Conservation Hi 1895-1919 1895: Board of Pennsylvania Game Commissioners created. 1896: First Game Commissioners appointed; B.H. Warren serves as first executive secretary. 1896: Pennsylvania chapter of Audubon society forms. 1897: Salt licks and hounds are forbidden in deer hunting; night hunting of ruffed grouse banned. 1897: Sale of wild birds killed in Pennsylvania made illegal. 1900: Congress passes the Lacey Act forbidding the interstate transportation of wildlife taken in violation of state law. 1902: Ring-necked pheasant classified as a game bird; statewide seasons established. 1903: Nonresident hunting license established, fee $10. 1903: Beavers protected. 1905: Pennsylvania becomes one of the first states to protect black bears. 1905: First state game refuge established in Clinton County. 1906: Deer first stocked (50 from Michigan). 1907: The first Pennsylvania buck law was passed; under it antlerless deer are protected. 1913: Elk from Yellowstone National Park and a Pike County preserve released in Pennsylvania. 1913: Resident hunting license established, fee $1. 1917: Unlawful to shoot game of any kind from an automobile. 1917: Turkey calls outlawed; legalized again in 1937. DECEMBER 2019 1920-1944 1920: First State Game Lands purchased (SGL 25 in Elk County for $2.75 per acre). 1921: Hunting license must be displayed on back; previously it was displayed on back of the arm, above elbow. 1921: Game Commission first given authority to revoke hunting licenses for violators. 1923: Landowners permitted to kill deer for crop damage. 1923: First open season for elk. 1925: Hungarian partridges first stocked in state; last stocked in 1943. 1925: Bear cubs given protection. 1928: First statewide season on antlerless deer; closed in 16 counties. 1929: Bow and arrow legalized for hunting game. 1931: Ruffed grouse designated the "State Game Bird." 1931: Elk protected. 1932: Game News first sold by subscription. 1932: Gypsy-moth caterpillars first found in Pennsylvania. 1935: Use of dogs prohibited in hunting and chasing bears. 1934: First beaver trapping season since 1903. 1934: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary established. 1936: Nation's first game warden training school established at Brockway. 1937: Pittman-Robertson Act becomes law. 1937: Minimum age to qualify for hunting license reduced from 14 years to 12 years old. 1940: U.S. Bald Eagle Protection Act becomes law. 1945- 1945: Mourning reopens for first ti 1947: Game Com mented wood du program. 1949: N per's license estab 1951: Semi-auto legalized for hunti and predators. 19 receive "closed sea 1953: Governor from Oct. 30 to forest-fire threat. hogs may be hun 1956: Howard N to Game Commis rabbit season star grouse season star to hunt deer in gro 25 hunters. 1961 season started. 19 relieved of liabilit fishing injuries on 1963: Unlawful t calls or sounds in turkeys. 1964: La season started in of the state; expa in 1967. 1965: M state game lands All bounty payme Triple Trophy pro it ends in 1969. 1 gobbler hunting se sage of U.S. Enda Conservation Act. 11