Pennsylvania Game News - September 2019 - 46

Federal legislation would help troubled species

Lawmakers begin new push for $1.3 billion in dedicated conservation funding.
Federal legislation introduced in July
in the U.S. House of Representatives
would dedicate $1.3 billion annually
for states to conserve troubled fish and
wildlife.
Introduced by Debbie Dingell
(D-Mich.) and Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.),
Recovering America's Wildlife Act,
initially attracted 60 bipartisan cosponsors.
Similar legislation was introduced in
Congress in December 2017, calling for
dedicated funding from $5 billion to $12
billion in annual revenues generated by
energy- and mineral-extraction royalties,
but the bill was not voted upon.
Pennsylvania currently receives about
$1.5 million in federal State Wildlife
Grant funds annually to manage the
state's 664 fish and wildlife species of
greatest conservation need and their
associated habitats to work toward goals
in the State Wildlife Action Plan - a
proactive approach that keeps marginal
wildlife populations from slipping into

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25 YEARS
ALSO REACHING THE
25-YEAR MARK ARE
Jeffrey Doran, Game Lands
Maintenance Supervisor,
Northwest Region, New
Castle; Curt Reeder, Wildlife
Maintenance Propagator,
Loyalsock Game Farm,
Montoursville.

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Michelle Briel
Clerk Typist
Southeast Region
Laureldale

PLOVERS NEST HERE AGAIN
Federally endangered piping plovers
nested for the third consecutive year on
Presque Isle State Park's Gull Point, but it
wasn't the same pair that had nested there
over the past two years.
The nesting male is progeny of a 2017
Presque Isle plover nest, and the female
hatched last year in Ontario, some 250
miles north of Presque Isle. The male
competed with his father for the new
female's attention.
The whereabouts of the previous
Presque Isle nesting female is unknown.
The 2019 nesting pair ensures Presque
Isle - and Pennsylvania - continues to
contribute to the recovery of Great Lakes
piping plovers. Slightly larger than a
sparrow, the piping plover numbers a little
over 4,000 pairs worldwide.

more expensive care.
Under the Recovering America's
Wildlife Act, Pennsylvania could receive
upwards of $30 million to better address
conservation actions for these species.

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The Pennsylvania Wild Turkey
Sighting Survey, which helps to track
turkey reproduction, runs through the
end of August.
Turkey sighting reports can be made
through the Game Commission's mobile
app or on the agency's website, www.
pgc.pa.gov.
On the website, click on "Turkey
Sighting Survey" in the Quick Clicks
section.
Participants are requested to record
the number of wild turkeys they see,
along with the general location, date,
and contact information. Every turkey
sighting reported helps to improve wild
turkey conservation in Pennsylvania.

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