Bradford, Pa.:  Want to listen to hunters that have invested a lifetime in bettering habitat for white-tailed deer?  Then the Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative (KQDC) has a series of presentations for you at their Deer Season Kick-Off on Sunday, October 30, at University of Pittsburgh-Bradford campus.  All events for the Kickoff will take place in the Frame-Westerberg Commons Mukaiyama University Room. 

Gary Alt, famous deer and bear biologist; John Dzemyan, local naturalist and historian; and Linda Ordiway, new Forest Biologist for the Allegheny National Forest, will share experiences and information.  Doors open at noon.  The Kickoff will end at 4:00 p.m.  Door prizes for attendees will be drawn just before 4:00 p.m.

The program is FREE and open to the public.

A reminder:  feeding of wildlife is prohibited on the KQDC and the Allegheny NF.

The Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative is an on-going demonstration, begun in 2000, of how hunting can be used to meet the goals of multiple publics for managing deer.  A partnership of forest landowners, forest managers, biologists, hunters, and local businesses developed the program which relies on hunters to manage deer density on a representative forested area. 

The KQDC is almost 75,000 acres of public and private lands managed to improve deer populations and habitat.  The land is west of Bradford and north of Kane in McKean County.  The cooperators are Sand County Foundation, Allegheny National Forest Visitors Bureau, Allegheny National Forest, Bradford Water Authority, Conservation Forestry, Collins Pine Co. (Kane Hardwood), and RAM Forest Products.  Additional information can be obtained at www.kqdc.comor www.Facebook.com/The KQDC.