The Game Commission announced this week that two interactive displays are now open to the public at the agency's Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area Visitors Center, along Hopeland Road, two miles south of Kleinfeltersville, Lebanon County.

The first of the two new displays at the Middle Creek Visitor Center is a migration map that depicts the migratory route of Canada geese, snow geese and tundra swans, which are the three of Middle Creek's most famous wildlife visitors.

Users can push a button causing lights to follow along each species' migratory route, emphasizing how Middle Creek plays a role in the bigger picture.

Donating partners for this project include: Janet Nyce, 2005 Budweiser Conservationist of the Year, and the Bridgestone/Firestone Trust Fund.

The second display is modeled after actual pit blinds used by waterfowl hunters at Middle Creek. This display helps users learn about waterfowl hunting and then enter the mock blind and experience what it is like to hunt from a pit blind.

Donating partners for this project include: the estate of Augustus "Gus" Ash; Janet Nyce; Susquehanna River Waterfowlers Association; Susquehanna River Wetlands Trust; Eastern Foundation for North American Wild Sheep; and the Delaware Valley Chapter of Safari Club International.

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6/20/2008