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  • Go Wild With Summer Workshops
    Educators and leaders of scouting and youth groups are invited by the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) to attend exciting wildlife education workshops during June 2008. The 3 programs are Act 48-approved for teachers and include standards-based activities to help address the Environment and Ecology Standards.   (05/08/08)

  • Avoiding Human-Bear Conflicts
    Roughly 14,000 hungry black bears are waking up and ending their winter fast, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC). As they compete for scarce spring vegetation, human sightings and interactions increase. In addition, encroachment of housing developments and businesses into bear habitat increases the likelihood of meeting a bear in your backyard.   (05/01/08)

  • Noxious Weed Reporting
    In recent years, it was kudzu that brought much consternation to PA agriculturalists, conservation officials, Penn State extension agents, and professional horticulturists. Concerns in 2008 include the distribution of the noxious weed Mile-a-Minute.   (05/01/08)

  • Seedlings for Schools
    Pennsylvania schools are being invited to participate in the Seedlings for Schools program, a joint venture between the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) and the Wildlife for Everyone Endowment Foundation.   (04/24/08)

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    [05/02/08] Piccola Issues Statement on Decision to Halt Stony Creek Lease Agreement

    HARRISBURG – Senator Jeffrey E. Piccola (R-15) released the following statement today reacting to the decision to delay the consideration of a possible lease agreement between Fort Indiantown Gap and the Pennsylvania Game Commission for a tract of land located in the Stony Creek Valley.

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    [04/25/08] Weekly Column: PA's Black Fly Program Preserves our Quality of Life and Maintains our State as a Tourist Destination

    [04/17/08] Piccola’s Sportsmen’s Advisory Committee Meeting to Focus on Water Quality of Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna River

    [03/07/08] Weekly Column: Addressing All Concerns Before Mandating the Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy

    [11/20/07] Weekly Column: Help is Available for Low Income Persons to Pay Their Heating Bills

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    05/14/08 - Before a bipartisan task force that's trying to reach consensus on proposed gaming reforms, Piccola and Rep. Reichley testified on their legislation that transfers the Gaming Control Board's Bureau of Investigations and Enforcement to the Attorney General's office.


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