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James C. Nelson Wild Area: 5,345 acres (2,163 ha) ... Little Buffalo State Park; Neighboring state forest districts. Bald Eagle State Forest (north)
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]
The park is on Pennsylvania Route 16 along Tuscarora Mountain. Buchanan's Birthplace State Park was created from land donated to the state by Harriet Lane in honor of her uncle, the 15th President of the United States , James Buchanan .
1,454-acre state park including Cooke, Dickinson and Penn Townships Lacawac: Lake Ariel: Wayne: Northeastern Pennsylvania: 545 acres, former summer estate, public programs, trails, house tours Lancaster Environmental Center: Lancaster: Lancaster: Pennsylvania Dutch Country: website, operated by the County in 544-acre Lancaster County Central Park
James C. Nelson (born February 20, 1944) is a retired American attorney and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Montana Supreme Court from 1993 through 2012, having been appointed to the court by Republican Governor Marc Racicot in May 1993.
The park has been nicknamed "America's most historic square mile" because of its abundance of historic landmarks. [3] [4] [5] The centerpiece of the park is Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were debated and adopted by America's Founding Fathers in the late 18th century. [6]
On April 12, 1921 the governor signed the law creating "Snyder-Middleswarth State Forest Park", making it Pennsylvania's ninth state park. By 1923 the park had a telephone and some structures, and in 1937 the state named it a "Forest Monument" as an "area of botanical or historic interest". [ 3 ]
The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) is a private nonprofit conservation organization founded in 1932 and headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.WPC has contributed land to 12 state parks and conserved more than a quarter million acres of natural lands.