🦎 Quehanna Wild Area

United States · Americas · Nature Reserve · 41.27°N, 78.26°W

Quehanna Wild Area is a protected area within parts of Cameron, Clearfield and Elk counties in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania; with a total area of 50,000 acres, it covers parts of Elk and Moshannon State Forests. Founded in the 1950s as a nuclear research center, Quehanna has a legacy of radioactive and toxic waste contamination, while also being the largest state forest wild area in Pennsylvania, with herds of elk. The wild area is bisected by the Quehanna Highway and is home to second growth forest with mixed hardwoods and evergreens. Quehanna has two state forest natural areas: the 1,215-acre (492 ha) M.K. Goddard/Wykoff Run Natural Area, and the 917-acre (371 ha) Marion Brooks Natural Area. The latter has the largest stand of white birch in Pennsylvania and the eastern United States.

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Quick facts

Country	United States
Continent / region	Americas
Protection type	🦎 Nature Reserve
Coordinates (approx.)	41.27°N, 78.26°W · view on map

Quehanna Wild Area is a nature reserve in United States, in Americas. The details of why Quehanna Wild Area is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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