Tioga County Sportsmen for Youth

08/02/2026

07/29/2026

07/10/2026

If you have someone registered for this years"Tioga County Sportsmen For Youth Field Day" at Ives Run...August 22.
Cowanesque Lake Realty and Halls Homes and Lumber are providing free hats and T shirts.

The registration site wasn't able to collect..and save shirt sizes.

Send an email to:

[email protected]. With name and shirt size needed.
Many already have done this ..and are ok

As soon as possible..orders go in next week.

06/29/2026

By late June the yard is full of light, and almost none of those flashes are the same species. Fireflies aren't flies — they're beetles, and each kind blinks its own code to find a mate.

The flashers over the lawn:
- Big dipper — the classic yellow J-flash at dusk. The one you chased as a kid. Common across the eastern and central US.
- Say's firefly — amber, not yellow. A quick flicker, higher up and later into the night.
- Synchronous firefly — flashes in unison, then the whole forest goes dark together. Southern Appalachians only, for about two weeks in late spring.

🌿 And the ones that break the rules:
- Blue ghost — no flash at all, just a steady blue glow drifting low to the ground. The female is wingless, glowing from the leaf litter. Appalachians only.
- Femme fatale — a female that mimics another firefly's flash, lures in the male who answers, and eats him for the toxins in his body.
- Glowworm — the larva glows too. It spends a year or more underground hunting snails and slugs before its two weeks of light.

Most adults barely eat. They glow to find a mate, then they're gone in two or three weeks. The light that washes out the show is the easy part to fix — dim the outdoor lights and the fireflies come back 🐾

06/29/2026

Registration is officially open for our Outdoor Adventures Day Camp!!

Registration is limited to 40 campers and is open to ages 8-18, members under the age of 12 will not be able to shoot powdered disciplines of shooting sports.

Register here: https://4h.zsuite.org/event-registrations/49449

06/27/2026

⚡If storms are approaching, stay away from high places and tall objects like roofs, ladders and trees. Avoid large equipment including bucket trucks and bulldozers, and conductive materials such as metal tools, utility lines, water and plumbing. Get to a safe indoor shelter.

06/27/2026

Don't miss the Strawberry Moon! 🍓🌕

The full moon will reach its peak on Monday (June 29) at 7:56 P.M.

Can't watch during peak illumination? The moon should appear full and bright in the night(s) before and after, conditions permitting!

06/27/2026

They are trying their absolute best, but sometimes we don't make it easy on them! If you want to attract the bigger woodpeckers this summer, make sure you get a suet feeder with a tail-prop paddle at the bottom. They need a place to brace that stiff tail! 🪵😂

06/27/2026

The next time you see that flash of brilliant blue at your feeder, just think about the incredible journey they made to get there! These tiny birds are flying through the dark, steering by the constellations just like ancient sailors. 🌌✨

06/25/2026

Get outside this summer and join us for the PA 4-H Aquatics Day Camp! 🌳🐟🌲🐟

This one day camp will be held at Hills Creek State Park in Wellsboro, PA on July 17. Activities will include learning fly casting, investigating stream health, learning about water‑dwelling creatures, seeing lake electrofishing in action, and more!

Learn more and register by July 9 in ZSuite: https://4h.zsuite.org/event-registrations/50338