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

www.panwtf.com

 

“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

www.nwtf.org

 

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

 

 

 

For More Information Contact:
Don Heckman
Pennsylvania Chapter- National Wild Turkey Federation
14 Slate Hill Rd. Camp Hill Pa. 17011
Tel: 717-761-5925
FAX: None
Internet: panwtf@go2pa.com

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