PA Game Commission Tracking Wild Turkeys by GPS to Find Out Why Populations Are Dwindling

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Mark Olsen

The estimated number of wild turkeys in Pennsylvania has been going down, after peaking in 2001. WPSU’s Anne Danahy reports, to help find out why, the state Game Commission has outfitted 100 hens with GPS transmitters as part of its largest turkey research project.

Read the full story at: https://radio.wpsu.org/2022-07-19/pennsylvania-tracking-wild-turkey-hens-gps-population-decline-largest-wild-turkey-research-project-so-far

(Original air-date: 8/2/22)

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Anne Danahy is a reporter at WPSU. She was a reporter for nearly 12 years at the Centre Daily Times in State College, Pennsylvania, where she earned a number of awards for her coverage of issues including the impact of natural gas development on communities.