – chronic wasting disease, a serious killer of deer, has been discovered in Pennsylvania. According to a Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture news release, CWD was confirmed on Thursday in a tissue sample taken from a penned doe that died in Adams...
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Mark Nale | A new addition

It was just a little more than a year ago when the Pennsylvania Game Commission made one of their largest land purchases in agency history — spending $5.5 million to add 9,306 acres to State Game Lands 87, in western Clearfield County.
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Mark Nale | Clearing the path: Program to maintain gravel roads protects wildlife habitat

Unknown to most anglers, a very important trout conservation event occurred in April 1997. Pennsylvania’s Dirt and Gravel Road Maintenance Program was enacted into law as Section 9106 of the PA Vehicle Code.
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Mark Nale | Saving a jewel in Little Juniata River

Work on a large habitat improvement project near Pinecroft, in Blair County, concluded on Aug. 2 — one day ahead of schedule. The project is part of an ongoing effort by the Little Juniata River Association to correct streambank erosion and stop sediment from entering the Little Juniata River...
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U.S. youth fly fishing team takes silver in world tourney

The eleventh FIPS-Mouche World Youth Fly Fishing Championships ended last Friday with Team USA bringing home two medals for the second year in a row. This year’s competition was held in the Lozére region of southeastern France and involved teams from 11 countries fishing three streams...
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Central PA has plenty of trout-rich streams away from popular stocked waters

A strong hit rewarded my long cast into the deeper water near the bridge. I set the hook, and seconds later, a large brown trout erupted from the calm water. It leaped once — twice — and then two more times, spraying crystal beads of water into the cool morning air. I held my breath at...
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Mark Nale | A false beauty as Dame's rocket takes over

Central Pennsylvania roadsides, meadows and stream bottoms are alive with the color and scent of Dame’s rocket — a very common late spring, pink and white wildflower. The pastel colors and pleasing perfume that Dame’s rocket adds to the countryside are some of the things that ...