troutbert wrote:
The article didn't explain things well.
HopBack wrote:
Let me clear this up for everyone.... state game lands are not being targeted as they are bought and paid for from revenues from license sales. They are not owned by the commonwealth.
PA state Forrest land is what certain legislative groups want developed into golf courses and water parks etc...
The game commission wants increase the license fees because they are broke and they are being pushed around by several committees but it has nothing to do with state game land.
Legislators are looking to generate move revenue to help the budget deficit by developing state Forrest land. Fantastic!!!!
salmonoid wrote:
It's not an article. It is a letter to the editor, and a discoherent, poorly written one.
salmonoid wrote:
I believe it is state parks, not forests, that are proposed for development, unless the forest piece is a new wrinkle.
Could you please refer us to the part of the bill that says state parks or forests are to be developed. I'm missing it completely. Again here is the bill.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2015&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2083&pn=3593
poopdeck wrote:
salmonoid wrote:
I believe it is state parks, not forests, that are proposed for development, unless the forest piece is a new wrinkle.
Could you please refer us to the part of the bill that says state parks or forests are to be developed. I'm missing it completely. Again here is the bill.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2015&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=2083&pn=3593
I was responding to HopBack's comment, not your bill link. It was an idea floated a few years ago to get more utilization out of parks and it made it into a survey that DCNR ran for awhile, given to state park users.
But there are bills that were floated.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billInfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2015&sind=0&body=H&type=B&bn=2013
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billInfo/billInfo.cfm?sYear=2015&sInd=0&body=H&type=B&bn=2188