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Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports

Pennsylvania game lands system to grow by 5,300 acres

Pennsylvania game commissioners, at their recent quarterly meeting, approved acquisitions that would add nearly 5,290 acres to state game lands.
That involves the purchase of 13 properties.
Hunters and other users of Pennsylvania’s state game lands system should be aware that none of these additions are yet final. Some are contingent upon third parties receiving funding through grants or other means. What’s more, the Board of Commissioners’ approval of the agreements is but one step in the land-transfer process.

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Volunteers needed to count Pennsylvania’s birds for atlas

Those birds you see in the backyard, around camp, while hiking or otherwise outside? They’re more important than you think.
Reporting your observations of them is, too.
The Game Commission, together with Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, is conducting the third Pennsylvania Bird Atlas in state history. Between now and February 2029, it will document what birds live in Pennsylvania, where and in what numbers.

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CWD areas expand in Pennsylvania due to new detections

The Pennsylvania Game Commission recently announced the expansion of several chronic wasting disease management areas due to new detections of the disease.
Disease Management Area 2 will expand following the detection of CWD in several road-killed deer along its eastern boundary. The boundary will generally expand east to state Route 94, east along U.S. Route 30, and north along the west shore of the Susquehanna River to meet the current boundary.

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Pennsylvania Game Commission joins forces to repopulate Allegheny woodrats in the wild

The Pennsylvania Game Commission, the Maryland Zoo and the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine’s Wildlife Futures Program are members of the Allegheny Woodrat Working Group that have teamed up to start a Woodrat Captive Breeding Program to rebuild struggling populations of Allegheny woodrats.

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Length of Canada geese season reduced by Pennsylvania Game Commission

Pennsylvania’s 2024-25 migratory game bird seasons have been set.
Annual migratory game bird seasons are selected by states from frameworks established by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Game Commission selections were made after reviewing last year’s hunter harvests, population survey data and public input. There is one significant change to Pennsylvania waterfowl seasons this year, according to Amanda Hoyt, Game Commission waterfowl biologist.

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Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission addresses hooking mortality for struggling striped bass

As concerns about low striped bass numbers continue, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission on May 1 took additional steps to address the number of striped bass dying after being caught and released, as well as unsustainable commercial fishing rates.
The Atlantic commission’s Striped Bass Management Board voted to establish a workgroup to explore options to reduce the significant number of striped bass that die after being caught and released.

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Pennsylvania Game Commission will be spraying 46 game lands to control gypsy moths

In an effort to protect wildlife habitat, the Pennsylvania Game Commission plans to spray over 123,000 acres of state game lands this spring to control a non-native invasive insect, the gypsy moth.
Spraying is planned on 46 state game lands – 123,276 acres in all – and will begin as soon as leaf-out occurs and spongy moth egg masses hatch, likely in late April and May.

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Stephen Smith appointed as Pennsylvania Game Commission’s executive director after Bryan Burhans resigns

The Pennsylvania Game Commission has a new executive director.
Stephen Smith, who has served as deputy executive director since February, was appointed to his new role April 29 by the Board of Game Commissioners, which convened in executive session.
Smith replaces Bryan Burhans, who served as the agency’s executive director since 2017. Burhans resigned his position on April 29, and his resignation was accepted by the board in executive session.

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