The Pennsylvania Game Commission purchases land to preserve local water and air quality, mitigate flood risks, protect wildlife, and make game lands more accessible to the public. Unfortunately, current Pennsylvania law serves as a barrier to success when the game commission seeks to acquire land.
 
By law, the Pennsylvania Game Commission is capped at a purchase price of $400 per acre except in a County of the Second Class. This makes it incredibly difficult for the game commission to acquire land with significantly higher values and slows the development of new and expanding state game lands. To boost its efforts to conserve land for public access and protect vulnerable habitats, I will be introducing legislation to allow the Pennsylvania Game Commission to acquire land at a fair and reasonable price in all counties.
 
Through its land acquisitions, the game commission serves as a steward of our shared environment and provides more Pennsylvanians with access to green spaces close to home. Please join me in helping the commission to fulfill its mission by signing on to this important conservation measure.
 

Statutes/Laws affected:
Printer's No. 1174: 34-705(a)