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Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA), [4] the official public geospatial data clearinghouse for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania marked its 18th year in 2014. PASDA, which has grown from a small website offering 35 data sets in 1996 to the expansive user-centered data clearinghouse that it is today, has become a staple of the GIS community in Pennsylvania.
The Commonwealth had twenty game preserves but the game population was still extremely low, so Pennsylvania restocked the Game Lands with game from other states and Canada. Today, the Commission has set aside almost 1.5 million acres (610 thousand hectares) as State Game Lands. [1]
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The Game Lands include an elevation labeled in The National Map as Round Top (elevation 2,786 feet (849 m)). Nearby recreational and protected areas include Crichton McCormick Park in Portage to the north, Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 198 to the northeast, Blue Knob State Park to the east, Gallitzin State Forest (Babcock Division) to ...
A stream known as Little Catawissa Creek also passes through the game lands. [1] Of the 17.45 square miles (45.2 km 2) of public land in the watershed of Mahanoy Creek, a total of 0.004 square miles (10,000 m 2) is Pennsylvania State Game Lands #329. Most of the land in the game lands is to the north of the watershed. [3]
State Game Lands Number 24 is located in Farmington Township in Clarion County, and in Green and Jenks townships in Forest County. Nearby populated places include Crown, Frills Corner, Gilfoyle, Golinza, Guitonville, Leeper , Lickingville, Muzette, Newmansville, North Pine Grove, Tylersburg , Vowinckel , Williams and Wolf's Corners.
After announcing its most recent land acquisition in January, the agency owns more than 1.6 million acres of public land. That amounts to roughly 5% of the commonwealth's 29 million acres.
PLIA operates https://www.publiclands.org where maps can be purchased and an interactive recreation map can be accessed to find public lands sites. PLIA provides those wanting to visit public lands with information and educational materials such as up-to-date fire news and alerts, and an online map center with Bureau of Land Management, [ 1 ...