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Buchanan State Forest expands with new acreage
Updated Feb 08, 2021;
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Buchanan State Forest now covers 71,802 acres in Franklin, Fulton and Bedford counties following the addition of 119 forested acres in Southampton Township, Bedford County.
The new acreage was protected and transferred into the state forest by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, which has added more than 2,300 acres to Buchanan State Forest since 2007.
A forest of oak, black birch, hickory, black gum and white pine trees make up the newly conserved property located in the headwaters of Town Creek, which the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has designated as a high quality coldwater fishery that provides anglers opportunities to fish for wild trout.