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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2013 - 2014
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | February 20, 2013 03:32 PM |
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| From: | Representative Deberah Kula |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Excluding public lands from the Deer Management Assistance Program |
| In the near future, I will introduce legislation that will exclude public lands from the PA Game Commission’s Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP). DMAP has had a disastrous effect on hunting in our Commonwealth. Statewide, the number of hunters – both adult resident and junior resident – has dramatically decreased over the past decade. That decline in hunter participation represents a potential loss of $285 million in direct economic activity. And that number doesn’t include the untold thousands of hunters who no longer travel from out of state to hunt in PA. Locally I, like many of you, have heard a constant narrative from the hunters in my district about the lack of deer in the woods. These are seasoned, experienced hunters who have hunted the same areas for years and can recognize when deer populations steadily decrease. The Game Commission has had their run with DMAP – and it has succeeded only in weakening hunting in our state. Damage has been done, but it is not irreparable. Please join me in helping our sportsmen and sportswomen begin to reclaim our great hunting heritage. |
Introduced as HB870