PENNSYLVANIA NWTF Super Fund Spending Exceeds $5 Million!
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PENNSYLVANIA NWTF Super Fund Spending Exceeds $5 Million! Pennsylvania’s 86 local NWTF chapters and more than 12,500 members have raised and spent $5,703,959 through the state’s Super Fund on habitat management, wild turkey management, turkey hunter safety education, land acquisitions and NWTF outreachManagement programs since 1985. Habitat enhancement projects have impacted more than Spent $23,960 on wild turkey management. Habitat Enhancement 257,895 acres within the state. • 16,811 acres of wildlife openings • operation of wild turkey check stations • 5 acres of prescribed burning • hunter success and satisfaction surveys Spent $3,156,743 on habitat • completion of wild turkey management plans improvement projects. Purchased equipment for • support of law enforcement activities • maintenance/development of brood habitat habitat management including: Purchased equipment to • wildlife openings • 1 trailer • prescribed fire • 10 grain drills support law enforcement and • tree planting • 3 tractors management activities including: • riparian restoration • 5 sprayers • ATV’s • water development projects • 3 cultipackers • weight scales for check stations • control of invasive plant species • 4 planters • survey/surveillance cameras • support for seed subsidy • 3 spreaders • gates to limit vehicular access and conservation seed programs • 4 disk/harrows • 2 mowers Land Purchase Projects were completed on: Spent $340,650 to purchase • Allegheny National Forest • Hills Creek State Park • Prince Gallitzin State Park 27,940 acres of land or • Archbald Pothole State Park • Jacobsburg State Park • Raystown Lake Management Area conservation easements to • Bald Eagle State Forest • Kettle Creek State Park • Rocky Ridge State Park preserve wildlife habitat and • Black Moshannon State Park • Lackawana State Forest • Ryerson Station State Park provide additional hunting areas. • Buchanan State Forest • Laurel Ridge State Park • Salt Spring State Park • Bunker Hill Public Area • Leonard Harrison State Park • Shenango River Lake • Codorus State Park • Linn Runn State Park • Spring Valley Park Turkey Restoration • Delaware State Forest • Locust Lake State Park • Sproul State Forest • Elk State Forest • Lyman Run State Park • Susquehannock State Forest Spent $15,201 to trap and • Erie State Forest • Michaux State Forest • Susquehanna State Forest transfer turkeys within the state. • Forbes State Forest • MK Goddard State Park • Tiadaghton State Forest • Gallitzin State Forest • Moraine State Park • Tioga State Forest Expenses include the purchase • Gouldsboro State Park • Moshannon State Forest • Yellow Creek State Park of trapping equipment such as • Hemlock Hollow Public Rec. Area • Mount Pisgah State Park • Weiser State Forest nets, rockets and rocket charges. • Hickory Run State Park • Nesopeck State Park • Various State Game Lands • Hillman State Park • Poe Valley State Park The Pennsylvania State Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation has passed the $5 million mark in spending through the state’s Hunting Heritage Super Fund - a milestone reached by only one other NWTF state chapter. JAKES/Youth Hunting Heritage Spent $450,654 to introduce Spent $229,640 to protect and youth to outdoor activities, promote the hunting tradition conservation and hunting. including contributions to the Sponsored 587 JAKES Hunter Safety U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance and Conservation Field Days the National Shooting Sports Spent $268,036 to support throughout the state. Spent Foundation. hunter safety classes and $84,824 to support 176 Youth initiatives within the state. Events throughout the state. Rewards Purchased hunter safety Spent $9,587 to protect wild materials and equipment, Women’s Programs turkeys and other wildlife through including interactive Spent $113,449 on programs, support of state sponsored reward shooting systems. materials and equipment programs, the printing of reward to introduce women to signs and reward payments. the outdoors, hunting and Education conservation. Conducted 283 Research Women in the Outdoors events Spent $104,668 on wild turkey Spent $428,426 on educational throughout the state. programs and literature including research. Purchased equipment scholarships, education boxes, related to research such as radio Wheelin’ Sportsmen 4-H and teacher workshops. telemetry equipment. • Awarded 430 scholarships. Spent $25,250 to provide • Donated more than 1,299 opportunities for the disabled Other education boxes to area schools. to participate in outdoor Spent $396,837 on other projects activities and learn about wildlife Spent $99,495 on educational including organizational dues, projects for volunteers and conservation. Conducted 53 travel expenses to professional professionals including: Wheelin’ Sportsmen events. meetings, special NWTF projects, • Volunteer leadership workshops • Wild Turkey Woodlands field days and chapter rebates. • State web sites and newsletters • Purchased 90 educational CD-ROMs NWTF’s Pennsylvania State Chapter, which was founded in 1975, has built an impeccable resume when it comes to following the Federation’s mission of being dedicated to conservation of the wild turkey and preservation of our hunting heritage..