ABOUT THE PENNSYLVANIA GAME COMMISSION

For more than 100 years, the Pennsylvania Game Commission has managed the Commonwealth's wild birds, mammals and their habitats for current and future generations of Pennsylvanians. With the help of more than 700 full-time employees and thousands of part-time workers and volunteers, the agency provides a host of benefits to wildlife, state residents and visitors.

The Game Commission also has acquired and manages wildlife habitats on more than 1.4 million acres of State Game Lands and thousands of acres of private lands.

More than half of the agency?s annual revenues come from the sale of hunting and furtaker licenses. Two other major sources of funds are the sale of timber, mineral and oil/gas revenues from State Game Lands, which were purchased with license dollars; and a federal excise tax on sporting arms and ammunition. Therefore, the Game Commission is supported almost entirely by hunters and trappers or assets procured with license dollars. The Game Commission does not receive any annual appropriation of state taxpayer dollars to support operations or programs. More than half of the agency?s annual revenue comes from license sales.

ABOUT PA WILDLIFE MOMENTS

Initiated in 2006, Pennsylvania Wildlife Moments offer viewers a one-minute opportunity to learn more about various wildlife species found in the Commonwealth, what they can do to benefit wildlife and what the Game Commission is doing to promote wildlife, wildlife habitats and the state?s rich hunting and trapping heritage. These weekly spots are offered to all television stations for use on their program schedules, as well as to all Pennsylvania school districts for use in their classrooms