. An analysis of Pennsylvania's forest resources. Forests and forestry Pennsylvania; Forest management Pennsylvania. and located in the remote forests of Elk and Cameron Counties, the herd is responding well to the increased supplies of preferred food (aspen shoots and red oak acorns) that are provided on Game Lands and State Forests. Manipulation of their for- ested habitat is finally starting to pay off, and the future of these majestic animals is promising in the Common- wealth. Game animals are those har- vested by hunting or trapping. Penn- sylvania has been and still is the number one hu
. An analysis of Pennsylvania's forest resources. Forests and forestry Pennsylvania; Forest management Pennsylvania. and located in the remote forests of Elk and Cameron Counties, the herd is responding well to the increased supplies of preferred food (aspen shoots and red oak acorns) that are provided on Game Lands and State Forests. Manipulation of their for- ested habitat is finally starting to pay off, and the future of these majestic animals is promising in the Common- wealth. Game animals are those har- vested by hunting or trapping. Penn- sylvania has been and still is the number one hunting state in the United States. For several years the state has been first nationally in num- ber of hunters and hunting licenses sold in nearly every category and in income derived from license sales For the 1978-79 hunting season, the PGC issued 1,275,104 hunting li- censes, an increase of 34 percent since 1965. Sales of additional spe- cialty licenses are increasing rapidly. In 1979, 238,862 archery licenses were sold, a jump of 208 percent since 1965. Muzzle loader licenses were first issued in 1974. In 1979, 25,321 of these were issued and short-term trends indicate a doubling each yearforthis fast-growing sport. One reason why hunting is so popular in Pennsylvania is the great access that hunters have to the land. The PGC manages 268 separate Game Land Tracts in 65 counties, and these contain million acres of for- est land. State Forests add 2 million acres, and the Allegheny National Forest contributes another mil- lion forested acres. In addition to this million acres of public forest land available to the hunter, data from our ownership study indicate that own- ers of another million acres of pri- vate forest land permit some public hunting on their land. Thus, a sub- stantial amount of forest land is ac- cessible to the hunter. The PGC also works with many farmers through its cooperative farm-game projects and safety zone program. These add about 4 m
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