Pennsylvania Game News - December 2016 - 39

SEPTEMBER COMMISSIONERS MEETING

Osprey's status to be upgraded
^ƚĂī͚͗dŚƌĞĂƚĞŶĞĚ͛ƟƚůĞŶŽůŽŶŐĞƌĂĐĐƵƌĂƚĞ͘
The osprey, which in recent decades
has increased in population and range in
Pennsylvania, soon could be removed from
the state's list of threatened species.
The Pennsylvania Board of Game
Commissioners in September gave preliminary
approval to a measure that would make the
osprey a protected species in Pennsylvania,
rather than a threatened species.
If the status change is given final adoption,
the board also will adopt a heightened, $2,500
replacement cost for those who unlawfully kill
ospreys. Similar penalties were adopted when
the bald eagle was removed from the state's
list of threatened species in 2014.
T h e G a m e C o m m i s s i o n 's o s p r ey management plan sets objectives of at least 50
total nesting pairs with a steady or increasing
population, including at least 10 nesting pairs
in each of the state's four major watersheds
in consecutive surveys. Those objectives all
were achieved in the 2016 nesting season, and
the threatened-species definition no longer
describes Pennsylvania's ospreys accurately.
Upon becoming a protected species, ospreys
would continue to be protected under state
statutes and the federal Migratory Bird Treaty
Act.

Range hours maintained
The Pennsylvania Board
of Game Commissioners in
September tabled a vote to
allow shooting ranges on state
game lands to be open longer on
Sundays before and within the
ĮƌĞĂƌŵƐĚĞĞƌĂŶĚďĞĂƌƐĞĂƐŽŶƐ͘
The commissioners said
the proposal - which called for
ranges to remain open from 8
Ă͘ŵ͘ ƚŽ ƐƵŶƐĞƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ^ƵŶĚĂLJƐ
immediately preceding, and any
^ƵŶĚĂLJƐƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚƚŚĞĚƵƌĂƟŽŶ
ŽĨƚŚĞĮƌĞĂƌŵƐĚĞĞƌĂŶĚĮƌĞĂƌŵƐ
bear seasons - had not been
ƉƌŽƉĞƌůLJĂĚǀĞƌƟƐĞĚ͘
It will be brought back to the
ďŽĂƌĚƐŽŵĞƟŵĞŝŶƚŚĞĨƵƚƵƌĞ͘
Shooting ranges on game
lands regularly are open from 8
Ă͘ŵ͘ ƚŽ ƐƵŶƐĞƚ DŽŶĚĂLJ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ
^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ͘ ZĞŐƵůĂƌ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ ŚŽƵƌƐ
ĂƌĞ ŶŽŽŶ ƚŽ ƐƵŶƐĞƚ͘ džĐĞƉƟŽŶƐ
previously were in place for the
Sundays immediately preceding
ƚŚĞ ĮƌĞĂƌŵƐ ĚĞĞƌ ĂŶĚ ĮƌĞĂƌŵƐ
bear seasons, when ranges were
ŽƉĞŶĨƌŽŵϴĂ͘ŵ͘ƚŽƐƵŶƐĞƚ͘
Commissioners said the
ƉƌŽƉŽƐĞĚĞdžƉĂŶƐŝŽŶ͕ǁŚŝůĞŵŝŶŽƌ͕
would create a convenience for
hunters who at the height of the
ŚƵŶƟŶŐ ƐĞĂƐŽŶ ĂƌĞ ƉƌĞƐƐĞĚ ĨŽƌ
ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ĂĚũƵƐƚ ƐŝŐŚƚƐ Žƌ ƐĐŽƉĞƐ
ŽŶĮƌĞĂƌŵƐ͘

WEANER RECOGNIZED
Ron Weaner, of Biglerville, has
completed his term on the
Pennsylvania Board of Game
Commissioners, and at the
^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌŵĞĞƟŶŐ͕ŚĞǁĂƐƚŚĂŶŬĞĚ
for his more than eight years of
service. Here, Weaner, second from
ůĞŌ͕ƌĞĐĞŝǀĞƐĂĨƌĂŵĞĚƉƌŝŶƚĨƌŽŵ
džĞĐƵƟǀĞŝƌĞĐƚŽƌZ͘DĂƩŚĞǁ
,ŽƵŐŚ͕ůĞŌ͕WƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚŽŵŵŝƐƐŝŽŶĞƌ
Brian H. Hoover, and Timothy
Layton, the board's vice president.
DECEMBER 2016

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