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Pennsylvania Game Commission - State Wildlife Management Agency - FishNews - 12-26-2007
BOARD OF GAME COMMISSIONERS TO MEET ON JAN. 27-29 The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners will hold its first meeting of
2008 on Jan. 27-29, in the auditorium of the agency's Harrisburg headquarters at 2001 Elmerton Ave., just off the Progress Avenue exit of Interstate 81 in Harrisburg. A copy of the agenda for the upcoming meeting will be posted on the agency's website prior to the meeting.
On Sunday, Jan. 27, beginning at 1 p.m., the Board will hear public recommendations for 2008-09 hunting and furtaking seasons and bag limits.<br />
Doors will open at noon. Individuals interested in offering public testimony - limited to five minutes -- may begin to register at noon on a first-come, first-to-speak basis.
On Monday, Jan. 28, the Board will gather any additional public comments and hear Game Commission staff reports beginning at 8:30 a.m. Doors open at<br />
7:45 a.m. Registration for those interested in offering public testimony - limited to five minutes - also will begin at that time.
On Tuesday, Jan. 29, beginning at 8:30 a.m., the Game Commission will take up its prepared agenda to, among other things, give preliminary approval to hunting and trapping seasons and bag limits for 2008-09. Doors open at 7:45 a.m. Antlerless deer license allocations for the 2008-09 seasons will be presented for the Board to consider at its meeting in April. Harvest results from the 2007-08 deer seasons will be announced in mid-March.
Also, on Jan. 23, the Board will set its other meeting dates for 2008.
Facts from the Pennsylvania Game Commission: Since its creation in 1895, there have been 105 members appointed to the Board of Game Commissioners.