HARRISBURG — Following publication in the March 29 edition of the Pennsylvania Bulletin, Game Commission officials announced last week that hunters planning to participate in the upcoming spring gobbler season will no longer be required to wear fluorescent orange.

On Jan. 29, the Board of Game Commissioners gave final approval to a regulatory change to remove the fluorescent orange requirements for the spring gobbler hunters. Publication was the final step required for the change to take effect and applies for the upcoming 2008 spring gobbler season, which is set for April 26 to May 26, as well as the youth spring gobbler day April 19.

HARRISBURG — Landowners looking to enroll in the Pennsylvania Game Commission's Deer Management Assistance Program, which is designed to help landowners manage deer on their properties, have until July 1 to submit an application to the appropriate Game Commission regional office.In addition, a map delineating the property boundaries must be enclosed with the application. Landowners can obtain DMAP applications from the Game Commission's website (www.pgc.state.pa.us) by clicking on "D.M.A.P." in the "Quick Clicks" box in the right-hand column of the homepage. Applications also can be obtained from any Game Commission regional 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 it provides a club charter and list of current members to the agency.Coupons for DMAP antlerless deer harvest permits are issued to landowners at a rate of one coupon for every five acres in agricultural operations or one coupon for every 50 acres for all other land uses. .DMAP permit allotments will be made separate from the general antlerless deer license allocations, and will be $10 for residents and $35 for nonresidents.Those living in Butler, Clarion, Lawrence, Mercer and Venango counties should contact the Northwest Region Office, P.O. Box 31, Franklin, Pa. 16323. Phone: 814-432-3188.Those in Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver and Westmoreland counties should contact the Southwest Region Office, 4820 Route 711, Bolivar, Pa. 15923. Phone: 724-238-9523.