I have a new favorite book, “Night Magic,” by New York Times bestselling nature writer, Leigh Ann Henion. The book is aptly named as, chapter…
Posts published in “Outdoors”
After Texas floods that killed campers, here’s what to consider when sending your kids to camp
By The Citizen on July 8, 2025
By ED WHITE Death and destruction at a venerable Texas summer camp might have parents wondering about the risks of sending their kids away to…
From the Ground Up: Tales from a very hot week
By The Citizen on June 26, 2025
This past Monday morning I sat outside on the patio for about an hour. It was already 84 degrees at 8:30, but the patio stays…
Tom Tatum Outdoors: New Hunting Licenses Now On Sale With a Few New Twists and Turns
By The Citizen on June 23, 2025
We may still be in the throes of a major triple-digit summer heat wave, but it’s not too early for Pennsylvania’s hunting community to start…
From the Ground Up: The buzz on some great children’s books
By The Citizen on June 11, 2025
You’ve probably noticed that there are a lot of national and even world “days” on the calendar. For instance, along with traditional dates like Mothers…
New wildlife viewing platform unveiled at Middle Creek
By The Citizen on June 10, 2025
It was as though the Pennsylvania Game Commission called up birding central casting for the ribbon cutting of the new wildlife viewing platform at Middle…
Tatum: Babes in the woods are still vulnerable
By The Citizen on June 9, 2025
Although the first day of summer is just 10 days away, those babes in the woods – wildlife children born this spring — are still…
Tatum: Hot on the trail of the Eastern Bluebird
By The Citizen on June 2, 2025
In 1934 a song called “The Bluebird of Happiness” with lyrics by Edward Heyman hit the airways to popular acclaim. Today, a Chester County woman,…
Tom Tatum Outdoors: The Heartbeat of Lake Erie – Taking The Pulse of a Walleye Wonderland
By The Citizen on May 26, 2025
The dawn breaks bright and sunny at the docks, but Captain Bob Ferraro remains deeply doubtful about our chances of catching any walleyes this day.…
From the Ground Up: Journaling by the canal
By The Citizen on May 22, 2025
It’s chilly, rainy Wednesday, but just yesterday afternoon I was sitting by the Schuylkill River Canal at Lock 60 in Phoenixville, enjoying a blue sky…
Tatum: A floundering start to the saltwater season
By The Citizen on May 5, 2025
Perhaps celebrated Scottish poet Robert Burns said it best in his poem ‘To a Mouse’ where he declared “The best laid plans of mice and…
Tom Tatum: Time to talk turkey as spring gobbler season approaches
By The Citizen on April 21, 2025
Few things can quicken the pulse of a Pennsylvania hunter as much as the sound of a Tom turkey’s gobble both near and far. With…
From the Ground Up: Spring plant sales in Delaware Valley and beyond
By The Citizen on April 17, 2025
Spring is here and so much is blooming, but flowers aren’t the only things sprouting right now. Throughout this month and next you’ll find a…
Tom Tatum Outdoors: Game Commission Releases Deer Harvest Estimates
By The Citizen on April 14, 2025
The fortunes of the state’s deer hunters considerably improved this past season to the tune of about 11% more deer harvested in the 2024-25 hunting…
Get into all national parks for free on April 19
By The Citizen on April 12, 2025
Want to get outside and enjoy nature for free? For the kickoff of the annual National Park Week, which for 2025 will be held April…
Environmental groups help clean up discarded fishing line in Berks waterways
By The Citizen on April 3, 2025
After finding a dead great horned owl entangled in discarded fishing line along the Tulpehocken Creek near Gring’s Mill in January, Jim Colflesh has been…