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To: STATE EDITORS Contact: Christina Novak of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, +1-717-772-9101 HARRISBURG, Pa., March 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The declining American woodcock and vanishing habitat the migratory game bird needs to survive will be highlighted at a public program Friday, March 28, at Bald Eagle State Park, Centre County.

To: ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS Contact: Christina Nova

By BOB RIEPENHOFF Woodcock numbers continue to decline in Wisconsin and throughout the Central Region of the United States. "The trend, since about 1968, has been a decline of about 1.6% per year," said Gary Zimmer, regional biologist with the Ruffed Grouse Society.