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Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission’s Trout in Classroom program keeps expanding

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The Pennsylvania Trout in the Classroom program started out small in 2006 but today can be found in school districts in nearly every county.
And the growth hasn’t slowed for the 2023-24 school year. Currently, the program is being utilized in nearly half – 220 – of the 500 school districts in the state, along with 29 intermediate units.

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Pennsylvania lawmaker seeks to legalize drones for recovery of game

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A Pennsylvania legislator plans to introduce a bill to legalize the use of drones for game recovery.
The move comes a month after an undercover operation by the Pennsylvania Game Commission resulted in several charges against a Downington resident who allegedly used a drone to locate a wounded deer for a hunter.

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Tom Venesky: Crossbows a big reason for Pennsylvania’s vanishing small-game hunter numbers

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It is easy to point to declining populations as the reason why fewer people hunt for small game today. Same thing with turkeys – which, until recently, it was believed that a drastic drop in turkey numbers was to blame for the sharp decline of hunters pursuing the birds in the fall. 
There’s a reason why fewer people are hitting the hedgerows for rabbits and the mountains for turkeys, and I don’t think it has anything to do with availability of game.

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PF&BC to partner with Md. in a mussel restoration

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The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission is partnering with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources on a project to restore freshwater mussels to the West Branch Susquehanna River.
The effort is the result of a grant awarded by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. Lock Haven University and the Susquehanna River Basin Commission are also partners on the project.

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In-lieu-of-tax payments doubled for Pennsylvania public lands

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Recently passed legislation increases the amount of payment in lieu of taxes to municipalities, schools and counties with state-owned land, but it doesn’t mean the Pennsylvania Game Commission and other state agencies will pay more. 
House Bill 1300 passed on Dec. 13, and the fiscal code legislation includes an increase in the per acre rate – often referred to as PILT – that is paid to local governments.

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Drone operator busted by Pennsylvania Game Commission after undercover operation

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An undercover operation by the Pennsylvania Game Commission has led to several charges filed against the owner of a drone deer-recovery business. 
The Game Commission filed four citations against Joshua Wingenroth, of Downingtown, Pa., for an incident that occurred on Dec. 6 at the Welsh Mountain Nature Preserve in Lancaster County.

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