The hike, only the second in the township in the last 19 years, would put the rate at 10 mills, a 43 percent increase. Deer hunt aims at quelling overpopulation Guns are once more sounding on the Gettysburg Battlefield. This time the firing is a deer management measure rather than a mortal contest between the Blues and the Grays. The problem is deer overpopulation of 350 per forested square mile compared to the 20-25 per square mile recommended by the Pennsylvania Game Commission. The number of deer far exceeded the level compatible for woodlot regeneration and production of farm crops.
Public safety is another concern.
Vehicle collisions with deer rose from 40 in 1985 to 150 in 1993 and are continuing at that pace she says. Camp Hill man serves as UN liaison A Camp Hill man is on loan from the state to serve as a liaison to the United Nations. Don Brown, director of Pennsylvania's Bureau of Hazardous Sites and Superfund Enforcement, is serving a two-year stint as an international activities specialist in the Office of International Environmental Policy for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Although the State Department takes the lead in representing the United States before the UN, Brown says he will represent the EPA on policy issues. The U.S. and other nations at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro must report annually on their implementation of environmental and sustainable development commitments, Brown explains.