HOUSING MARKET CONCERNS IN THE WILDLIFE COMMUNITY
While news about the housing market can be found in just about every newspaper, or seen or heard on the radio and television news, you don't hear much about the concerns in the wildlife housing market. However, the Pennsylvania Game Commission's Howard Nursery has a way that wildlife enthusiasts can help without applying for a mortgage.
This year, for the first time, the Game Commission is offering for sale a variety of wildlife nesting structures for several species of birds - from bluebirds to flickers, from ducks to owls - as well as bats and squirrels.
"Development consumes 300 to 350 acres of Pennsylvania's landscape per day," said Carl G. Roe, Pennsylvania Game Commission executive director. "Although we can't keep pace with loses caused by urban and suburban sprawl, the Game Commission is working hard to preserve and improve habitat on its 1.4 million acres of State Game Lands and other public and private lands.
"For years, our Howard Nursery has been constructing a number of different wildlife nesting structures for placement on State Game Lands and to provide to private landowners enrolled in the agency's three cooperative public access programs. This year, we decided to expand the types of nesting boxes that we offer for sale to the general public, beyond the popular bluebird boxes."
Homeowners - the human kind, that is - can view the entire selection of nesting structures for sale on the Game Commission's website (
www.pgc.state.pa.us) by clicking on "Deals on Wildlife Homes" in the "Quick Clicks" box in the right-hand column of the homepage. The brochure and order form list the nesting structures by habitat type, to guide landowners in determining which nesting structure is best suited for their property.
For more information, please visit the Pennsylvania Game Commission - State Wildlife Management Agency website:
http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?a=11&Q=176200
