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Forest Fire Wardens Monument with small stones for each of the 20 state forests at Hyner View State Park
Size and location of Pennsylvania's state forests

There are 20 state forests in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States. They are managed by the Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, a division of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

A reorganization effective July 1, 2005 shifted territory among several state forests in eastern Pennsylvania, resulting in the elimination of Wyoming State Forest and the creation of Loyalsock State Forest.

List of Pennsylvania state forests

State Forest Name   County   Area
acres (ha)   		Founded   Remarks  
Bald Eagle Centre, Clinton, Mifflin, Union, & Snyder

194,602 acres (78,750 ha)[1]

Contains 1,781 combined acres of old grown forest[2]
Buchanan Bedford, Franklin, & Fulton 71,683 acres (29,010 ha)[3]
Clear Creek Clarion, Forest, Jefferson, Mercer & Venango 16,716 acres (6,765 ha)[4] 1919, as Kittanning State Forest Name changed 2007
Cornplanter Crawford, Forest, & Warren 1,585 acres (641 ha)[5] Named in honor of Seneca Chief Cornplanter
Delaware Pike & Monroe

85,114 acres (34,444 ha) [6]

Elk Cameron, Clinton, Elk, McKean, & Potter 200,000 acres (80,940 ha) 1900
Forbes Fayette, Somerset, & Westmoreland over 50,000 acres (20,230 ha)
Gallitzin Bedford, Cambria, Indiana, & Somerset 24,370 acres (9,862 ha)[7] 1916
Loyalsock Bradford, Lycoming, & Sullivan 114,552 acres (46,360 ha) July 1, 2005 Replaced Wyoming State Forest
Michaux Adams, Cumberland, & Franklin over 85,000 acres (34,400 ha)
Moshannon Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, & Elk

190,031 acres (76,903 ha)

1898
Pinchot Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne, & Wyoming 44,743 acres (18,107 ha)
Rothrock Centre, Huntingdon, & Mifflin 215,500 acres (87,210 ha)
Sproul Cameron, Centre, Clinton, Lycoming, & Potter 280,000 acres (113,310 ha) 1898
Susquehannock Clinton, McKean, & Potter

265,000 acres (107,242 ha)

Tiadaghton Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, Tioga, & Union 215,500 acres (87,210 ha)
Tioga Bradford, Lycoming, & Tioga 160,000 acres (64,750 ha) 1900
Tuscarora Cumberland, Franklin, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, & Perry 91,165 acres (36,893 ha)
Weiser Carbon, Columbia, Dauphin, Northumberland, & Schuylkill 17,961 acres (7,269 ha)
William Penn Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, & Lancaster 812 acres (329 ha) January 1935, as Valley Forge State Forest, August 2007, became William Penn State Forest

Former State Forests

State Forest Name   County   Area
acres (ha)   		Founded   Remarks  
Wyoming Sullivan July 2005, became Loyalsock State Forest

Former Names of State Forests

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) August 2015, renamed Pinchot State Forest

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bald Eagle State Forest". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  2. ^ "Bald Eagle State Forest" (PDF). PA DCNR. Retrieved 2023-06-30.
  3. ^ "Buchanan State Forest". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  4. ^ "Clear Creek State Forest". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  5. ^ "Cornplanter State Forest". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  6. ^ "Pennsylvania's Delaware State Forest Grows by 555 Acres". The Conservation Fund. 2023-06-26. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  7. ^ "Gallitzin State Forest". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-06-29.

External links

Lists of state forests by U.S. state
Protected areas of Pennsylvania
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