The Pennsylvania Game Commission finally took their hands off the slaughter button and HB 1483 is now the law of the land. We stopped their reckless policy of blaming deer for their own failures and forced them to manage our forests properly. Keep your eyes on them because we are …
December 26, 2017
Final supporters
Today, closed tree-tops in Pennsylvania’s old and agingforests are blocking sunlight fromreaching the forest floor -- preventing the regeneration of plant-life as food and cover for wildlife. As a result, many wildlife populations are rapidly declining.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission has failed to address this serious problem, and, instead, mistakenly blamed white-tailed deer (our State Mammal) for deteriorating habitat. Over a 5-year period, the Game Commission directed the slaughter of 2,500,000 deer – mostly pregnant does and fawns.
In so doing, they turned a problem into a crisis. Not only have they collapsed the deer herd in many regions of the state, but they still fail to address aging forests, deteriorating habitat, and declining wildlife populations. Legislative studies have determined that these failed policies have cost thousands of family businesses, rural communities, and the Commonwealth’s economy over $7 billion, which is increasing at the rate of $501.6 million each year. The state is also losing $40 million in annual tax revenue.
To resolve the crisis, the Pennsylvania Legislature, sportsmen and conservation organizations, independent scientists, and concerned citizens have joined in creating House Bill 1483. HB 1483 is designed to correct Game Commission policies, to create critically needed early successional wildlife habitat over the 6,000-square-mile system of Pennsylvania’s public forestlands, and return abundant wildlife to Penn’s Woods.
From deer, ruffed grouse, wild turkeys, snowshoe hares, and our magnificent elk herd, to songbirds, bats, and at-risk pollinators such as honeybees and Monarch butterflies, Pennsylvania wildlife will again flourish and our forests will return to their former reputation as one-of-the-world’s healthiest and most productive hardwood forest ecosystems.
Please join with us in becoming a Friend of Pennsylvania Wildlife by adding your name to this petition supporting House Bill 1483.
Updates
October 13, 2017
One thousand people have finally told the Pennsylvania Game Commission that their slaughter of our state mammal is a pathetic failure. These bureaucrats continue to destroy our forests instead of managing them so we are keeping the pressure on until HB 1483 becomes law.
Reached 1,000 supporters
October 12, 2017
Reached 100 supporters
August 18, 2017
318 Comments
Signted. Habitat restoration is critical to the success of many species (both managed and unmanaged). License allocations are only a part of the whole process. There is far too much "dead/dormant" woods out there that is just waiting for a fresh understory to provide food/cover for all animals.
This has been needed for a long time. It will really help recruitment into our ranks. I have been hunting for 37 years and would like to see my 2 sons have the hunting I enjoyed when I was younger. You can't expect a kid to sit in the woods and see nothing and expect him to keep hunting!
When there were tree cuttings back in the 70's and 80's there was plenty of wildlife including Grouse and Deer in the open areas, now that the forest has grown back Grouse are far and few between and Deer are almost non existent
It's a shame it has come to the point where legislation is the only way to force the PA Game Commission (PGC) off it's destructive path. This is necessary because the PGC has turned a deaf ear to its primary customers, the hunters of PA, in favor of special interest groups.
Finally, some common sense. I have lived in Pa. all my life.I have seen the sharp declines in many species from bats and honey bees to deer,grouse,and turkeys. Lets resolve this crisis and return our wildlife resource to what it should be(regardless of what the Pa. Game Commission says).
Have to stop the doe slaughter
Please pass the bill 1483
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The Pennsylvania Game Commission finally took their hands off the slaughter button and HB 1483 is now the law of the land. We stopped their reckless policy of blaming deer for their own failures and forced them to manage our forests properly. Keep your eyes on them because we are …
December 26, 2017
Final supporters
Today, closed tree-tops in Pennsylvania’s old and agingforests are blocking sunlight fromreaching the forest floor -- preventing the regeneration of plant-life as food and cover for wildlife. As a result, many wildlife populations are rapidly declining.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission has failed to address this serious problem, and, instead, mistakenly blamed white-tailed deer (our State Mammal) for deteriorating habitat. Over a 5-year period, the Game Commission directed the slaughter of 2,500,000 deer – mostly pregnant does and fawns.
In so doing, they turned a problem into a crisis. Not only have they collapsed the deer herd in many regions of the state, but they still fail to address aging forests, deteriorating habitat, and declining wildlife populations. Legislative studies have determined that these failed policies have cost thousands of family businesses, rural communities, and the Commonwealth’s economy over $7 billion, which is increasing at the rate of $501.6 million each year. The state is also losing $40 million in annual tax revenue.
To resolve the crisis, the Pennsylvania Legislature, sportsmen and conservation organizations, independent scientists, and concerned citizens have joined in creating House Bill 1483. HB 1483 is designed to correct Game Commission policies, to create critically needed early successional wildlife habitat over the 6,000-square-mile system of Pennsylvania’s public forestlands, and return abundant wildlife to Penn’s Woods.
From deer, ruffed grouse, wild turkeys, snowshoe hares, and our magnificent elk herd, to songbirds, bats, and at-risk pollinators such as honeybees and Monarch butterflies, Pennsylvania wildlife will again flourish and our forests will return to their former reputation as one-of-the-world’s healthiest and most productive hardwood forest ecosystems.
Please join with us in becoming a Friend of Pennsylvania Wildlife by adding your name to this petition supporting House Bill 1483.
Updates
October 13, 2017
One thousand people have finally told the Pennsylvania Game Commission that their slaughter of our state mammal is a pathetic failure. These bureaucrats continue to destroy our forests instead of managing them so we are keeping the pressure on until HB 1483 becomes law.
Reached 1,000 supporters
October 12, 2017
Reached 100 supporters
August 18, 2017
318 Comments
hi, i read the article in my Pa outdoor news and i agree 100 percent..When I started hunting as a kid, I could see 25-30 deer a day, last year,in 6 days in the woods,I saw none,not a deer,same woods as when i started hunting. SAD.
Signted. Habitat restoration is critical to the success of many species (both managed and unmanaged). License allocations are only a part of the whole process. There is far too much "dead/dormant" woods out there that is just waiting for a fresh understory to provide food/cover for all animals.
This has been needed for a long time. It will really help recruitment into our ranks. I have been hunting for 37 years and would like to see my 2 sons have the hunting I enjoyed when I was younger. You can't expect a kid to sit in the woods and see nothing and expect him to keep hunting!
When there were tree cuttings back in the 70's and 80's there was plenty of wildlife including Grouse and Deer in the open areas, now that the forest has grown back Grouse are far and few between and Deer are almost non existent
It's a shame it has come to the point where legislation is the only way to force the PA Game Commission (PGC) off it's destructive path. This is necessary because the PGC has turned a deaf ear to its primary customers, the hunters of PA, in favor of special interest groups.
Finally, some common sense. I have lived in Pa. all my life.I have seen the sharp declines in many species from bats and honey bees to deer,grouse,and turkeys. Lets resolve this crisis and return our wildlife resource to what it should be(regardless of what the Pa. Game Commission says).
Have to stop the doe slaughter
Please pass the bill 1483
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hi, i read the article in my Pa outdoor news and i agree 100 percent..When I started hunting as a kid, I could see 25-30 deer a day, last year,in 6 days in the woods,I saw none,not a deer,same woods as when i started hunting. SAD.