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05/22/2013
BOARD OF GAME COMMISSIONERS APPROVES TWO RESOLUTIONS Both were drafted in response to bills under consideration by state legislators
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners at a board working group meeting Monday drafted and approved two resolutions in response to legislation that would change the way the agency conducts business.

05/22/2013
GAME COMMISSION RENEWS EFFORT TO PROTECT NESTING COLONY OF GREAT EGRETS AND BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERONS ON WADE ISLAND Cull of cormorants necessary to protect unique nesting area of two endangered species
HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania Game Commission officials today announced that they, along with officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services, have renewed a program to sustain and protect a historic nesting colony of great egrets and

05/20/2013
GAME COMMISSION SEEKS LEADS IN ILLEGAL SHOOTING OF BALD EAGLE
LIGONIER -- Pennsylvania Game Commission Southwest Region Director Pat Anderson today announced the agency is seeking information on the illegal shooting of a mature Bald Eagle in Allegheny Township, Cambria County.

05/17/2013
ELK BIOLOGIST BEGINS WORK WITH GAME COMMISSION Jeremy Banfield previously worked for Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks.
HARRISBURG -- The Pennsylvania Game Commission has hired a new wildlife biologist to serve as its elk project leader.

05/17/2013
SPRINGTIME ALERT: DO NOT DISTURB YOUNG WILDLIFE
HARRISBURG – The leaves are green, the flowers are in bloom and, once again, it’s that time of year when a new generation of wildlife is making its arrival.

05/10/2013
WILDLIFE RESCUED FOLLOWING DIESEL SPILL Game Commission asks citizens to report sightings of affected animals.
HARRISBURG – The fuel tanker explosion that has closed a stretch of Interstate 81 near Harrisburg also caused about 2,000 gallons of spilled diesel fuel to flow into a nearby wetlands, prompting a rapid response to contain and clean up the spill

05/08/2013
REPORT HIGHLIGHTS SAFE HUNTING MILESTONES No hunting-related firearms fatalities in Pennsylvania in 2012.
HARRISBURG – Hunting is safe and getting safer.

05/08/2013
ALL-DAY SPRING GOBBLER SEASON TO BEGIN MAY 13
Pennsylvania turkey hunters are permitted to hunt from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset, beginning Monday, May 13. The expanded hunting hours continue through the last day of the season, Friday, May 31.

05/01/2013
GAME COMMISSION PREPARES FOR 2013 CONTROLLED BURNS ON SGL 176 Burns to preserve unique barrens habitat
STATE COLLEGE – The Pennsylvania Game Commission tomorrow plans to resume controlled burns on the Scotia Barrens on State Game Land 176 in Patton, Ferguson and Halfmoon townships, Centre County, to improve habitat conditions within this unique ecosystem.

05/01/2013
STATE’S SECOND DISEASE MANAGEMENT AREA CREATED IN RESPONSE TO CWD DMAs now in parts of six counties: Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Huntingdon and York
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Game Commission has established the state’s second Disease Management Area in parts of four counties in response to three hunter-killed deer that tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease.

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