Apparently pgc never tires of audubon & other nonhunter suggestions in regards to OUR game lands. Remember this fiasco?
On January 25, 2001 the Pennsylvania Game Commission issued another news release announcing the first meeting of the Game Lands Use Recommendations Ad Hoc Committee.
Members of the ad hoc advisory committee are:
- Andy Mazzanti, a member of the Governor's Sportsmen's Advisory Council, as a representative of hunters and trappers; (To help identify members of the Governor's Sportsmen' s Advisory Council see GSAC on the ACSL's web site.)
- Ron Freed, of the Pennsylvania Audubon Society, as a representative of wildlife enthusiasts;
- John W. Stein, of the Keystone Trails Association, as a representative of the hikers;
- G. Lowell Morton, of the Pennsylvania State Snowmobile Association, as a representative of snowmobilers;
- Pete Johnson, of the Pennsylvania Equine Council Inc., as a representative of horse-back riders;
- Paul A. Lyskava, of the state Department of Agriculture's Hardwoods Development Council, as a representative of the forest products industry;
- Rick Dunlap, of the state Department of Community and Economic Development's Office of Tourism and Marketing, as a representative of the state's tourism industry;
- Richard Martin, of the Keystone Mountain Bike Association, as a representative of mountain bikers; and
- Matt Ehrhart, of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, as a representative of water quality interests.
Thankfully no harm was done, but thats not the point. All of those asked by pgc for usage input about OUR gamelands. Yeah...Thats R-e-a-l appropriate! lol. These arent "state" lands. Not stateforest, they are GAME LANDS paid for by hunters.