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GAME COMMISSION TO HOST ANNUAL WATERFOWL BRIEFING
Hunting
Hunting- Representatives of Pennsylvania waterfowl organizations, individual sportsmen and the public are invited to attend a briefing on Friday, Aug. 5, co-hosted by the Game Commission, the Susquehanna River Waterfowlers' Association and the Northwest Pennsylvania Duck Hunters Association, on the status of Atlantic Flyway waterfowl populations and proposed preliminary federal frameworks for the 2005-2006 hunting seasons. The briefing will begin at 1 p.m. in the Game Commission's Pymatuning Wildlife Management Area Administration Building, 9552 Hartstown Road, Hartstown, Crawford County.
In addition to reviewing frameworks established by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) for upcoming waterfowl and migratory bird seasons, Game Commission staff will provide updates on current and planned research and management programs, as well as past hunting results.
Public comments will be accepted at the meeting; by sending a letter to: Pennsylvania Game Commission, Bureau of Wildlife Management, 2001 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg, PA 17110-9797; or via e-mail (ra-waterfowlcomments@state.pa.us).
Based on public comments, Game Commission staff will prepare and present recommended composite waterfowl and migratory bird seasons, bag limits and related criteria to the USFWS for final approval. All migratory bird hunting seasons and bag limits must conform to frameworks set by the USFWS. States select their hunting seasons within these established frameworks.
By mid-August, once the final selections are made, the Game Commission will print and distribute brochures outlining the seasons and bag limits for waterfowl and migratory bird seasons to U.S. Post Offices, where hunters may purchase their mandatory federal duck stamp. The brochure also will be posted on the Game Commission's website (www.pgc.state.pa.us) along with a news release announcing the agency's final selections by mid-August.
20TH ANNUAL WILDLIFE ART SHOW SET FOR AUG. 5-7
The Pennsylvania Game Commission's Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area Visitor Center will feature hundreds of original paintings and fine art prints from the best-known wildlife artists in the state during its annual Wildlife Art Show from Aug. 5-7. The show is free, and the hours are: Friday, 1-6 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.; and Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
In addition to the artists' sales, the art show will sell tickets for $2 each or 3 for $5 for a drawing that will be held at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 7. Four prizes will be awarded.
First prize is the annual Remarque Board, which features a small original painting by the participating artists in the show. The small paintings, which normally are done as part of a limited edition print, are assembled, matted and framed as a single collectible piece of artwork.
Second prize is "Spring Morning Along Segloch Run," by Karl Eric Leitzel, from Spring Mills, Centre County. This print, which is signed and numbered, features two deer along Segloch Run at Middle Creek.
Third prize is "Red-Winged Black Bird at Middle Creek," by Gerald W. Putt, of Boiling Springs, Cumberland County. This print features a red-winged blackbird on a cattail, and is framed and numbered.
Proceeds from the drawing will benefit The Wildlands Preservation Fund land acquisition program. The Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area Visitor Center is along Hopeland Road, two miles south of Kleinfeltersville, Lebanon County.
Source: PA Game Commision
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