The Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 147 are

Pennsylvania State Game Lands The Pennsylvania State Game Lands (SGL) are lands managed by the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) for hunting, trapping, and fishing. These lands, often not usable for farming or development, are donated to the PGC or purchased by the PGC with hun ...

in Blair

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in the

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providing hunting, trapping, bird watching, and other activities.

Geography

Game Lands Number 147 is located on the slopes of

Dunning Mountain Dunning Mountain is a stratigraphic ridge in central Pennsylvania, United States. The mountain's north end is at McKee Gap, which separates it from Short Mountain, and where Halter Creek flows westward towards the Frankstown Branch of the Juni ...

south of the pass containing the Frankstown Branch of the Juniata River. It consists of four parcels located in Blair, Frankstown, Huston,

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, and

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. Altoona is located about northwest of the Game Lands.

Canoe Creek State Park Canoe Creek State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Frankstown Township in Blair County, Pennsylvania. It is 12 miles east of Altoona, the nearest city. Canoe Lake, at , is the focus of recreation at the park and is open for fishing year ...

is located to the west of the northern end of the Game Lands, Morrison's Cove Memorial Park is located in Martinsburg to the south, Taylor Park is located in Roaring Spring to the southwest, and the

Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site The Allegheny Portage Railroad was the first railroad constructed through the Allegheny Mountains in central Pennsylvania, United States; it operated from 1834 to 1854 as the first transportation infrastructure through the gaps of the Allegheny ...

is located west of the Game Lands.

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is to the west. SGL 147 is drained by the Frankstown Branch of the Juniata River and its tributaries, part of the

Susquehanna River The Susquehanna River (; Lenape: Siskëwahane) is a major river located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, overlapping between the lower Northeast and the Upland South. At long, it is the longest river on the East Coast of the ...

watershed. Nearby communities include the

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Hollidaysburg Hollidaysburg is a borough (Pennsylvania), borough in and the county seat of Blair County, Pennsylvania, Blair County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is located on the Juniata River, south of Altoona, Pennsylvania, Altoona and is part of ...

, Martinsburg, Roaring Spring, and Williamsburg, and the

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Canoe Creek, Clappertown, East Freedom, East Sharpsburg, Flowing Spring, Franklin Forge, Frankstown,

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, Geeseytown, Horrell, Jugtown, Linds Crossing,

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, McKee, Point View,

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, Rodman,

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, Springfield Junction, St. Clair,

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, and Wertz.

Pennsylvania Route 866 Pennsylvania Route 866 (PA 866) is a state highway located in Bedford and Blair Counties in central Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at PA 36 in Woodbury. The northern terminus is at U.S. Route 22 (US 22) in Frankstown Township. Rout ...

is north/south oriented near the east side of the Game Lands from north of Williamsburg and runs through Martinsburg, intersecting with

Pennsylvania Route 164 Pennsylvania Route 164 (PA 164) is a state highway located in Cambria, Blair, and Bedford counties in Pennsylvania. The western terminus is at an interchange with U.S. Route 22 (US 22) in Munster Township. The eastern terminus is at PA ...

which touches the northern boundary of the southernmost parcel. Route 164 intersects with the highway carrying

Interstate 99 Interstate 99 (I-99) is an Interstate Highway in the United States with two segments: one located in central Pennsylvania, and the other in southern New York. The southern terminus of the route is near exit 146 of the Pennsylvania Turn ...

and

U.S. Route 220 U.S. Route 220 (US 220) is a spur route of US 20. It runs in a north–south layout in the eastern United States, unlike its parent route as well as conventionally even-numbered highways which run east-west. US 220 extends for f ...

to the west of the Game Lands.

U.S. Route 22 U.S. Route 22 (US 22) is a west–east route and is one of the original United States highways of 1926, running from Cincinnati, Ohio, at US 27, US 42, US 127, and US 52 to Newark, New Jersey, at U.S. Route 1/9 in the Newark Airport Intercha ...

runs through Hollidaysburg and crosses through the Frankstown Branch

water gap A water gap is a gap that flowing water has carved through a mountain range or mountain ridge and that still carries water today. Such gaps that no longer carry water currents are called wind gaps. Water gaps and wind gaps often offer a prac ...

between SGL 147 and SGL 166.

Pennsylvania Route 36 Pennsylvania Route 36 (PA 36) is a long state highway located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at Pennsylvania Route 26, PA 26 near the Hopewell Township, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Hopewell Township community of Yel ...

also intersects with Route 164 in Roaring Spring.Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 147
retrieved 14 November 2018

Statistics

SGL 147 was entered into the

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on 2 August 1979 as identification number 1188451, listing the elevation as . It consists of a total of in three parcels. Elevations range from on the northeast slope to in the main parcel.

Biology

The Game Lands is dominated by deciduous and coniferous forest, with streams, herbaceous and unvegetated areas, 96.1% forested mostly hardwoods including oaks, also including mountain boulder fields. Hunting, trapping and furtaking opportunities include

bear Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae. They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Nor ...

(''Ursus americanus''),

Coyote The coyote (''Canis latrans'') is a species of canis, canine native to North America. It is smaller than its close relative, the wolf, and slightly smaller than the closely related eastern wolf and red wolf. It fills much of the same ecologica ...

(''Canis latrans''),

Mourning dove The mourning dove (''Zenaida macroura'') is a member of the dove family, Columbidae. The bird is also known as the American mourning dove, the rain dove, and colloquially as the turtle dove, and was once known as the Carolina pigeon and Caroli ...

(''Zenaida macroura''),

deer Deer or true deer are hoofed ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. The two main groups of deer are the Cervinae, including the muntjac, the elk (wapiti), the red deer, and the fallow deer; and the Capreolinae, including the reindeer ...

(''Odocoileus virgianus''),

Ruffed grouse The ruffed grouse (''Bonasa umbellus'') is a medium-sized grouse occurring in forests from the Appalachian Mountains across Canada to Alaska. It is the most widely distributed game bird in North America. It is non-migratory. It is the only specie ...

(''Bonasa umbellus''),

opossum Opossums () are members of the marsupial order Didelphimorphia () endemic to the Americas. The largest order of marsupials in the Western Hemisphere, it comprises 93 species in 18 genera. Opossums originated in South America and entered North ...

(''Didelphis virginiana''),

Common pheasant The common pheasant (''Phasianus colchicus'') is a bird in the pheasant family (biology), family (Phasianidae). The genus name comes from Latin ''phasianus'', "pheasant". The species name ''colchicus'' is Latin for "of Colchis" (modern day Geor ...

(''Phasianus colchicus''),

rabbit Rabbits, also known as bunnies or bunny rabbits, are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also contains the hares) of the order Lagomorpha (which also contains the pikas). ''Oryctolagus cuniculus'' includes the European rabbit speci ...

(''Sylvilgus floridanus''),

Raccoon The raccoon ( or , ''Procyon lotor''), sometimes called the common raccoon to distinguish it from other species, is a mammal native to North America. It is the largest of the procyonid family, having a body length of , and a body weight of ...

(''Procyon lotor''), squirrel (''Sciurus carolinensis''), and

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(''Meleagris gallopavo''). Birdwatching species of interest include

Broad-winged hawk The broad-winged hawk (''Buteo platypterus'') is a medium-sized hawk of the genus ''Buteo''. During the summer, some subspecies are distributed over eastern North America, as far west as British Columbia and Texas; they then migrate south to wi ...

(''Buteo platypeterus''),

Scarlet tanager The scarlet tanager (''Piranga olivacea'') is a medium-sized American songbird. Until recently, it was placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae), but it and other members of its genus are now classified as belonging to the cardinal family (Cardin ...

(''Piranga olivacea''), Wood thrush (''Hylocichla mustelina''),

Black-throated green warbler The black-throated green warbler (''Setophaga virens'') is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. Description It has an olive-green crown, a yellow face with olive markings, a thin pointed bill, white wing bars, an olive-green back an ...

(''Setophaga virens''),

Cerulean warbler The cerulean warbler (''Setophaga cerulea'') is a small songbird in the family Parulidae. It is a long-distance migrant, breeding in eastern North American hardwood forests. In the non-breeding season, it winters on the eastern slope of the And ...

(''Setophaga cerulea''),

Worm-eating warbler The worm-eating warbler (''Helmitheros vermivorum'') is a small New World warbler that breeds in the Eastern United States and migrates to southern Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America for the winter. Taxonomy The worm-eating warbler is ...

(''Helmitheros vermivorum''), and

Louisiana waterthrush The Louisiana waterthrush (''Parkesia motacilla'') is a New World warbler, that breeds in eastern North America and winters in the West Indies and Central America. Plain brown above, it is white below, with black streaks and with buff flanks and u ...

(''Parkesia motacilla'').

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