Penn State's view of PGC deer management.

[Adam Helmer]

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The Pennsylvania Game Commission MAY be hiding Gas Lease ASSETS! The PGC sits on 1.5 million acres of land in 265 tracts throughout PA. PGC states, "We do not own the oil, gas and mineral rights for ALL game land acreage." Correct, PGC does not own ALL OGM rights, BUT PGC has about 40-60% OGM ownership and the gas lease money apparently is NOT making its way into the Game Fund.

An employee has stated the PGC is "stashing" (hiding) gas lease money in CDs while it continues to cry the "poor mouth" and demand a hunting license increase. DCNR has about double the acreage of PGC and has reciueved 14 million in gas leases. How much will PGC own up to?

If you owned 1.5 million pristine acres of valuable hardwood, coal and gas today in PA you would be a multi-millionaire. PGC owns that 1.5 million acres, so why is there no REPORTABLE return on all that land?

Adam