HARRISBURG. — Eligible landowners interested in enrolling in the Game Commission's Deer Management Assistance Program, which is designed to help landowners manage deer on their property, have until July 1 to submit an application for the 2008-09 hunting seasons to the appropriate region office. Applications must be postmarked or hand-delivered to the agency by July 1.

In addition, a map delineating the landowner's property boundaries must be enclosed with the application. DMAP applications and information can be obtained at the Game Commission's website www.pgc.state.pa.us. Applications also can be obtained from any Game Commission region office or the Harrisburg headquarters.

Eligible lands for DMAP are: public lands, private lands where no fee is charged for hunting and hunting club lands owned in fee title so long as the club was established before Jan. 1, 2000 and provides a club charter and list of current members. Private hunting clubs are no longer required to own a minimum of 1,000 contiguous acres before being eligible.

Participants in Butler, Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango and Warren counties can take or send their applications to the Northwest Region Office, P.O. Box 31, Franklin, PA 16323. The phone number is 814-432-3188.

Those in Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Cambria, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Somerset, Washington and Westmoreland counties can take or send their applications to the Southwest Region Office, 4820 Route 711, Bolivar, PA 15923. Phone: 724-238-9523.