The Woodbourne Forest and Wildlife Preserve is a

protected area Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...

managed by The Nature Conservancy covering in northeastern Pennsylvania. The preserve contains old fields, meadows, creeks, bogs, and forests that are home to a wide variety of animals. These include over 180 species of birds such as pileated woodpeckers, great horned owls, and winter wrens. The preserve's wetlands harbor frogs, snakes, and nine species of salamander, including the spring salamander,

northern two-lined salamander The northern two-lined salamander (''Eurycea bislineata'') is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae found in Canada and the United States. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, rivers, intermittent river ...

, and

four-toed salamander The four-toed salamander (''Hemidactylium scutatum'') is a lungless salamander native to eastern North America. It is the only species of the monotypic genus ''Hemidactylium''. Description The four-toed salamander can be recognized by its whit ...

. The preserve's forests, part of the

Allegheny Highlands forests The Allegheny Highlands forests are a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion of North America, as defined by the World Wildlife Fund. Setting The ecoregion consists of four separate blocks of mixed forest surrounded by lower lying areas ...

ecoregion, contain of old growth northern hardwood forest that includes eastern hemlock, sweet birch, sugar maple, northern red oak, white ash, and

American beech ''Fagus grandifolia'', the American beech or North American beech, is a species of beech tree native to the eastern United States and extreme southeast of Canada. Description ''Fagus grandifolia'' is a large deciduous tree growing to tall, w ...

. Visitor activities include hiking, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, birdwatching, and photography. This Preserve is just south of

Montrose, Pennsylvania Montrose is a borough in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States, south-southeast of Binghamton, New York and north by west of Scranton. The land is elevated approximately 1,400 feet (427 m) above sea level. It is the Susquehanna Count ...

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