Galen Scheufler, a park ranger for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District, poses next to an Old-Growth Forest Network sign designating a newly-discovered old-growth forest at Youghiogheny River Lake in Friendsville, Maryland, Dec. 3, 2024.
Youghiogheny River Lake now has two forests registered into the Old-Growth Forest Network, which is a nationwide nonprofit with volunteers across the country who find the last remnants of old-growth forests in North America. The two newly-discovered forests are Klondike Ridge forest in Pennsylvania and the Mill Run forest in Maryland.
Less than one percent of all forests east of the Mississippi River are considered old-growth, containing trees older than 70 or 80 years old.
(U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District photo by Shaylin Dresher)
Date Taken: | 12.03.2024 |
Date Posted: | 12.16.2024 13:59 |
Photo ID: | 8802938 |
VIRIN: | 241204-A-SD234-1002 |
Resolution: | 4242x5656 |
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Location: | PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, US |
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