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Northeastern Pennsylvania: website, located in the 166-acre Kettle Creek Wildlife Sanctuary, operated by the County Mount Pisgah State Park: Troy: Bradford: Northeastern Pennsylvania: Environmental interpretive center houses artifacts and displays about area wildlife and early farm life, nature programs Myrick Conservation Center: West Chester ...
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary is a wild bird sanctuary in Albany Township and East Brunswick Township, located along the Appalachian flyway in eastern Pennsylvania.The sanctuary is a prime location for the viewing of kettling and migrating raptors, known as hawkwatching, with an average of 20,000 hawks, eagles and falcons passing the lookouts during the late summer and fall every year.
Wykoff Run in Quehanna Wild Area, the largest such protected area in Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States includes 18 wild areas in its State Forest system. [1] They are managed by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, a division of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Known as the "Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania", a deep gorge carved by glacial meltwater. The maximum depth of the canyon is 1,450 feet (442 m) at Waterville, near the southern end. At Leonard Harrison and Colton Point State Parks, the depth is more than 800 feet and from rim to rim is approximately 4,000 feet (1200 m). Protects 160,000 acres ...
Encompasses an uncommon (for Pennsylvania) unplanted grove of red pines. [6] [46] Little Juniata Natural Area: Rothrock: Huntingdon: 624 acres (253 ha) [3] [47] Little Mud Pond Swamp Natural Area: Delaware: Pike: 182 acres (74 ha) Encompasses a boreal swamp. [18] [48] Little Tinicum Island Natural Area: William Penn: Delaware: 80 acres (32 ha)
Tucked away in the middle of Pennsylvania, the sanctuary is a safe haven for gray wolves and wolf-dogs. They currently house 50 of these beautiful creatures and lead guided tours to help educate ...
They are managed by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, a division of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. A reorganization effective July 1, 2005 shifted territory among several state forests in eastern Pennsylvania, resulting in the elimination of Wyoming State Forest and the creation of Loyalsock State Forest.
The Pennsylvania Wilds, or the Pennsylvania Wilds Conservation Landscape, is a predominantly rural and forested region in northern central Pennsylvania, mostly within the Allegheny Plateau. It covers about a quarter of the state's territory, but is home to only 4% of its population. It is one of Pennsylvania's 11 state-designated tourist regions.