{"id":264862,"date":"2026-08-13T22:06:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T22:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/264862\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T22:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T22:06:17","slug":"pennsylvania-game-commission-ends-deputy-game-warden-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/264862\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Game Commission ends Deputy Game Warden Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Pennsylvania Game Commission announced that it is discontinuing the Deputy Game Warden Program.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A PGC spokesperson said the decision to end the program reflects the Commission&#8217;s focus on &#8220;having the most efficient and effective full-time, professional workforce.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The Commission is deeply grateful to the committed individuals that volunteered and served as deputy wardens, providing valuable services to the agency and to the people of Pennsylvania,&#8221; PGC Press Secretary John Buffone said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Buffone said the PGC is &#8220;unwavering in its obligation to serve as the guardian of state wildlife resources for all citizens.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pennsylvania Game Commission announced that it is discontinuing the Deputy Game Warden Program.\u00a0 A PGC spokesperson said&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":264863,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[111857,111859,28,9183,30,29,111858,75368],"class_list":["post-264862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-game-warden","tag-john-buffone","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-game-commission","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-professional-workforce","tag-the-commission"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264862"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264862\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}