BOARD APPROVES ADVANTAGEOUS AMENDMENT TO MINING LEASE
The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners today agreed to amend the agency's existing 159-acre mining lease on State Game Land (SGL) 75 with Fisher Mining Inc., of Montoursville.
TWO LAND DONATIONS ACCEPTED BY BOARD
The Board of Game Commissioners today approved a land donation from Eugene and Nancy Dunlap, of Blairsville, of 20.7 acres near SGL 328 in Derry Township, Westmoreland County. The forested tract provides about 2,000 feet of shoreline along Conemaugh River.
SGL 328 currently is comprised of 516 acres in neighboring Indiana County.
The Board also approved the donation of a right-of-way about 400-feet by 20-feet in Penn Forest Township, Carbon County, that provides access to SGL 141 from State Route 1002. This donation, from John and Mary Enck, of Jim Thorpe, is an important acquisition because it allows the agency to perform important habitat work on a portion of SGL 141 that had become inaccessible. It also will provide public access to a new parking area that is planned.
SGL 141 is comprised of 17,047 acres in Carbon County.
LAND EXCHANGES APPROVED BY BOARD
The Board of Game Commissioners today approved a land exchange with Ann Higdon, of Cullowhee, North Carolina, that involves a 16-foot wide easement allowing access and utility support only - not subdivision, through 1,912 feet of SGL 82 in Northampton Township, Somerset County, in exchange for 11 acres adjacent to SGL 82.
The tract being transferred to the Game Commission is comprised of mature hardwoods with some hemlock. As part of the exchange, Higdon has agreed not to build any structures within 150 yards of her property's boundary with SGL 82, which is comprised of 6,760 acres in Somerset County.
In another land transaction, the Board agreed to a land exchange in which Steve Petersheim, of Gap, will receive a permanent easement over a portion of SGL 88 in Northeast Madison Township, Perry County, for eight forested acres adjacent to SGL 88, also in Northeast Madison Township. SGL 88 is comprised of 6,930 acres in Juniata and Perry counties.
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=174548