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Dec 7, 2024 | lancasteronline.com | Ad Crable

WARDENSVILLE, W. Va. — At a time when traditional deer camps are disappearing in Pennsylvania and elsewhere, my family’s 36 gatherings in the mountains of West Virginia only become more precious with each passing year. As we do each Thanksgiving week, five of us, ages 26 to 71, made our way from Texas, Utah, Colorado and Pennsylvania to a house along a river and another above on a ridge. In the beginning, it was all about getting a deer, and we have been blissfully successful.

Nov 24, 2024 | chesapeakebaymagazine.com | Ad Crable

Tropical Storm Agnes, which brought historic flooding to Pennsylvania in 1972, continues to give up its dead. Workers on a stream restoration project in Forty Fort in northeastern Pennsylvania, along the Susquehanna River, recently found 35 headstones buried in silt that had disappeared from a nearby historic cemetery during the floods. The flooding tore into the Forty Fort Cemetery near the riverbanks with graves dating back to 1777, including those of Native Americans.

Nov 23, 2024 | lancasteronline.com | Ad Crable

Lancaster County has no equal in Pennsylvania with the number of people who paddle canoes, kayaks and paddleboards on lakes, rivers and streams. In 2023, 7,378 people bought launch permits for these unpowered crafts in Lancaster County, according to the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. With the surge in popularity of this passive means of exploring the water—especially since the Covid years--comes the need for education about the dangers that can lurk below.

Nov 21, 2024 | bayjournal.com | Ad Crable

Tropical Storm Agnes, which brought historic flooding to Pennsylvania in 1972, continues to give up its dead. Workers on a stream restoration project in Forty Fort in Luzerne County in northeastern Pennsylvania recently found 35 headstones buried in silt that had disappeared from a nearby historic cemetery during the floods. The flooding tore into the Forty Fort Cemetery along the Susquehanna River with graves dating back to 1777, including those of Native Americans.

Nov 20, 2024 | bayjournal.com | Ad Crable

Workers on a stream restoration project in Forty Fort in Luzerne County in northeastern Pennsylvania recently found 35 headstones buried in silt that had disappeared from a nearby historic cemetery during the floods. The flooding tore into the Forty Fort Cemetery along the Susquehanna River with graves dating back to 1777, including those of Native Americans. The gouging waters destroyed or washed away more than 2,700 burial vaults and caskets, as well as human remains. About 1,400 were recovered.