Nolde Forest, an environmental education center in the state park system of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, is Pennsylvania’s newest old-growth forest. The 700 ...

Bear Meadows Natural Area recently became the 39th Pennsylvania forest and first in Centre County to be inducted into the ...

Pennsylvania this fall notched its 32nd woodlands in the national Old-Growth Forest Network, more than any other state. They don’t call it Penn’s Woods for nothing. The network on Sept. 27 ...

Pennsylvania adds old-growth forest to national network, with 5 more to follow this year. Published: ; May. 24, 2021, 5:00 a.m.

The Bear Meadows Natural Area in Rothrock State Park is now officially part of a nationwide conservation effort. The area is ...

CAMERON COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) – The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and Old Growth Forest announced today the induction of Elk State Forest’s Square Timber Wild Area into the Old ...

Old-growth forests, those mature stands of trees that have never been cut, are most often associated with the Western United States. But Pennsylvania has 20 significant old-growth areas. The fact t… ...

The Old-Growth Forest Network is a nationwide nonprofit organization with volunteers across the country who find the last remnants of old-growth forests. Founded in 2012, OGFN has more than 275 ...

The Big Boyd Tree Preserve sits off Route 443 in Dauphin County and covers over 1,000 acres. The area added to the Old-Growth Forest Network is about 80 acres, accessible by hiking trails.

Old-growth hemlocks are pictured within the Alan Seeger Natural Area of Rothrock State Forest in Huntingdon County. Nicholas A. Tonelli Photo provided About 8 billion trees cover Pennsylvania’s ...

Forest Service to Map and Protect Old Forests. By ABC News. January 9, 2001, 11:22 AM. Jan. 9 -- Only small pockets remain, but tall, cool and majestic old-growth forests stand out in the nation ...