The Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 97 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 Bedford County in

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in the

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providing hunting, bird watching, and other activities.

Geography

SGL 97 consists of one parcel located in Colerain, Monroe, Snake Spring,

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, and West Providence Townships in Bedford County. Nearby communities are the boroughs of Everett and Rainsburg and populated places Ashcom, Beegleton, Chaneysville, Charlesville, Clear Ridge, Clearville, Diehl,

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, Five Forks, Hartley, Koontzville, Lutzville, Mench, Mount Dallas, Ott Town, and Penn Wood. SGL 97 is northeast/southwest oriented along

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with some portions in the valleys on either side.

Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 73 The Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 73 are Pennsylvania State Game Lands in Bedford, Blair and Huntingdon Counties in Pennsylvania in the United States providing hunting, bird watching, and other activities. Geography SGL 73 consists of six ...

is located to the northeast along the same ridge,

Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 49 The Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 49 are Pennsylvania State Game Lands in Bedford and Fulton Counties in Pennsylvania in the United States providing hunting, bird watching, and other activities. Geography SGL 49 consists of five parcels lo ...

is located to the east, Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 48 is located to the west, portions of the

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is located to the east, south, and west of SGL 97. The Game Lands is located in the Juniata River watershed, which is part of the

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retrieved 20 October 2018

Statistics

SGL 97 was entered into the

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on 2 August 1979 as identification number 1193463, its elevation is listed as . Elevations range from to . It consists of in one parcel.

Biology

Gamebird hunting is limited due to the local habitat, except that

American woodcock The American woodcock (''Scolopax minor''), sometimes colloquially referred to as the timberdoodle, the bogsucker, the hokumpoke, and the Labrador twister, is a small shorebird species found primarily in the eastern half of North America. Woodcoc ...

(''Scolopax minor'') can be found in the valleys along stream beds and shrublands. Hunting and furtaking species include

beaver Beavers are large, semiaquatic rodents in the genus ''Castor'' native to the temperate Northern Hemisphere. There are two extant species: the North American beaver (''Castor canadensis'') and the Eurasian beaver (''C. fiber''). Beavers ar ...

(''Castor canadensis''),

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)'',

gray fox The gray fox (''Urocyon cinereoargenteus''), or grey fox, is an omnivorous mammal of the family Canidae, widespread throughout North America and Central America. This species and its only congener, the diminutive island fox (''Urocyon littor ...

''(Urocyon cinereoargenteus)'',

red fox The red fox (''Vulpes vulpes'') is the largest of the true foxes and one of the most widely distributed members of the Order (biology), order Carnivora, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere including most of North America, Europe ...

''(Vulpes Vulpes)'', and

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)''.

References

{{Protected Areas of Pennsylvania 097 Protected areas of Bedford County, Pennsylvania

Geography

Statistics

Biology

See also

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