HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Game Commission biologists are seeking assistance from residents in a regional monitoring effort to collect bat maternity colony data this summer.

This monitoring is especially important due to White-Nose Syndrome that has been killing thousands of bats throughout the northeastern United States, including Pennsylvania, each year.

To obtain applications and information on how to participate, visit www.pgc.state.pa.us and click on "Wildlife" in the menu bar at the top of the home page, scroll down and choose "Pennsylvania Bats" in the Mammal section, and then click on "Appalachian Bat Count" in the Reference listing.

Forms on the website guide interested participants through the steps of timing, conducting a survey and submitting their findings to the Game Commission. Scout groups, 4-H clubs, environmental organizations and individual homeowners can participate in this important effort.

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Game Commission reminds hunters that county treasurers will begin accepting antlerless deer license applications from resident hunters starting July 12 and from nonresidents beginning July 26.For the 2010-11 license year, antlerless deer license fees are the same as they have been since 1999, except for the 70-cent transaction fee for each license and permit, which is paid directly to Automated License Systems, the company that runs Pennsylvania Automated License System.This transaction fee means that residents must write checks made payable to "County Treasurer" for $6.70, and nonresidents for $26.70.By state law, antlerless deer licenses will continue to be sold only by county treasurers, so hunters must prepare and mail separate applications for antlerless deer licenses.A listing of all county treasurer addresses can be found at www.pgc.state.pa.us has been updated with the correct addresses.Hunters must use the official pink envelopes, which are provided to each license buyer by the issuing agents. For those who order licenses on the Game Commission website, a new digest and two pink envelopes will be included in the package, along with the licenses, which will arrive in seven to 10 business days from the date of their transaction.The early start to the antlerless deer license application process will help ensure that county treasurers will be able to mail antlerless deer licenses back to hunters before the opening of the archery season. The first such season opens with the antlerless archery season in WMUs 2B, 5C and 5D on Sept. 18. The opening date of the general statewide archery deer season is Oct. 2.Under the 2010 timeline, residents will apply for regular antlerless deer licenses on July 12; nonresidents will apply for regular antlerless deer licenses on July 26. After this, residents and nonresidents will apply for the first round of unsold antlerless deer licenses on Aug. 2, and residents and nonresidents will apply for the second round of unsold antlerless deer licenses on Aug. 16.County treasurers will have to mail regular and the first round of unsold antlerless deer licenses no later than Sept. 13, and second round of unsold antlerless deer licenses no later than Sept. 27.