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Officials: Lanternflies pose threat to PA growers, timber industry

August 28, 2017 John Zaktansky 0 Comments department of agriculture, featured, grape, lantern fly, lanternfly, maple, pennsylvania, spotted, timber, vineyard, walnut

Forget about the gypsy moth, emerald ash borer and stink bug. Pennsylvania has a new invasive insect species, and according

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What a potato can teach us about potential and purpose

August 23, 2017 John Zaktansky 0 Comments bible, corinthians, featured, God's word, Jeremiah, object lesson, peter, purpose, romans, talents

Have you ever really looked at a raw potato? A dozen youths were asked that question at a church function

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Deadline looms for special PA youth pheasant hunt opportunity

August 4, 2017 John Zaktansky 0 Comments featured, game commission, hunting, PGC, pheasant, Pheasants Forever, Turbotville, wild pheasant restoration area, WPRA, youth hunt

  The Pennsylvania Game Commission, the Central PA Chapter of Pheasants Forever and numerous landowners throughout upper Northumberland and Montour

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Education key to understanding, protecting snakes

July 14, 2017 John Zaktansky 0 Comments featured, lycoming, rattlesnake, snakes, tiadaghton, william fox munroe

Within minutes of meeting William Fox Munroe, of rural Millville, it is apparent that he is a natural-born educator. Although

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Black bear mange sightings a reminder not to feed wildlife

June 30, 2017 John Zaktansky 0 Comments black bear, featured, feeding wildlife, mange, pennsylvania game commission, skin, travis lau

As if local people needed another reason to avoid the illegal practice of feeding wild bears — a few photos

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Susquehanna Riverkeeper looks for creative ways to protect resource

June 28, 2017 John Zaktansky 0 Comments carol, chesapeake, featured, mussels, parenzan, pollution, resource, riverkeeper, susquehanna

Outdoor opportunities are plentiful in the Valley, and the lifeblood flowing through it all is the Susquehanna River. Which would

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Longtime R.B. Winter educator looks back on memorable career

June 28, 2017 John Zaktansky 0 Comments envirothon, featured, maryann bierly, naturalist, outdoor educator, r.b. winter

Longtime R.B. Winter State Park outdoor educator Maryann Halladay Bierly has advice for those concerned about the addictive dangers of

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Resolve to save local outdoors education from the endangered list

December 27, 2016 John Zaktansky 0 Comments Bald Eagle State Forest, Bierly, featured, jon beam, Maryann Haladay-Bierly, montour preserve, pennsylvania, PPL, Raymond B Winter, RB Winter, State Park, Talen

Nothing personal, Mr. Pythagoras. Your theorem on right triangles is great, but in my day-to-day life, calculating the length of

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Food 

Campfire calzones: Italian favorite toasted to perfection

August 2, 2016 John Zaktansky 0 Comments calzone, campfire, cooking, featured, ham, Italian, mozzarella, pepperoni, pizza, ricotta, sauce, stromboli

One can only eat so many hot dogs and Smores while camping — fortunately, you don’t need to leave your

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Fellowship, family & fun: 2016 camp meeting in photos

August 1, 2016 John Zaktansky 0 Comments central pennsylvania wesleyan campground, church camp, david sheets, evangelist, family camp, featured, fishing, god's holiness camp meeting, kayak, lenny luchetti, new columbia, object lesson, steve smith, swimming, youth activities

The 97th edition of the God’s Holiness Grove Camp Meeting recently concluded, and as always, it was an amazing experience

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