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This list of mammals in Pennsylvania consists of 66 species currently believed to occur wild in the state. This excludes feral domesticated species such as feral cats and dogs . Several species recently lived wild in Pennsylvania, but are now extirpated (locally, but not globally, extinct).
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Pennsylvania. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).
Beavers and river otters are known to live in ponds, lakes, rivers, marshes, streams and adjacent wetland areas [13] and groundhogs are most commonly found along forest edges, meadows, open fields, roads and streams. They sometimes also live in dense forests. [14] The snowshoe hare lives in dense woodlands and forest bogs. [15]
The Western Allegheny Plateau ecoregion is located on the western Allegheny Plateau, which is within the central region of the Appalachian Plateau. [3] [4]The World Wildlife Fund defines the ecoregion as being the northern part of the Appalachian mixed mesophytic forests.
They are managed by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, a division of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The Commonwealth describes a natural area as a location with "scenic, historic, geologic or ecological significance, which will remain in an undisturbed state, with development and maintenance being limited ...
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.
Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 55, along with Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 260, are in the vicinity of the Bell Bend Nuclear Power Plant site. Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 55 are to the west of the site, within 6.2 miles (10.0 km) of it. [9] The area in the vicinity of the game lands is surrounded by streams and farmland. [3]
The Pocono Mountain Range runs throughout northeastern Pennsylvania. The Allegheny and Pocono mountains are the two largest subranges in Pennsylvania. Other mountain ranges in Pennsylvania include the Bear Pond Mountains, the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Conewago Mountains, Music Mountains, Town Hill Mountain Range, and the Endless Mountains. [5 ...