PENNSYLVANIA CHAPTER
NATIONAL WILD
TURKEY FEDERATION
AT A
GLANCE
21,451 members
in the state of Pennsylvania
Includes: 8,136 JAKES members and 2054 WITO members
72 Local Chapters
State Super
Fund Activity since 1986:
$3,045,500.00
deposited
1338 wild
turkey projects funded
$3,050,025.00
spent on wild turkey projects,
creating wild
turkey habitat and habitat improvement,
hunter safety
and hunting education programs,
land
acquisition, hunting heritage,
youth field
days, JAKES and WITO events, and
wild turkey information and education.
2002 State
Super Fund Activity to-date:
$334,035.26
deposited
182 wild
turkey projects funded
$357,955.86
spent on wild turkey projects.
Pennsylvania Chapter - NWTF
Conservation
and Preserving The Hunting Tradition Programs:
Wild Turkey
Partnership Agreements
The Wild
Turkey Super Fund
State Super
Fund Projects
Making Tracks
Project Help
Conservation Seed Program
Regional Habitat Program
Wild Turkey Woodlands
“Hands On” In
The Ground Habitat Projects
Pennsylvania Chapter support of wild turkey research
projects and wild turkey management through the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s
Wild Turkey
Management Plan, signed April 1999
Information
and Education Outreach Programs:
Pennsylvania Chapter Home Page
“Turkey Talk”
Publication, quarterly newsletter of the
Pennsylvania
Chapter - NWTF
JAKES - youth
membership program
JAKES
Conservation Field Days
Women In The
Outdoors Program
Outdoors For Youth Programs
Wheelin
Sportsman Program
NWTF Academic
Scholarship Program
Leadership
role in Conservation Management and state-wide conservation organizations
Preserving the Hunting Tradition Programs:
NWTF Hunting
Heritage Fund
NWTF Wild
Turkey Interactive DART Training System
Turkey Hunting
Educational Seminars
Support and
attend Hunting Heritage Events
Hunt Safely Program and
Publications
Pennsylvania Chapter Annual Rendezvous
and
Awards Banquet
NWTF 5 Star Program
Pennsylvania Chapter and Local Chapter commitment to
support
the organization’s mission for giving something back to the volunteers and their communities, involving families in wildlife conservation, protecting the privilege to hunt, developing a stronger relationship between state and local chapters, and building a better future.
Dedicated to
the Conservation of the Wild Turkey and to the Preservation of the Turkey
Hunting Tradition.
NWTF web
site: www.nwtf.org
450,000
members in 50 states and 11 foreign countries
174,000 JAKES
members
Over
550 Jakes Conservation Field days held in 2002
42,000 Women in the Outdoors members
Nearly
400 WITO Events Held in 2002
1,877 Chapters
and Banquets in United States and Canada
NWTF Super
Fund membership banquets
will net $23
Million for programs in 2002
More than 21,000 Super Fund Projects involving $164 Million NWTF and Cooperator Dollars
have been funded
More than 160,000 wild turkeys relocated with NWTF
assistance as
part of its restoration efforts
NWTF has
coordinated the relocation of 5,505 birds so far in 2002 trap and transfer
season
NWTF
partnerships with US Department of Agriculture Forest Service to conduct State
and National Super Fund Projects on
Forest Service Land.
Making Tracks is the
cooperative initiative between NWTF and state, federal, and provincial wildlife
agencies to restore the wild turkeys to all suitable habitat in North America
TOTAL NWTF
WILD TURKEY SUPER FUND
EXPENDITURES EXCEED $164 MILLION
ON OVER 21,000 PROJECTS SINCE 1977
8000 Wheelin Sportsmen Members
Wheelin
Sportsmen events held in 32 States
NWTF American Wild Turkey Hunting Heritage Program
In 1973, there
were an estimated 1.3 million wild turkeys
and 1.5 million turkey hunters. Today, there are an estimated
5.4 million wild turkeys and approximately
2.6 million
turkey hunters
NWTF
Conservation Programs:
Wild Turkey
Partnership Agreements
National Wild
Turkey Symposia
Pineland
Stewards Project
Wild Turkey
Woodlands
State Super
Fund Projects
National Super
Fund Projects
Making Tracks
Project Help
”Hands On” In
The Ground Habitat Projects
Conservation
Seed Program
Regional Habitat Programs
Operation
Appleseed in Northeast
Operation Oak
in Southwest
Operation
Heartland in Midwest
Operation SOS
in the Great lakes
Operation Big
Sky in the Great Plains
Guzzlers for
Gobblers in the West
Energy
For Wildlife
NWTF Conservation Publications :
“Turkey Call Magazine” and “The Caller”
JAKES and Women in the Outdoors magazines
Wheelin
For Sportsmen Magazines
NWTF Wild
Turkey Library
and
Bibliography Service
The Wild Turkey: Biology and Management
The NWTF - Wildlife Bulletin series
The Guide to the American Wild Turkey
Proceedings from the Eighth National Wild Turkey
Symposium
NWTF Wild
Turkey Visitors Center:
National
Headquarters of the NWTF
NWTF Staff and
Field Operations
Education
Center and 3-D dioramas
State-of-the-Art
Winchester Museum
Federal
Cartridge Conference Center
The Turkey
Shoppe
NWTF Gift Shop
NWTF Wild
Turkey Library
NWTF Board
Room
Warehouse for
Super Fund Banquets
JAKES events
and school field trips
NWTF
Publications and Membership Programs
Outdoor
Education Center
Legacy
Sculpture [larger than life size]
National
Wild Turkey Federation
“Preserving the Hunting Tradition” Programs:
NWTF Turkey
Hunting Safety Task Force
Turkey Hunting
Safety Publications
Hunt Safely Program
Consulting on
wild turkey hunting safety issues
NWTF Wild
Turkey Interactive DART Training System
Turkey Hunting
Educational Seminars
NWTF Hunting
Heritage Fund
Turkey
Hunting – Safer than ever:
NWTF Turkey
Hunting Task Force continues to send the “hunting safety” message to all turkey
hunters
Latest meeting
of the Task Force, factors indicate turkey hunting safety message is reaching
turkey hunters nationwide
Accident rates
have been reduced from 8.1 out of 100,000 turkey hunters in 1982, to 4.6 per 100,000 in 1996
NWTF
Education and Outreach Programs:
NWTF Home Page
JAKES - youth
membership program
JAKES
Conservation Field Days
JAKES America’s Youth Working for the Wild Turkey
NWTF Academic
Scholarship Program
Women In The
Outdoors program
National 4-H Shooting Sports Foundation
Wheelin
Sportsmen Program
NWTF 5-Star
program:
5-Star Chapter
designation is met under the following criteria:
Secured the
future of hunting by contributing to the Hunting Heritage fund and the U.
S. Sportsmen Alliance
Shared the
excitement of the outdoors by supporting and hosting a local chapter Women in
the Outdoors event
Make a
commitment to the future by supporting and hosting a JAKES program, and
providing a minimum of one JAKES Education box for each local chapter to
distribute to area schools
Invest in
youth with a commitment to a high school scholarship program
Support
wholesome family activity by sponsoring the state 4-H Shooting Sports Program
Provided
continued financial support to the state and federal wildlife agencies for
projects that benefit the wild turkey
National
Events:
The NWTF
National Convention and Sports Show
The Turkey
Shoot and Still Target World Wild Turkey Championship
Turkey Call Television series
Turkey Country On the Outdoor Channel
