Each year the Game Commission’s Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area on the Lebanon-Lancaster county line near Kleinfeltersville, PA hosts hundreds of thousands of migrating geese, swans and ducks.

Drew Lambert, PA Game Commission, talks about Middle Creek and the record 2007 season and the year-round activities that make the Area an attraction for wildlife enthusiasts.

And learn the story behind one of the Golden Eagles displayed at the visitors center by tuning into this Video Blog story: The Golden Eagle At Middle Creek.

The Middle Creek Visitors Center is open Tuesday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.

For updated information on current “visitors” to Middle Creek, go to the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area webpage and checkout the webpage for its sister facility—the Pymatuning Wildlife Learning Center in Crawford County from the Game Commission’s Watchable Wildlife webpage.

Video Blog: Middle Creek Home to Thousands of Migrating Birds

Session Schedule

The House returns to voting session March 19, 20, 21 and then breaks until April 16. The Senate returns as well March 19, but also has session the week of March 26 and then breaks until April 16.

PA Environment Digest Video Blog

· Exhibitors Show Off Watershed Initiatives at Schuylkill Watershed Congress

· Chesapeake Bay Foundation Promotes Help For Farmers and the Environment

On the Hill

· On the Senate/House Agenda/Bills Moving/Bills Introduced

· Senate Committee OKs DiBerardinis for DCNR, Moves Bills

· Senate Committees Recommend Confirming Other Rendell Cabinet Picks

· House Democrats Lay Out Priorities for This Year

· House Consumer Affairs Committee Looks at Electric Deregulation, Rate Caps

Other News

· Study of Forest Regeneration Shows Little Recovery from Deer Browsing

· Deer Density and Carrying Capacity Workshop Set for March 24

· Woodcock Festival to Put Spotlight on Vanishing Habitat on March 31

· Pennsylvania Declares March 18-24 Wildfire Prevention Week

· Rep. Stern, John Dawes Receive Susquehanna Watershed Protection Awards

· Bay Foundation Sponsors Lancaster Town Meeting on Funding Farm BMPs

· PA Conference on 2007 Farm Bill By National Wildlife Federation

· Apply Now for State Wildlife Grants To Improve Habitat

· Chesapeake Bay Trust Pioneer Grant Program Requests Pre-Proposals

· Applications Due for Tulpehocken, Quittapahilla Creek Watershed Grants

· 2007 Watershed Snapshot Looking for Volunteers in April

· Regional Water Management Task Force Releases Phase I Report, Meetings Set

· Tour of Blue Valley Fish Culture/Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Plant March 25

· Youth Fishing, Aquatic Education Get Boost from Fish & Boat Commission Grants

· Students Head to Spring Break for a Different Kind of Sand, Water

· NOAA Offers Chesapeake Bay Summer Science Camp for Students

· Call for Presentation Proposals for October 3 Rivers Wet Weather Conference

· ClearWater's 11th Annual Watershed Cleanup Day April 21

· Reminder: Register Now for Great PA Cleanup – Let’s Pick It Up PA!

· Philadelphia Recycling Education Campaign Features Teens

· Organics Recycling Workshop Set for March 26 in Susquehanna County

· Philadelphia Public Schools to Undergo Voluntary Environmental Review

· Berks Conservancy Honors PA Environmental Council for Local Work

· 4 Townships Receive EAC Achievement Awards, Climate Change Issue Highlighted

· DCNR Carbon Sequestration Advisory Group Considers Policy Options

· EPA Workshop to Help Small Businesses Get Funds for Tech Research

Spotlight

· Small Business Solutions for Combating Climate Change – Eneregy Efficiency as a Solution, By Christopher J. Lynch, Pennsylvania Small Business Development Centers

· Strengthening Pennsylvania Agriculture, Protecting Water Quality – A Necessary Investment in the Commonwealth’s Future, By Lamonte Garber, Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Feature

· Wood Ducks Spring Spectacle Almost Passes Unnoticed, By Patrick McShea, Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Go To: PA Environment Digest Calendar Page

3/16/2007