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MID
DLE C
REEK
WILD
LIFE MA
NA
GEM
ENT A
REA
M
IDDL
E CR
EEK
WIL
DLIF
E M
ANAG
EMEN
T AR
EA
MID
DLE
CR
EEK
Mid
dle
Cre
ek
Wild
life
M
anag
em
en
t A
rea
Mai
ling
Ad
dre
ss:
PO
Bo
x 1
10
K
lein
felt
ers
ville
PA
1
70
39
7
17
-73
3-1
51
2
PEN
NSY
LVA
NIA
GA
ME
CO
MM
ISSI
ON
Stat
e H
ead
qu
arte
rs
20
01
Elm
erto
n A
ven
ue
H
arri
sbu
rg, P
A 1
71
10
-97
97
7
17
-78
7-4
25
0
ww
w.p
gc.p
a.go
v R
egio
n O
ffice
s N
ort
hw
est:
8
14
-43
2-3
18
7
Sou
thw
est:
7
24
-23
8-9
52
3
No
rth
cen
tral
: 5
70
-39
8-4
74
4
Sou
thce
ntr
al:
81
4-6
43
-18
31
N
ort
hea
st:
57
0-6
75
-11
43
So
uth
east
: 6
10
-92
6-3
13
6
LF
0119
Vis
ito
rs C
en
ter
T
he
Vis
ito
rs C
ente
r fe
atu
res
a
vari
ety
of
dis
pla
ys o
f w
ater
fow
l an
d o
th-
er w
ildlif
e t
hat
inh
abit
th
e a
rea.
Th
ere
’s
also
a v
iew
ing
area
th
at
ove
rlo
oks
th
e la
ke a
nd
a s
on
gbir
d
fee
din
g st
atio
n.
The
ce
nte
r al
so h
ost
s n
um
ero
us
pro
gram
s &
acti
viti
es
thro
ugh
ou
t th
e y
ear.
C
urr
en
t
info
rmati
on
ab
ou
t p
rogr
ams
can
be
fo
un
d o
n t
he
PG
C w
ebsi
te.
Pe
ak v
iew
ing
tim
es
for
wat
erfo
wl
coin
cid
e w
ith
th
e sp
rin
g an
d f
all
mig
rati
on
s. F
or
sno
w g
ees
e, t
he
firs
t w
eek
in M
arch
is g
en
era
lly t
he
pe
ak f
or
view
ing
this
am
azin
g m
igra
tio
n
spec
tacl
e, w
hen
ten
s o
f th
ou
san
ds
of
the
m d
esc
end
on
th
e a
rea.
Pro
gram
s fo
r sc
ho
ols
, gro
up
s an
d
sco
uts
are
ava
ilab
le y
ear
-ro
un
d.
A
b
roch
ure
de
taili
ng
edu
cati
on
al
op
po
rtu
niti
es c
an b
e p
icke
d u
p a
t th
e fr
on
t co
un
ter.
Th
e V
isit
ors
Cen
ter
is o
pen
fro
m
Feb
ruar
y 1
un
til T
han
ksgi
vin
g, T
ues
day
th
rou
gh S
atu
rday
, 8am
to
4p
m, a
nd
Su
nd
ay, n
oo
n t
o 5
pm
. M
ake
su
re t
o c
hec
k o
ut
ou
r ra
dio
to
ur!
Tu
ne
into
16
20
AM
fo
r a
mo
re g
uid
ed
to
ur
of
the
Wild
life
Man
age
men
t A
rea!
The
Vis
ito
rs C
ente
r G
PS
Ad
dre
ss:
10
0 M
use
um
Ro
ad
Ste
ven
s, P
A
Jaco
b D
ing
el
Jaco
b D
ing
el
Joe
Ko
sack
PR
OPA
GA
TION
AR
EA
A 7
56
-acre wild
life pro
pagati
on
area h
as been
set aside as a
sanctu
ary for n
estin
g waterfo
wl
and
oth
er anim
als. No
hu
nti
ng,
fish
ing o
r any o
ther acti
vity is allo
wed
in th
is area. Mo
un
ted
yello
w sign
s and
wire co
nn
ectin
g each
po
st design
ate the
pro
pagati
on
area.
CO
NTR
OLLED
HU
NTIN
G A
REA
Mo
st of th
e agricultu
ral land
s at Mid
dle C
reek have
bee
n d
esignated
as a con
trolled
hu
nti
ng area.
Hu
nti
ng/ trap
pin
g is by p
ermit o
nly, an
d sp
ecial regu
latio
ns ap
ply.
Mid
dle C
reek features go
ose/d
uck h
un
tin
g with
in
the co
ntro
lled area. P
ermitt
ees to
hu
nt th
is area are se
lected b
y pu
blic d
rawin
g held
prio
r to th
e h
un
tin
g seaso
n. O
nly e
lectron
ic app
licatio
ns fo
un
d
on
the P
enn
sylvania G
ame C
om
missio
n’s w
ebsite
are accep
ted. A
n in
divid
ual m
ay app
ly on
ly to o
ne
area (Mid
dle C
reek o
r Pym
atun
ing) p
er year and
m
ay sub
mit o
nly o
ne ap
plicati
on
. The m
ajority o
f th
e hu
nti
ng o
ccurs fro
m p
it blin
ds lo
cated in
field
s.
An
ann
ual arch
ery and
prim
itive d
eer hu
nt is also
ad
min
istered at M
idd
le Creek. Th
e goal is to
bal-
ance th
e dee
r herd
with
their h
abitat an
d to
allow
th
e op
po
rtun
ity for w
ildlife view
ing. P
articip
ants fo
r each
hu
nt are se
lected fro
m a p
ub
lic draw
ing.
A p
ermitt
ed trap
pin
g op
po
rtun
ity is also h
eld e
ach
year. Trapp
ers are selected b
y a pu
blic d
rawin
g. In-
qu
ire abo
ut h
un
tin
g and
trapp
ing o
pp
ortu
niti
es at th
e Visito
rs Cen
ter or call fo
r mo
re info
rmati
on
.
PU
BLIC
HU
NTIN
G A
REA
The rem
aind
er of M
idd
le Creek (SG
L 46) co
nsists
prim
arily of w
oo
ded
hab
itat, and
is op
en fo
r small
game an
d d
eer h
un
tin
g op
po
rtun
ities d
urin
g ap
pro
priate
season
s. All gam
e laws an
d regu
latio
ns
app
ly. Man
y oth
er activiti
es are also p
ermitt
ed in
th
ese areas. A m
ap o
f hikin
g trails is available at th
e V
isitors C
enter.
Co
nd
itio
ns p
ermitti
ng, fro
m M
arch 1
st un
til Sep
tem-
ber 30
th, veh
icles are perm
itted
on
design
ated
road
s op
en to
traffic. O
ne-w
ay traffic regu
latio
ns
mu
st be o
bserved
. A D
riving To
ur b
roch
ure is
available at th
e Visito
rs Cen
ter. A
closed
gate in
dicates th
e area is closed
and
en
try is pro
hib
ited.
PU
BLIC
REC
REA
TION
AR
EA
Design
ated as a p
ub
lic recreatio
n area, th
is secti
on
inclu
des th
e Visito
rs Ce
nter, a 4
0-acre fi
shin
g area with
in
the m
ain im
po
un
dm
ent an
d 3
picn
ic areas. Fishin
g with
in th
e con
trolled
and
pro
pagati
on
areas or fro
m th
e d
am b
reast is pro
hib
ited.
No
n-m
oto
rized b
oats are p
ermitt
ed M
ay 16
thro
ugh
Septem
ber 1
4. Sailb
oats an
d e
lectric mo
tors are
pro
hib
ited. B
oats m
ust b
e laun
ched
from
the d
esignate
d b
oat lau
nch
located
at the b
ase of th
e Red
Ro
ck p
icnic area alo
ng M
illston
e Ro
ad. O
vernigh
t mo
orin
g is pro
hib
ited. Fish
ing fro
m sh
ore an
d ice fi
shin
g are p
ermitt
ed, b
ut th
e PG
C d
oes n
ot m
on
itor ice co
nd
itio
ns, so
ice fish
ing is at yo
ur o
wn
risk.
Op
en fi
res are pro
hib
ited; self-co
ntain
ed sto
ves or ch
arcoal grills are p
ermitt
ed u
nless o
therw
ise design
ated
by a m
anager. P
ets mu
st be leash
ed.
Jaco
b D
ing
el
Locate
d in
the h
eartland
of so
uth
east P
enn
sylvania, th
e Gam
e Co
mm
ission’s M
idd
le C
reek Wild
life Man
agemen
t Area is a m
ecca for
wild
life and
wild
life en
thu
siasts alike.
The 6
,25
4-acre facility, create
d in
19
73
, is ho
me to
p
heasan
ts and
deer, b
lueb
irds an
d co
tto
ntails, an
d
man
y oth
er wild
anim
als. The area is p
articu
larly n
ote
d fo
r the th
ou
sand
s up
on
tho
usan
ds o
f du
cks, gee
se and
swan
s that d
rop
in d
urin
g their sp
ring
and
fall migrati
on
s.
Mid
dle C
reek is also a p
op
ular d
estin
atio
n fo
r te
achers an
d stu
den
ts, bird
ers and
hikers, an
d
hu
nte
rs and
anglers, to
o.