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Wildlife game law violations dipped slightly last fiscal year compared to the year before, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s recently released 2020 annual report.
The Game Commission said it pursued 6,708 prosecutions for alleged game-law violations during the fiscal year that ended June 30, down 1.7% from the year before. Of the cases initiated last fiscal year, 6,038 were successfully prosecuted, while 471 citations were withdrawn or dismissed and 210 were unsuccessful, the report said.
The top game-law violation last year was for unlawful taking of game or wildlife, with game wardens issuing 1,072 citations, according to the commission. Other top violations included operating a motorized vehicle on state game lands or cooperator property (538 citations) and hunting without the required license (493 citations).
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Mother bear and cub as seen on PA Game Commission’s bear webcam in 2019.
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The Pennsylvania Game Commission launched a live webcam on a bear den under a porch in Monroe County this week.
It’s the same den where the commission installed a webcam two years ago. The adult bear hibernating there currently could be the same one, the commission said in a press release.
Female black bears typically breed and have cubs every two years. The commission believes there’s at least one cub in the den.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Launches HuntFishPA: New Mobile-Friendly, Outdoor Recreational Licensing Platform
01/28/2021
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Launches HuntFishPA: New Mobile-Friendly, Outdoor Recreational Licensing Platform
HARRISBURG, Pa. (January 27) The Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) and Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) are excited to announce the launch of HuntFishPA, the new user-friendly licensing platform for hunters, anglers, and boaters.
Visitors to www.HuntFish.pa.gov will discover convenient features like personalized dashboards, autorenewal for fishing licenses, and the ability to report game and furbearer harvests as required. Users who visit the agencies websites – www.pgc.pa.gov and www.fishandboat.com – for their licensing and other needs will be seamlessly directed to the new system. HuntFishPA replaces the previous Pennsylvania Automatic Licensing System (PALS) platform known as The Outdoor Shop.