Forest Health Briefing and Forest Landowners Conference slated for March

January 25, 2025

UNIVERSITY PARK — Hundreds of landowners, natural resources and forestry professionals and conservationists interested in forests will gather at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center in State College on March 6-8 to learn about forest health and how to better care for their woodlands. The attraction will be two back-to-back events: the 2025 Forest Health Briefing and the 2025 Forest Landowners Conference, hosted by Penn State’s James C. Finley Center for Private Forests, Penn State Extension, the Division of Forest Health in the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and ...

A blooming plant that reeks of gym socks and rotting garbage has thousands lining up for a whiff

January 25, 2025

SYDNEY (AP) — The rare unfurling of an endangered plant that emits the smell of decaying flesh drew hundreds of devoted fans to a greenhouse in Sydney on Thursday where they joined three-hour lines to experience a momentous bloom — and a fragrance evoking gym socks and rotting ...

A key to protecting apples from climate change might be hiding in Michigan’s forests

January 25, 2025

In the quest to make apple trees more resilient in a warming climate, some Michigan researchers are looking for a late bloomer. A native Michigan apple tree, the Malus coronaria, learned to fight frost by blooming two or three weeks later than the trees that produce cultivated varieties of ...

Trout Fishing: Class A wild trout stocking considerations proposal brought up at PFBC meeting

January 18, 2025

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission held a meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 7, regarding a number of items. One of which was potential reviews to Policy 58 Pa. Code 57.8 which involves Class A wild trout streams and the consideration of requests for stocking. According to committee member Kris ...

Feedback received regarding Strategic Plan for Management of Trout Fisheries

January 18, 2025

At the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission’s meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 7, committee member Nate Walters brought up a discussion regarding the Strategic Plan for Management of Trout Fisheries in Pennsylvania for 2025-29. The presentation was given by committee member Nate Walters. A ...

Study analyzes blotchy bass syndrome in Commonwealth, and its cause

January 18, 2025

During a public meeting with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission on Tuesday, Jan. 7, the prevalence of blotchy bass syndrome within smallmouth bass in the Susquehanna and Juniata rivers was brought up. Blotchy bass syndrome is hyper-pigmented melanistic skin lesions, which was first ...