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Reptiles and amphibians observed in the state game lands include box turtles, American toads, wood frogs, spotted salamanders, and garter snakes. Insects such as the black swallowtail and the tiger swallowtail are also found there. [4] Pennsylvania State Game Lands #58 are one of the largest remaining tracts of forested land in Columbia County. [5]
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]
The Trexler Nature Preserve is an 1,108-acre county park (448 ha) owned and maintained by Lehigh County in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. [2] The preserve is situated in Lowhill Township and North Whitehall Township and the land that comprises the preserve was originally purchased between 1901 and 1911 by local industrialist General Harry Clay Trexler.
During the Pa. Senate's Game & Fisheries Committee meeting on Feb. 8, two senators asked how much public land does Pennsylvania really need.
The Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 52 are Pennsylvania State Game Lands in Berks and Lancaster Counties, Pennsylvania that provide the public with providing hunting, bird watching, and other activities.
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]
Pennsylvania State Game Lands #329 have an area of 1,146 acres (464 ha), making them the smallest state game lands in Columbia County. [1] They are located near Aristes, at a distance of 0.25 miles (0.40 km), and are in Conyngham Township, Columbia County, Roaring Creek Township, Columbia County, and Union Township, Schuylkill County.
The Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 203 consists of 1,245.8 acres (504.2 ha) in two parcels. It was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on 1 April 1990 as identification number 1208078. Its elevation is listed as 1,138 feet (347 m). [3]