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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)
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.
Maumee State Forest: Swanton: 3,299 acres Mohican-Memorial State Forest: Ashland County: 4,541 acres Perry State Forest: New Lexington: 4,706 acres Pike State Forest: Pike/Highland counties: 12,159 acres Richland Furnace State Forest: Byer: 2,524 acres (9 km 2) Scioto Trail State Forest: Chillicothe: 9,600 acres (38 km 2) Shade River State ...
Blue Rock State Forest – 4,572 acres (19 km 2) Brush Creek State Forest – ca. 12,000 acres (49 km 2) Dean State Forest – 2,745 acres (10 km 2) Fernwood State Forest – 2,107 acres (9 km 2) Gifford State Forest – 320 acres (1.3 km 2); Athens County; Harrison State Forest – 1,345 acres (5 km 2) Hocking State Forest – 9,374 acres (38 ...
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] Anders Run Natural Area ...
The bridge across the river carries Pennsylvania Route 120 Pennsylvania Wilds (in green) on the map of Pennsylvania 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 .
Bald Eagle State Forest is a Pennsylvania state forest in Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry District #7. The main office is located in Laurelton in Union County , Pennsylvania . The forest is found in Centre , Clinton , Mifflin , Snyder , and Union Counties.
Shawnee State Forest was established in 1922 with the purchase of 5,000 acres of land that was previously cut over for timber. Before its establishment, during the mid-1800s to the early 1900s, building stone was quarried in the area. The stone was moved by railroad to the Ohio River, where it was loaded on barges. Most of the stone was used ...