RE: PA DEER AUDIT UPDATE.....
More interesting snippets about this "unbiased" audit... Alt and Shissler work for the same agency they put together as consultants... Alt was instrumental in the formation of our deer plan.... Wmi doing the audit...
Shissler the econut...the supposed "critic"....has worked with wmi and pgc!!
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Bryon P. Shissler C.W.B.
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As a certified wildlife biologist for NRC Inc., Mr. Shissler has been involved in providing a broad range of ecological services including assisting communities, and property owners with the assessment, management planning and administration of overabundant deer problems, environmental assessments, landuse planning, low impact development, environmental impact statements, natural resource inventories, wetland delineations, mitigations and replacement, wildlife and forestry management planning, and expert witness services. He has served as a consultant on deer and forest ecology to Audubon Pennsylvania, Scientific Certification Systems, and the Forest Stewardship Council.. Mr. Shissler is currently under contract with the Pinchot Institute of Conservation to conduct a national evaluation of deer management programs and how they have or have not integrated ecosystem management concepts. He also serves as the director of the Ecosystem Management Project administered by the Community Foundation For the Alleghenies.
Bryon has served as an adjunct professor for Penn State University, published over 85 juried and popular articles on forest ecology, natural history, and natural resources management; and served as Conservation Editor for the Pennsylvania Sportsmen Magazine and as a columnist for Pennsylvania Wildlife. He has development and taught dozens of professional and popular workshops, through Penn State University, Community Colleges, Audubon Pennsylvania and individual communities and clients. Mr. Shissler has, on behalf of many clients, conducted public meetings on controversial issues with the goal of identifying common values, goals and opportunities for resolution.
EDUCATION
West Virginia University, Morgantown, M.S. Wildlife Management, 1981.
Pennsylvania State University, State College, B.S. Biology, 1976.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Wildlife Biologist - Wildlife Managers: 1981 to 1989
President - Natural Resource Consultants Inc. : 1983 to present
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS
Certified Wildlife Biologist (1988)
Growth Management Task Force, Lancaster County Planning Commission - 1991
Deer Management Forum- Audubon Pennsylvania 2001 - Present
Deer Management Team, Pennsylvania Game Commission 2000 - 2004
Wildlife Management Institute/Pennsylvania Game Commission�s Deer Management Working
Group, 1997-1999
Governor�s Sportsmen Advisory Council, 1994-1998
Forest Stewardship Council, Certification Working Group, Central Appalachian Region,
1997 - 2000
DCNR Ecosystem Management Advisory Committee, 1996-1997
Conestoga Valley Association Board of Directors - 1983-1990
Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen�s Clubs, Game Committee Chairman - 1986
State Forest Stewardship Committee - 1994
Member - Ecological Society of America
- Natural Areas Association
- Society for Ecological Restoration
- Society for Conservation Biology
- The Wildlife Society
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Given this nonsense, this audit should be boxed.
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