BIG WOODS HARE HUNTERS OF THE ALLEGHENY

 SNOWSHOE HARE DRAFT MANAGEMENT PLANS RELEASED

The 2024-2033 draft snowshoe hare management plan sets out to maintain or increase snowshoe hare populations and hare habitat within Pennsylvania, which is at the southeastern edge of the snowshoe hare’s range and where populations might have contracted in recent decades. The plan includes a goal to annually provide hare harvest opportunities.

This is the Game Commission’s first-ever snowshoe hare management plan. Comments about it can be emailed to Hares@pa.gov through Nov. 15.