TALK: Part 1: Forest management along a utility right-of-way induces use by Golden-winged Warblers
Part 2: Chronic wasting disease: what is it, where is it, what does it mean for Pennsylvania?
SPEAKER: Justin Vreeland is the regional Wildlife Management Supervisor for the Southcentral region of the PA Game Commission.
From 2006-2009, the PA Game Commission conducted a 110-acre commercial timber sale in northern Huntingdon County on State Game Lands 322 where golden-winged warblers were known to use a powerline right-of-way. The first talk will explain how this bird has responded to that timber sale. (JVAS will lead a driving tour to SGL 322 on May 23 to see these beautiful, but secretive birds.)
Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is an important disease of white-tailed deer that was first encountered in Pennsylvania in 2012. CWD has been found in captive and free-ranging populations in three areas in Pennsylvania, including Blair and Bedford counties. The second talk will explain what the disease is, what it does to deer and deer populations, and how the Pennsylvania Game Commission is responding to CWD.