PA BOARD MAKES CHANGES TO DMAP PROGRAM
As requested at its April meeting, the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners today gave preliminary approval to a regulatory change to enhance accountability for the public landowners seeking to enroll in the Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP).
Under the new regulations, all public landowners will be required to provide an approved deer management plan along with their DMAP application. The regulation also proposes to advance the application date one month earlier to allow staff adequate time to review and process DMAP applications in a timely manner, as well as notify applicants about permit availability prior to the issuance of regular antlerless licenses.
The Board also directed staff to publicize the new application process and earlier dates for landowners to apply in early 2011.
In other DMAP-related action, the Board announced that it had taken a notational vote, on Aug. 17, giving final approval to issue 2,761 DMAP antlerless deer coupons to private landowners who are not enrolled in any of the agency’s public access programs for the 2010-11 seasons.
