Pennsylvania Game Commission Bureau of Wildlife Management Project Annual Job Report
PENNSYLVANIA GAME COMMISSION BUREAU OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PROJECT ANNUAL JOB REPORT PROJECT CODE NO.: 06715 TITLE: Peregrine Falcon Research/Management JOB CODE NO.: 71501 TITLE: Peregrine Falcon Investigations PERIOD COVERED: 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008 COOPERATING AGENCIES: The Aark Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center, Newtown; Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia; Berks County government (Court House and Services Center), Reading; Burlington County (New Jersey) Bridge Commission, Palmyra, New Jersey; Dauphin County Wildlife Rescue, Harrisburg; Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA); Delaware Valley Raptor Center, Milford; Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area; Gloucester Marine Terminal, Gloucester City, New Jersey; Gulf Tower, Pittsburgh; Make a Wish Foundation, Pittsburgh; The National Aviary, Pittsburgh; New Jersey Division of Fish, Game, and Wildlife; Packer Ave. Marine Terminal, Philadelphia; Palmyra Cove Nature Center, Palmyra, New Jersey; Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT); Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP); Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission; Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission; Philadelphia City Hall; PPL Corporation; Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education - Wildlife Division, Philadelphia; Three Rivers Avian Center, Brooks, West Virginia; Woodford Cedar Run Wildlife Refuge, Medford, New Jersey; Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research, Newark, Delaware; University of Pittsburgh; US Army Corps of Engineers; Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC), Pittsburgh. WORK LOCATION(S): Statewide PREPARED BY: F. Arthur McMorris and Daniel W. Brauning DATE: 15 August 2008 ABSTRACT The long-term management goal of this project is to re-establish a self-sustaining peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) population in Pennsylvania (Brauning and Hassinger, 2001). Peregrine Coordinator Dr. Art McMorris and over 40 volunteers monitored peregrine falcon nests across the state. Eight new nests were identified, raising the total number of active nests from 16 to 24.
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