Acquisitions to Add Nearly 300 Acres to Pennsylvania Game Lands

By Vanessa Torres

Game lands in Centre, Perry counties to grow.

Pennsylvania -(Ammoland.com)- The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners today approved the acquisition of parcels that would add nearly 300 acres to the State Game Lands system.

The larger acquisition – the purchase of three tracts totaling about 231 acres in Howard Township, Centre County – represents land adjacent to State Game Lands 323. The tracts also adjoin federal land known as the Foster Joseph Sayers Dam property, which is managed by the Game Commission under an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The tracts are being offered for sale by Joshua and Vivian First. The option price is $325,000 lump sum to be paid with escrowed funds from a prior land exchange on State Game Lands 176 with the Pennsylvania State University, and will require review and approval from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The transaction is contingent upon transfer to the Game Commission, for no consideration, of easements on the property currently held by Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

The three tracts are located in an area known as …read more

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