MID

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LIFE MA

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Mid

dle

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Wild

life

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0119

Vis

ito

rs C

en

ter

T

he

Vis

ito

rs C

ente

r fe

atu

res

a

vari

ety

of

dis

pla

ys o

f w

ater

fow

l an

d o

th-

er w

ildlif

e t

hat

inh

abit

th

e a

rea.

Th

ere

’s

also

a v

iew

ing

area

th

at

ove

rlo

oks

th

e la

ke a

nd

a s

on

gbir

d

fee

din

g st

atio

n.

The

ce

nte

r al

so h

ost

s n

um

ero

us

pro

gram

s &

acti

viti

es

thro

ugh

ou

t th

e y

ear.

C

urr

en

t

info

rmati

on

ab

ou

t p

rogr

ams

can

be

fo

un

d o

n t

he

PG

C w

ebsi

te.

Pe

ak v

iew

ing

tim

es

for

wat

erfo

wl

coin

cid

e w

ith

th

e sp

rin

g an

d f

all

mig

rati

on

s. F

or

sno

w g

ees

e, t

he

firs

t w

eek

in M

arch

is g

en

era

lly t

he

pe

ak f

or

view

ing

this

am

azin

g m

igra

tio

n

spec

tacl

e, w

hen

ten

s o

f th

ou

san

ds

of

the

m d

esc

end

on

th

e a

rea.

Pro

gram

s fo

r sc

ho

ols

, gro

up

s an

d

sco

uts

are

ava

ilab

le y

ear

-ro

un

d.

A

b

roch

ure

de

taili

ng

edu

cati

on

al

op

po

rtu

niti

es c

an b

e p

icke

d u

p a

t th

e fr

on

t co

un

ter.

Th

e V

isit

ors

Cen

ter

is o

pen

fro

m

Feb

ruar

y 1

un

til T

han

ksgi

vin

g, T

ues

day

th

rou

gh S

atu

rday

, 8am

to

4p

m, a

nd

Su

nd

ay, n

oo

n t

o 5

pm

. M

ake

su

re t

o c

hec

k o

ut

ou

r ra

dio

to

ur!

Tu

ne

into

16

20

AM

fo

r a

mo

re g

uid

ed

to

ur

of

the

Wild

life

Man

age

men

t A

rea!

The

Vis

ito

rs C

ente

r G

PS

Ad

dre

ss:

10

0 M

use

um

Ro

ad

Ste

ven

s, P

A

Jaco

b D

ing

el

Jaco

b D

ing

el

Joe

Ko

sack

PR

OPA

GA

TION

AR

EA

A 7

56

-acre wild

life pro

pagati

on

area h

as been

set aside as a

sanctu

ary for n

estin

g waterfo

wl

and

oth

er anim

als. No

hu

nti

ng,

fish

ing o

r any o

ther acti

vity is allo

wed

in th

is area. Mo

un

ted

yello

w sign

s and

wire co

nn

ectin

g each

po

st design

ate the

pro

pagati

on

area.

CO

NTR

OLLED

HU

NTIN

G A

REA

Mo

st of th

e agricultu

ral land

s at Mid

dle C

reek have

bee

n d

esignated

as a con

trolled

hu

nti

ng area.

Hu

nti

ng/ trap

pin

g is by p

ermit o

nly, an

d sp

ecial regu

latio

ns ap

ply.

Mid

dle C

reek features go

ose/d

uck h

un

tin

g with

in

the co

ntro

lled area. P

ermitt

ees to

hu

nt th

is area are se

lected b

y pu

blic d

rawin

g held

prio

r to th

e h

un

tin

g seaso

n. O

nly e

lectron

ic app

licatio

ns fo

un

d

on

the P

enn

sylvania G

ame C

om

missio

n’s w

ebsite

are accep

ted. A

n in

divid

ual m

ay app

ly on

ly to o

ne

area (Mid

dle C

reek o

r Pym

atun

ing) p

er year and

m

ay sub

mit o

nly o

ne ap

plicati

on

. The m

ajority o

f th

e hu

nti

ng o

ccurs fro

m p

it blin

ds lo

cated in

field

s.

An

ann

ual arch

ery and

prim

itive d

eer hu

nt is also

ad

min

istered at M

idd

le Creek. Th

e goal is to

bal-

ance th

e dee

r herd

with

their h

abitat an

d to

allow

th

e op

po

rtun

ity for w

ildlife view

ing. P

articip

ants fo

r each

hu

nt are se

lected fro

m a p

ub

lic draw

ing.

A p

ermitt

ed trap

pin

g op

po

rtun

ity is also h

eld e

ach

year. Trapp

ers are selected b

y a pu

blic d

rawin

g. In-

qu

ire abo

ut h

un

tin

g and

trapp

ing o

pp

ortu

niti

es at th

e Visito

rs Cen

ter or call fo

r mo

re info

rmati

on

.

PU

BLIC

HU

NTIN

G A

REA

The rem

aind

er of M

idd

le Creek (SG

L 46) co

nsists

prim

arily of w

oo

ded

hab

itat, and

is op

en fo

r small

game an

d d

eer h

un

tin

g op

po

rtun

ities d

urin

g ap

pro

priate

season

s. All gam

e laws an

d regu

latio

ns

app

ly. Man

y oth

er activiti

es are also p

ermitt

ed in

th

ese areas. A m

ap o

f hikin

g trails is available at th

e V

isitors C

enter.

Co

nd

itio

ns p

ermitti

ng, fro

m M

arch 1

st un

til Sep

tem-

ber 30

th, veh

icles are perm

itted

on

design

ated

road

s op

en to

traffic. O

ne-w

ay traffic regu

latio

ns

mu

st be o

bserved

. A D

riving To

ur b

roch

ure is

available at th

e Visito

rs Cen

ter. A

closed

gate in

dicates th

e area is closed

and

en

try is pro

hib

ited.

PU

BLIC

REC

REA

TION

AR

EA

Design

ated as a p

ub

lic recreatio

n area, th

is secti

on

inclu

des th

e Visito

rs Ce

nter, a 4

0-acre fi

shin

g area with

in

the m

ain im

po

un

dm

ent an

d 3

picn

ic areas. Fishin

g with

in th

e con

trolled

and

pro

pagati

on

areas or fro

m th

e d

am b

reast is pro

hib

ited.

No

n-m

oto

rized b

oats are p

ermitt

ed M

ay 16

thro

ugh

Septem

ber 1

4. Sailb

oats an

d e

lectric mo

tors are

pro

hib

ited. B

oats m

ust b

e laun

ched

from

the d

esignate

d b

oat lau

nch

located

at the b

ase of th

e Red

Ro

ck p

icnic area alo

ng M

illston

e Ro

ad. O

vernigh

t mo

orin

g is pro

hib

ited. Fish

ing fro

m sh

ore an

d ice fi

shin

g are p

ermitt

ed, b

ut th

e PG

C d

oes n

ot m

on

itor ice co

nd

itio

ns, so

ice fish

ing is at yo

ur o

wn

risk.

Op

en fi

res are pro

hib

ited; self-co

ntain

ed sto

ves or ch

arcoal grills are p

ermitt

ed u

nless o

therw

ise design

ated

by a m

anager. P

ets mu

st be leash

ed.

Jaco

b D

ing

el

Locate

d in

the h

eartland

of so

uth

east P

enn

sylvania, th

e Gam

e Co

mm

ission’s M

idd

le C

reek Wild

life Man

agemen

t Area is a m

ecca for

wild

life and

wild

life en

thu

siasts alike.

The 6

,25

4-acre facility, create

d in

19

73

, is ho

me to

p

heasan

ts and

deer, b

lueb

irds an

d co

tto

ntails, an

d

man

y oth

er wild

anim

als. The area is p

articu

larly n

ote

d fo

r the th

ou

sand

s up

on

tho

usan

ds o

f du

cks, gee

se and

swan

s that d

rop

in d

urin

g their sp

ring

and

fall migrati

on

s.

Mid

dle C

reek is also a p

op

ular d

estin

atio

n fo

r te

achers an

d stu

den

ts, bird

ers and

hikers, an

d

hu

nte

rs and

anglers, to

o.