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WHITE NOSE SNYDROME: IS PENNSYLVANIA NEXT?
The Pennsylvania Game Commission has found itself on a new frontier: it is working with several states and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to sort out what is killing bats in New York and New England.
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GAME COMMISSION TO PROVIDE WILDLIFE WORKSHOPS FOR TEACHERS
With summer recess for schools just around the corner, the Pennsylvania Game Commission is announcing a series of exciting wildlife education workshops for educators and scout and youth group leaders in June. The three programs, which are Act 48-approved for educators and include standards-based activities to help address the Environment and Ecology Standards, are Wild about Owls, WILD about Watersheds and WILD about Schoolyard Habitat.
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Pennsylvania Game Commision Seeks Public Comment On Fisher Plan
The Pennsylvania Game Commission is seeking public input on a draft fisher management plan, which can be reviewed on the agency's website (www.pgc.state.pa.us) by clicking on "Draft Fisher Management Plan" in the center of the homepage.
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GAME COMMISSION SUPPORTS REP. LEVDANSKY'S FUNDING PROPOSAL
Pennsylvania Game Commission Deputy Executive Director Michael W. Schmit today offered testimony on behalf of the agency before the House Finance Committee in support House Bill 1676 to provide for an alternative funding stream for agency operations. Rep. David Levdansky (D-Allegheny) sponsored HB 1676, and serves as House Finance Committee chairman.
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GAME COMMISSION OFFERS ADVICE ON HOW TO AVOID ATTRACTING BEARS
With spring blossoming around the state, many Pennsylvanians are seeing signs of new life in the outdoors as migratory birds continue their northward migration and other wildlife shake off their winter slumber. Among the wildlife becoming more visible are Pennsylvania's roughly 14,000 black bears, all of which will be looking for food.
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GAME COMMISSION OFFERS UPDATE ON WILD TURKEY BANDING STUDY
The Pennsylvania Game Commission and National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF), along with wildlife officials in Ohio and New York, are continuing a joint four-year study to estimate the spring gobbler harvest rates in each of the three states.
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BOARD TAKES ACTION TO LIFT PROTECTION ON WILD BOARS
Based on a motion by Game Commission David W. Schreffler, of Bedford County, the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners today unanimously voted to direct the Executive Director to use his regulatory
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RUFFED GROUSE HUNTING RE-OPENED IN ALL OF SGL 176
This fall, for the first time since 1989, ruffed grouse hunting will be opened in all areas of State Game Land 176 in Centre County, based on a unanimous vote today by the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners.
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GAME COMMISSION LAND ACQUISITION HELPS WILD BIRDS
Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners today approved a land exchange/purchase that will preserve more than 90 acres of land adjoining State Game Land (SGL) 314 that provides an important stopover for migratory birds passing over Lake Erie.
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GAME COMMISSION POSTS AGENDA FOR APRIL MEETING ON WEBSITE
HARRISBURG - The agenda for the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners meeting, which is slated for April 21-22, was posted on the agency's website (www.pgc.state.pa.us) today, and can be viewed by clicking the "Next Commissioners' Meeting" box toward the bottom of the homepage and then on the agenda link.
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AGENDA POSTED FOR FISH AND BOAT COMMISSION SPRING MEETING
Harrisburg, PA — The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission will hold its spring quarterly meeting April 21-22 at the Clarion Hotel in DuBois, PA.
Commission committees will meet beginning at approximately 9:45 a.m. on Monday, April 21, and again at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, April 22. The full Commission will meet for formal consideration of the agenda beginning at 1 p.m. on Tuesday. All committee meetings and the review of the agenda are open to the public. Attendance is encouraged.
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GAME COMMISSION TO BEGIN ACCEPTING DMAP APPLICATIONS
Landowners looking to enroll in the Pennsylvania Game Commission's Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP), which is designed to help landowners manage deer on their properties, have until July 1 to submit an application addressed to "DMAP Application" to the appropriate Game Commission Region Office.
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GAME COMMISSION SAYS SPRING GOBBLER SEASON HOLDS PROMISE
Pennsylvania Game Commission officials believe the upcoming gobbler seasons will provide excellent hunting opportunities for the nearly quarter million hunters who are preparing to participate.
The state's one-day youth spring gobbler season is April 19; the general spring gobbler season is April 26 to May 26, and includes the Monday of the Memorial Day holiday to afford those hunters who have off work or school an additional opportunity to participate in this season. In both seasons, shooting hours are one-half hour before sunrise until noon.
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PINE CREEK WATERSHED SURVEY TO EVALUATE ANGLER USE
HARRISBURG — Anglers’ strong attraction to Pine Creek will be examined in a streamside survey starting Saturday along the celebrated waterway, whose diverse fishery and rugged, natural beauty embody the Pennsylvania Wilds.
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Sage/Redington/Rio offer 8-wt Fly Fishing Outfit for Trout Unlimited Fundraiser
Bainbridge Island, Washington - The top names in Fly Fishing have joined forces together to put togther a world-class fly fishing outfit as a fundraiser for Trout Unlimited-Alaska to help with their efforts protecting the Bristol Bay watershed.
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GAME COMMISSION ANNOUNCES 2008-09 LICENSE YEAR WILL NOT INCLUDE POINT-OF-SALE ELECTRONIC LICENSE SYSTEM
Expressing extreme disappointment, Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe today announced that this year’s hunting licenses will not be sold through an electronic license sale system, commonly referred to as “point-of-sale.” Beginning in mid-June, the agency will continue to sell paper licenses for the 2008-09 seasons.
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Pennsylvania Game Commission Delivers Annual Report to Senate Game and Fisheries Committee
Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe today presented the agency's annual report to the Legislature before the Senate Game and Fisheries Committee at a hearing today in the State Capitol. A copy of the agency's annual report is available on its website (www.pgc.state.pa.us) in the "Reports/Minutes" section under the "Legislative Annual Report," and select "2007."
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Pennsylvania Game Commission Presents 27th WCO Class with Commissions
Following 49 weeks of intensive training, the 27th Class of the Pennsylvania Game Commission's Ross Leffler School of Conservation today graduated and commissioned as Wildlife Conservation Officers (WCO) during ceremonies as Susquehanna Township High School. Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Michael Eakin was the keynote speaker.
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Young Anglers Can Sign Up for Conservation School at Lake Perez
Interested young anglers from across Pennsylvania are invited to register, beginning immediately, for the Bass Anglers Conservation School -- for students with a passion for fishing and a thirst for warm-water fishery knowledge.
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Cicadas on the Fly
Cicadas are the longest-lived insects in North America. Because of their life spans, people call them the 17- and 13-year locusts. Only a short part of their life cycles are spent above ground. It is this adult stage, however, that is important to fly fishermen.
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