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change with MTF Industries involving a narrow, 3-acre parcel bisected from SGL 40 by Route 534. The detached piece is in East Side Borough, Carbon County, and borders Mt. Laurel Golf Course. MTF would like to use this property as an entrance into its existing facility. In exchange, MTF will transfer to the Game Commission a 50-acre indenture into SGL 221 in Barrett Township, Monroe County. “The 50 acres that the Game Commission will gain as part of this exchange is comprised of a mixed oak forest with some saw timber present,” said Steve Schweitzer, Game Commission Northeast Region director. “It is fairly level, and there are snowshoe hare, bear, deer, grouse and turkey present on the property.” • Gave final approval to regulations that will establish a special elk conservation license auction and license issuance process. On Oct. 9, 2008, House Bill 747 (Act 101 of 2008) was signed into law, and authorized the Game Commission to auc- tion off one antlered elk license per license year through an eligible wildlife conservation organization. Due to the intermediary role the wildlife conservation organization serves in the sale of this license, the Game Commission has determined that the implementation of a voucher process will streamline and simplify the process of transferring the license to the winning bidder of the auction; • Gave final approval to sweeping changes to the agency’s falconry permit process to meet new U.S. Fish and Wildlife standards, as well as simplify and enhance current state regulations; • Gave final approval to authorize political subdivisions to apply for agricultural deer control permits for the limited purpose of managing the agricultural deer control activities occurring on a conglomeration of separate, but otherwise individually eligible properties within the boundaries of the political subdivision. This structure will not only reduce demands on each respective landowner, but it will also Report your deer: Online Reporting your deer has never been easier. Simply go to the Game Commission’s website, click on the blue box in the upper right-hand corner of the home page, select “Harvest Reporting,” then click on the “Start Here” button at the bottom of the page, choose the method of validating license information, and click on the checkbox for the harvest tag being reported. A series of options will appear. After filling in the harvest information, click on the “Continue” button to review the report and then hit the “Submit” button to complete the report. Failing to hit the “Submit” button will result in a harvest report not being completed. Hunters may report one or more harvests in a single session. Responses to all harvest questions are required. Hunters still have the option to mail in a harvest report postcard, which are included as tear-out sheets in the digest, but hunters are encouraged to use the online reporting system, because the harvests are recorded quickly and it saves the Game Commission money on postage. Most important, though, is that all hunters who harvest a deer report it to the agency. DECEMBER 2009 41

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