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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 .
State Forest Name County Area acres (ha) Founded Remarks Kittanning: Jefferson: 13,266 acres (5,369 ha) 1919: Summer 2007, renamed Clear Creek State Forest Valley Forge: Chester: 812 acres (329 ha) January 1935: August 2007, renamed William Penn State Forest Lackawanna: Lackawanna 44,743 acres (18,107 ha)
Natural area name State forest County Area Date founded Remarks Alan Seeger Natural Area: Rothrock: Huntingdon: 390 acres (158 ha) 1921: Named after the poet who died during World War I. Includes old growth forest remnants. [3] [4] Algerine Swamp Natural Area: Tiadaghton: Lycoming, Tioga: 84 acres (34 ha) Includes a glacial bog. [5] [6]
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.
The Natural Area consists of a parcel of land on top of Mount Davis, the highest point in Pennsylvania at 3,213 feet above sea level. [3] Visitors can use several hiking trails and an observation tower with a 360-degree view. [4] The area features trees that have been stunted by strong winds and concentric stone circles formed by frost heaving. [2]
Pennsylvania State Game Lands #58 are situated near Mainville. They have an area of 12,646 acres. [1] This is 61.4 percent of all the State Game Lands in Columbia County and 41.7 percent of all the protected land in the county.
The majority of Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 12 is in Bradford County, but a few small areas are in Sullivan County. [1] The game lands have an area of nearly 24,480 acres (9,910 ha) in Bradford County. [2]
This category includes articles on protected areas within the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. This includes federal, state, local and privately controlled/owned areas ...