Game Commission Posts Agenda For April Meeting On Website

Agency to webcast meeting on April 20

HARRISBURG, Pa., April 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The agenda for the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners' meeting, which is slated for April 19-20, was posted on the agency's website (www.pgc.state.pa.us) today, and can be viewed by clicking the "Next Commissioners' Meeting" box in the center of the homepage and then on the agenda link at the bottom of the page.

The Board meeting will be held in the auditorium of the agency's Harrisburg headquarters to collect additional recommendations on the 2010-11 seasons and bag limits, and to conduct a workshop and formal meeting.  The headquarters is at 2001 Elmerton Ave., just off the Progress Avenue exit of Interstate 81 in Harrisburg.

On Monday, April 19, beginning at 8:30 a.m., the Board will hear public comments on the proposed 2010-11 hunting and furtaking seasons and bag limits.  Individuals interested in offering public testimony – limited to five minutes – may begin to register at 7:45 a.m. on a first-come, first-to-speak basis.  At the completion of the public comment period, the Board will receive various staff reports.

On Tuesday, April 20, beginning at 8:30 a.m., the Game Commission will take up its prepared agenda to, among other things, give final approval to hunting and trapping seasons and bag limits for 2010-11 and set antlerless deer license allocations for the 2010-11 seasons.  Doors open at 7:45 a.m.

Additionally, on April 20, the Game Commission will webcast the Board's meeting through its website (www.pgc.state.pa.us) for those unable to attend the meeting in Harrisburg. Those interested in viewing the meeting will be able to click on a special icon that will be placed on the agency's website prior to the meeting's start time of 8:30 a.m.  

Roe also noted that those planning to attend the April 19 and 20 meeting should be prepared for road construction that is planned for Elmerton Avenue, from Progress Avenue to Sycamore Drive, which has been announced for the week of April 19.

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SOURCE Pennsylvania Game Commission