Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners to Meet on Oct. 4-5 in Wilkes-Barre

HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners will hold its next meeting on Oct. 4-5, at the Quality Inn, 880 Kidder St., Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County. A copy of the agenda for the upcoming meeting will be posted on the agency's website (www.pgc.state.pa.us) prior to the meeting, and will be able to be viewed by clicking on the "Next Commissioners' Meeting" in the "Quick Clicks" box in the right-hand column of the homepage.

On Monday, Oct. 4, the Board will gather public comments and hear Game Commission staff reports beginning at 8:30 a.m. Doors to the meeting room will open at 7:45 a.m. Registration for those interested in offering public testimony - limited to five minutes - also will begin at that time. As part of the staff reports, the Bureau of Wildlife Management will provide an update on its ongoing urban/suburban bear study.

On Tuesday, Oct. 5, beginning at 8:30 a.m., the Game Commission will take up its prepared agenda, which will include, among other items, a proposal to require that individuals who use public ranges on State Game Lands to either possess a valid hunting/furtaker license or purchase a $30 permit from the Game Commission. 

The Board also will consider a proposal to allow the use of electronic decoys during the Snow Goose Conservation Hunt.  This proposal, which was requested by the Board at its June meeting, would need to be given final approval at the Board's January meeting in order to take effect for the upcoming Snow Goose Conservation Hunt, which will be held Feb. 21-April 16.

Doors to the meeting room will open at 7:45 a.m.

Since the two-day meeting will be held outside the agency's Harrisburg headquarters, the meeting will be videotaped and rebroadcast via its website at a later date.  Details on when the webcast will take place will be announced a few days after the meeting.

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SOURCE Pennsylvania Game Commission