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All of this info is from the website below:

http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/oldgrowth/index.aspx

Welcome to the website for the Auto Tour of Old Growth Forests. Located primarily in the north-central part of Pennsylvania, the twenty sites on the Tour represent many different ecosystems, not only deep classic "big tree" forests. Most of the sites are within what is known as the Lumber Heritage Region, the 15 counties from which most of the timber resources were extracted in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Much of this area has now once more become a heavily wooded area, with over 2.5 million acres of Federal and State forests.
Learn more about what old-growth means and see how and why these particular sites were chosen for the tour. We'll explain the principles on which those choices were based and some of the history of Pennsylvania's magnificent forests. Map of Pennsylvania showing the location of Old Growth Areas
Choose an Old Growth area from the map above of from the links below
North section
Pine Creek Gorge Pine Creek Gorge
Bark Cabin Natural Area Bark Cabin Natural Area
Lumber Museum Lumber Museum
North Central section
Quehanna Wild Area, Wykoff Run Natural Area Quehanna Wild Area,
Wykoff Run Natural Area
Johnson Run Natural Area Johnson Run Natural Area
Lower Jerry Run Natural Area Lower Jerry Run Natural Area
Bucktail State Park Natural Area Bucktail State Park Natural Area
Cranberry Swamp Cranberry Swamp
Proposed Natural/Old-growth area, Sproul State Forest Proposed Natural/Old-growth area,
Sproul State Forest
Forrest H. Duttlinger Natural Area Forrest H. Duttlinger Natural Area
South Central section
The Hook Natural Area The Hook Natural Area
Snyder/Middleswarth Natural Area, Tall Timbers Natural Area Snyder Middleswarth Natural Area,
Tall Timbers Natural Area
Detweiler Run Natural Area Detweiler Run Natural Area
Bear Meadows Natural Area Bear Meadows Natural Area
Allen Seeger Natural Area Alan Seeger Natural Area
Into the Woods - Adobe PDF (5.9 Mb) - This presentation highlights some of the features you will see when traveling to old growth areas of Pennsylvania. Due to the large size of this file, it is recommended for high-speed internet access only.



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