Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe announced the promotion of Bradley Bechtel to the position of Chief Counsel. Bechtel has been with the agency since 1991, and most recently served as the agency's chief attorney for the Bureau of Wildlife Habitat Management's Real Estate Division. Bechtel fills the vacancy created by the recent retirement of William Pouss, who retired after 31 years of service, the last 13 as the agency's chief counsel.
As chief counsel, Bechtel will be responsible for advising the agency on a wide range of issues coming before it, including approving legal documents to initiating or responding to litigation involving the agency's mission.
Prior to employment with the Commission, Bechtel was an attorney for the City of Harrisburg and eventually was appointed City Solicitor, a position he left in 1991. Bechtel is a 1987 graduate of the Dickinson School of Law, and a 1984 graduate of Penn State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in political science.
Bechtel is the Secretary/Treasurer for the Organization of Wildlife Lands Specialists (OWLS), and does volunteer land acquisition work for the Central Pennsylvania Conservancy.
