Wild Turkey Management Plan Open for Public Comments

The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (VDGIF) invites public input on the Virginia Wild Turkey Management Plan draft.  The draft is the joint work of VDGIF, a 12-member stakeholder advisory committee (citizen volunteers who represented a cross-section of public interests), and Virginia Tech, VDGIF said in a press release.

The Wild Turkey Management Plan includes goals to address hunting traditions, population levels of wild turkeys, allocation of harvest and turkey-related recreational activity, safety, ethics and compliance with law and human-wild turkey conflicts.

The plan also includes specific objectives to attain each goal, as well as potential general strategies for addressing the management of wild turkeys through 2022.

Online review and public comments may be made at: http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/turkey/managemen-planning-process/.

Paper copies of the plan (no bulk requests, please) may be made by contacting:
Holly Morris, Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Conservation (MC 0321), Virginia Tech, 310 West Campus Dr., Blacksburg, Va. 24061.

Comments may be submitted online or mailed to Ms. Morris at the above address.

Public comments also are invited at six public meetings across Virginia.

• July 16: Carroll 118 at Wytheville Community College, 1000 East Main Street, Wytheville, Virginia 24382 from 7:00-9:00 p.m.

• July 17: The Community Room at the Bedford Center for Business - Central Virginia Community College, 1633 Venture Blvd., Bedford, VA 24523 from 7:00-9:00 p.m.

• July 18: South Board room at the Augusta County Government Center, 18 Government Center Lane, Verona, VA 24482 from 7:00-9:00 p.m.

• July 29: Salem Church Branch Library, 2607 Salem Church Road, Fredericksburg, VA 22407 from 6:30-8:30 p.m.

• July 30: Bass Pro Shops, 1972 Power Plant Parkway, Hampton, VA 23666 from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
  

• July 31: Board room at VDGIF Headquarters, 4010 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23230 from 7:00-9:00 p.m.