Monthly Archives: March 2022

PFBC offering R3 grants to promote fishing & boating

​HARRISBURG, Pa. (March 22) – The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) is seeking applicants for grants to support education programs that promote new interest in fishing and boating in Pennsylvania through the recruitment of new participants, retention of existing participants, and reactivation of former participants – collectively known as “R3.” PFBC R3 grants aim…

GIANT offers Healing the Planet Grants for PA waterways

The GIANT Company and Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful are teaming up again this year to offer Healing the Planet Grants to support projects that improve the health and quality of waterways which will help protect water resources and improve the overall health of communities. Keep PA Beautiful will begin accepting applications April 1 from areas served by The GIANT Company stores…

CBF plans to restore brook trout habitat in PA

“Squishy is good!” Brian Gish calls over his shoulder as our boots sink several inches into the spongy ground. Knee-high ferns obscure the forest floor. Here, at the headwaters of Indian Spring Run, rainwater seeps out of the hills east of Lancaster and feeds a clear, cold stream. In Pennsylvania, clear, cold water means one…