Senate Game and Fisheries Committee
Public Hearing
Monday, October 27, 2014 at 9 a.m.
Tom Ridge Environmental Learning Center
301 Peninsula Drive, Erie, PA 16505 – 2042
9:00 AM
Welcome and Call to Order
- Senator Richard Alloway II, Chairman, Senate Game and Fisheries Committee
- Senator Sean Wiley, 49th Senatorial District of Pennsylvania
9:05 AM
Lyme Disease
- Regis Senko, Information and Education Supervisor, Northwest Regional Office, Pennsylvania Game Commission – Lyme Disease Education/Hunter Trapper Education
- Harry Leslie, Park Ranger, DCNR, Presque Isle State Park – Tourism and Tick Prevention
- Karen Tobin, Director of Environmental Health, Erie County Department of Health – Erie Tick Task Force – Prevention and Identification of Ticks
9:25 AM
Questions and Answers
9:30 AM
Act 89 Spending Plan and Other Updates
- John Arway, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
9:50 AM
Questions and Answers
9:55 AM
Round Goby
- Chuck Murray, Lake Erie Unit Leader, PA Fish and Boat Commission
10:15 AM
Questions and Answers
10:35 AM
Impacts of Microbeads on Aquatic Ecosystems
- Marti Martz, Senior Coastal Outreach Specialist, PA Sea Grant
10:55 AM
Questions and Answers
11:00 AM
Closing Remarks
- Senator Richard Alloway II, Chairman, Senate Game and Fisheries Committee
- Senator Sean Wiley, 49th Senatorial District of Pennsylvania