Allegheny River Headwaters Watershed Conservation Plan

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Allegheny River Headwaters Conservation Plan Chapter 7. Management Recommendations GOAL 4-4: CONTROL WILDLIFE POPULATIONS. Objective 1: Increase opportunities for hunting. Method to achieve objective: Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority 1. Register additional acres into the Deer Management Assistance Program to keep deer herds at ecologically healthy levels. Conservation Groups, Sportsmen Groups, DCNR, PGC Foundations, Private Sources, PGC Medium 2. Establish incentives to landowners who permit the public to hunt on their property. Conservation Groups, Sportsmen Groups, PGC Foundations, Private Sources, PGC Medium 4.. Promote deer management strategies, such as special hunting tags and deer exclorsures in natural areas. Conservation Groups, Sportsmen Groups, DCNR, PGC Foundations, Private Sources, PGC Medium 5. Increase the number of hunters participating in the Deer Management Assistance Program. Conservation Groups, Sportsmen Groups, DCNR, PGC Foundations, Private Sources, PGC Medium Objective 2: Increase participation and interest in wildlife management. Method to achieve objective: Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority 1. Foster continued involvement in hunting and trapping activities among all age groups and educate hunters, trappers, and citizens on the importance of population control. Conservation Groups, Sportsmen Groups, DCNR, PGC Foundations, Private Sources, PGC High 2. Develop area for wildlife viewing and educational programs to raise awareness about biodiversity. Conservation Groups, Sportsmen Groups, DCNR, PGC Foundations, Private Sources, DCNR, PGC High 3. Support laws and regulations to maintain whitetail deer populations at levels that will ensure healthy forests, productive agricultural lands, and healthy deer populations. Conservation Groups, Sportsmen Groups, DCNR, PGC Foundations, Private Sources, PGC Medium 7-32
Allegheny River Headwaters Conservation Plan Chapter 7. Management Recommendations Cultural Resources GOAL 5-1: ENHANCE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR SPORTSMEN AND OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS. Objective 1. Increase the acreage of private land open to public hunting. Method to achieve objective: Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority 1. Enroll private lands into Cooperative Farmland, Cooperative Forestland, and Deer Management Assistance Program. Conservation Groups, Sportsmen Groups, Landowners, PGC Foundations, Private Sources, PGC, DCNR Medium 2. Establish an incentive to encourage private landowners to permit public hunting on their property. Conservation Groups, Sportsmen Groups, Landowners, PGC Foundations, Private Sources, Conservation Groups, PGC Medium 3. Establish new or expand existing state game lands increasing the acreage of public land open to hunting. Conservation Groups, Sportsmen Groups, Landowner, PGC Foundations, Private Sources, Conservation Groups, PGC Low Objective 2. Enhance fishing and boating access and opportunities. Method to achieve objective: Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority 1. Formalize unofficial access sites and develop an Upper Allegheny River water trail guide. High Conservation Groups, Citizens, Businesses, Municipalities, PFBC, DCNR, TPA Foundations, Private Sources, PFBC, DCNR, TPA 2. Develop public access to area waterways for anglers and small non-powered watercraft. Conservation Groups, Landowners, PFBC, DCNR, USACE Foundations, Private Sources, PFBC, DEP Medium 3. Remove non-functional dams to improve canoeing, kayaking, and natural fish passage. Conservation Groups, American Rivers, PFBC Foundations, Private Sources, PFBC, DEP Medium Objective 3. Enhance the opportunities for camping. Method to achieve objective: Potential Partners Potential Funding Priority 1. Acquire and develop areas along the stream for primitive camping. Medium Conservation Groups, Businesses, USACE, DCNR Foundations, Private Sources, PFBC, DCNR 7-33
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