The relationship between D.C.N.R. and P.G.C. changes regularly and can be hard to track.
For instance, early in 2004, the Secretary of D.C.N.R., Michael DiBerardinis, directed that
D.C.N.R. grant funds not be used to help acquire game lands.
6 This step apparently arose out of
frustration on the part of the D.C.N.R. Secretary with the Game Commission’s lack of action on
D.C.N.R.’s recommendations to reduce the deer herd. Because D.C.N.R. lacks direct
jurisdictional control of the deer on its own land, this move was intended to emphasize the depth
of the agency’s concern over P.G.C.’s failure to act on its recommendations.