It appears that Alt will not be leaving, at least for now. It looks like the USP (The Unified Sportsmen of PA) and Commissioner Mohr were too eager to call someone and gloat. Their negative comments about Dr. Alt and the newspaper article prompted this reply from the PA Game Commission:

Subject: Dr. Alt has not retired/resigned

Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 17:24:38 -0400

From: " GM, PGCNEWS" ([email protected])


The Lancaster New Era story that ran on June 19, 2003, stating that Dr. Alt has retired or resigned ' amid controvery over his policies' on deer management is incorrect. With the current contract negotiations for all state employees continuing, Dr. Alt, a state employee for 26 years, was concerned that he might be losing some health benefits if he stayed employed beyond June 30. This is a situation that many of our Game Commission employees, as well as hundreds of other state employees, faced.

However, after some consideration, and in light of the Governor' s Office of Administration announcement today that a 90-day window would be granted for those employees who have not made final decisions because they would like to see the final product of the contact negotiations, Dr. Alt has reconsidered and will take advantage of this window.

Also, Dr. Alt has said that he would very much like to stay employed with the Game Commission, but he doesn' t want to stay if staying will penalize his benefits.

Normally, it is not my practice to discuss personnel matters. However, as this particular matter has become the subject of some media coverage, I felt the need to make all employees aware of the facts.

Thanks, Jerry Feaser
(PA Game Commission spokesman)