Mar 1, 2021
Kudos to ClearWater Conservancy and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for the recent addition of 1,271 acres to Rothrock State Forest.
ClearWater Conservancy acquired the land, formerly owned by Dry Hollow Hunting Club, and then transferred the property to DCNR to be added to Rothrock State Forest, where it will be permanently conserved and accessible to the public.
The Dry Hollow property, located northeast of Warriors Mark in northern Huntingdon County, is part of a distinct ecosystem stretching between State College and Tyrone, holding the state’s largest patch of rare woodland habitat known as pitch pine-scrub oak barrens.
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From Mirror staff reports
STATE COLLEGE ClearWater Conservancy and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Bureau of Forestry have partnered to add 1,271 acres of land in Huntingdon and Centre counties to Rothrock State Forest.
ClearWater Conservancy acquired the land, formerly owned by Dry Hollow Hunting Club, then transferred the property to the Bureau of Forestry to be added to Rothrock State Forest, where it will be permanently conserved and accessible to the public.
“Never has the value of our state forest system shined brighter than during these most trying times and DCNR is proud to partner with Clearwater Conservancy in this addition to Rothrock that brings so much to so many,” DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn said. “State forest visitors have gained a new appreciation of their surroundings during the pandemic and in these 1,271 acres there are so many features to be enjoyed by those who will come the hunters, hikers, local historians