The Board of Game Commissioners this week approved antlerless license allocations for each of the 22 Wildlife Management Units based on measurements of deer health; habitat health; level of deer-human conflicts based on DMAP participation; and recent population trends.

A listing of the approved allocations for each WMU is available online.

At the same time, the PA Landscape and Nursery Association, Grange, Audubon PA and others commended the Commission for its recent action to release an Urban/Suburban Deer Management Plan for comment.

Each group gave examples of how an over abundance of deer in some areas have damaged nursery operations, farms and forest habitat.

The House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee held the first of two hearings on the damage caused by two weeks ago, and the second is coming up on April 26

For more information on the measurements used to determine deer and habitat health, see the Deer Management webpage.

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4/21/2006