Outdoors

Like clockwork, the monarch butterfly migration season along the Jersey Shore is heating up.

For the first time in its history, the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge is open for an eight-day deer hunt, part of an effort to boost the ranks of hunters in Pa.

Get your poles and tackle ready. New Jersey’s fall trout season kicked off Tuesday.

Outdoor fire restrictions are in effect for Cape May County due to abnormally dry conditions, state officials announced. 

A quarter-century ago, the price tag for repair projects was around $100 million dollars. Now it’s five times that.

Registration is now open for the Philadelphia Parks & Recreation and Tree Philly Fall Yard Tree Giveaway.

Thousands of acres in an Ocean County, New Jersey wilderness area will never be developed thanks to a land donation, officials announced. 

Upstream Alliance, an environmental group, organized last weekend’s event to show that the stretch between Philly and Camden is safe to float in — sometimes.

The money would come from an unlikely source: the state’s Transportation Trust Fund. An expert called the plan ill-advised.

The survey found that New Jersey bald eagles registered the highest recorded number of active nests and young fledged.

Pennsylvania is under siege.

The work involves the dredging of approximately 425,000 cubic yards of sand from the Townsends Inlet and pumping ashore.

A quick-thinking surfer rescued a swimmer in distress off a Monmouth County beach late Wednesday morning.

A bill pending in the New Jersey legislature would allow teenagers to access beaches at a reduced rate or for free. 

Earning the privilege to ride takes work. Each morning the players wake up at dawn and get to work cleaning the barn, bathing, grooming and exercising the horses.