Pennsylvania's 2025-26 hunting and trapping seasons will be considered for preliminary approval at the Board of Game Commissioners' meeting Jan. 24-25.

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is asking for the public's help finding turkey flocks to trap for ongoing projects. Pennsylvanians are encouraged to report the location of any turkey flocks they see across the state.

There’s a flock of wild turkeys hanging out here in the Chester County hinterland not far from Embreeville. Over the past few weeks, I’ve spotted them a few times in the vicinity of Ground Hog

A Jim Thorpe man had a close call after a bear attacked him Sunday morning. Andrew Neirer, a quick-thinking neighbor, shot the bear, perhaps saving the victim’s life. Neirer says he was walking to the store on a trail from his house when he spotted the bear sitting in the middle of the trail in a wooded area.

Multiple dead geese were located near a pond on Gettysburg College’s campus. According to Gettysburg College, on Saturday the Pennsylvania Game Commission responded to a reported dead goose near Quarry Pond.

A pond at Gettysburg College is closed after multiple dead geese were found. The Pennsylvania Game Commission is now testing the dead birds for signs of bird flu. "It is a little alarming. Obviously, I am glad the college let us know. I live back in there," said student Jake Bertolini-Felice, a senior.

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is asking the public to help find turkey flocks for various projects. Game Commission crews are looking to the public to help locate turkey flocks to

The Pennsylvania Game Commission said the Quarry Pond on the Gettysburg College campus is being closed after officials found several dead geese there.

A wildlife shelter in NEPA has been assisting in stopping the spread, but the Pennsylvania Game Commission has stepped in to regulate their efforts or

Snow geese have been turning up dead at two spots in the Lehigh Valley, considered the epicenter of the continuing threat of bird flu.

More snow geese suspected to be infected with highly contagious bird flu have been found dead in the Lehigh Valley, where Pennsylvania wildlife officials announced the likely presence of the virus among the migratory waterfowl at the beginning of January.

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