Just to clear up what the PA DCNR is supposed to do, I looked it up on the PA DCNR website.

"What does DCNR do?

DCNR is charged with maintaining and preserving the 116 state parks; managing the 2.1 million acres of state forest land; providing information on the state's ecological and geologic resources; and establishing community conservation partnerships with grants and technical assistance to benefit rivers, trails, greenways, local parks and recreation, regional heritage parks, open space and natural areas."


No where does it say that it tracks, maintains, monitors or has any bureaus that have anything to do with animals in PA. Although I did see a warning about foriegn bugs that are increasing in PA and destroying plants and trees. As for this quote.


"As for the bats, no their big boss the hunters IMO did not intend to see their money spent looking for bats in Pa. or Md. thats the DCNR job, they can get all the free money they need to do that job."

The PA DCNR's budget has been reduced by 4 million dollars for the 2005 year.

As for the PGC being out of state. I'm glad. That's the purpose of tracking animals. Animals don't recognize state boundaries and to properly track them and know what they are doing (point of tracking) you have to follow them were ever they go.