UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) The best place to spot
white-tail deer this November
might be right on Penn State’s
University Park Campus.
Along with being a center for
study, Penn State’s Deer and
Duiker Research Facility
known as the Deer Pens is one
of University Park’s most popular
tourist attractions. Each year thou
sands of visitors come to see the
22-acre facility, which is home to
Pa. Trout Production
Valued At $4.48 Million
HARRISBURG (Dauphin Co.) ?. f 737 d
-Pennsylvania’s 39 commercial fis *V fc “ 3 ? 7 *°?° P ounds A hvc ‘
trout growers sold 1.78 miUion wei « hl du " n B t I he **nod. At an
pounds of trout valued at $4.48 avcra B eo f $2-81 a pound, Stocker
million during the 12 month per- sal« were valued at $1 million
iod ending August 31. 1993, with 72 percent of the volume sold
according to the Pennsylvania t 0 ~?? and recreatlona l
Agricultural Statistics Service “tobhshments.
(PASS).
PASS, a joint operation of the The National Agricultural Sta-
National Agricultural Statistics tistics Service surveyed over 630
Service and the Pennsylvania commercial trout growers in Pen-
Department of Agriculture, com- nsylvania and 14 other states:
plies data on Pennsylvania food California, Colorado, Georgia,
and fiber production as part of a Idaho, Michigan, Missouri, New
nationwide effort York, North Carolina, Oregon,
Sales of food-size trout (usually Tennessee, Utah, Virginia,
12 inches or longer) by the state’s Washington and Wisconsin. Infor
growers totaled 1.42 million mation was collected by mail,
pounds, or 80 percent of the total telephone and personal interview,
production sold during the period. For the IS selected states, all
Averaging $2.40 per pound, the trout sales during the year ended
food-size trout were valued at August 31, totaled 58.5 million
$3.40 million. Fee and recreation- pounds valued at $62.8 million,
al sales accounted for SO percent Food-size trout sales accounted
of the food-size 'production. for 93 percent of the pounds sold
Sales of stocker trout (usually 6 with 63 percent of that amount
to 12 inches long) by Pennsylvania purchased by processors.
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“During the fall, visitor num- “Sh“"*s
hers peak as people come to sec *®? Deer P®" B Camp. Located
the laige bucks.” said Dr. Margar- in a °"®- room b “ l,din B " cxt
et Brittingham, assistant professor jjf ns ’ l J’ c ® enler ' s open from May
of wildlife resources in the Col- Jf irou B| 1 November. It contains in
legc of Agricultural Sciences. “In [°™ aUon °. n and re
late spring, parents bring their f! d,e fa . Cillty ’
children to see the fawns.” along with general information on
To better accommodate visitors de fjJ’ un J l " g and management
This fall, we put up a display
that (ells where the large bucks,
yearling bucks, does, fawns and
duikers are located.” said Britting
ham. “Right now. the center has
displays showing how to tell a
deer’s age from its teeth and jaw
bones and one demonstrating the
difference between antlers and
horns. Next spring we’re going to
provide publications and fact
sheets for children.”
Deer Pens Camp was establish
ed in the fall of 1992 as a project
for students in a course on wildlife
Information and education. As
part of the course, the students
surveyed visitors to the facility.
During 10 weekends that fall, they
recorded a total of 6,400 visitors
coming from 49 Pennsylvania
counties. 10 states, and two coun
tries.
“Sundays after home football
games were the most popular
visiting days, averaging 340 visi
tors,” said Brittingham. “Most
people surveyed said that they
came to the pens about four times
a year to view, watch and photo
graph deer.”
The Penn State Deer and Duik
er Research Facility is located
along Fox Hollow Road a mile
north of campus, just past the
Route 322 bypass. It’s managed
by the Department of Dairy and
Animal Science, and the School of
Forest Resources is in charge of
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growth and to develop health pro
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determine food preferences and to
quantify the impact of browsing.
The duikers, originally used for
ruminant nutrition research, now
are kept for visitors to see. Their
offspring arc donated to zoos.
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