Park rangers at Youghiogheny River Lake discovered two old-growth forests on the federal lands they manage, with some trees estimated as old as 140 years. The two forests are located at Klondike Ridge in southwestern Pennsylvania and at the Mill Run Recreational Area in northeastern Maryland.
Forest enthusiasts can identify old-growth by a set of indicators such as large, girthy trees, including some with hollowed interiors; mossy tree bark; a multi-layered canopy; large, downed logs; dead trees standing upright, known as “snags”; and uneven terrain with deep depressions and mounds caused by tree root systems.
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 Galen Scheufler)
| Date Taken: | 12.05.2024 |
| Date Posted: | 12.16.2024 13:59 |
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| Location: | PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, US |
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