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Old 08-08-2006 | 08:32 PM
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Default RE: Wild Pheasants in PENN

Pennsylvania has well over 200,000 acres enrolled in the CRP/CREP program. If I remember correctly that's more than any other state. That should be plenty of good habitat for a reintroduction program. Also, the many, many miles of land along the Delaware River at the delaware Water Gap is highly suitable for Wild pheasant Reintroduction.
There's no reason why the Game commission isn't promoting and backing every effort to reintroduce Wild Pheasants to these areas.

If we can reintroduce elk to various areas where only a very limited number (40 to 50) hunters will ever have the opportunity to kill an elk our PGC should certainly be pushing a Wild Pheasant Reintroduction Program so that many, many thousands of hunters could pursue the birds. That in turn would probably boost the number of hunters , especially young hunters which would clearly help the commission with their financial shortfall.

As it is now the Agency is only marginally involved in the Reintroduction program.
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