Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 115

Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 115 (also known as State Game Lands Number 115) are Pennsylvania State Game Lands in Montour County and Northumberland County, in Pennsylvania, in the United States. They have an area of 1,243 acres (503 ha). The game lands are situated on Montour Ridge and have predominantly mountainous terrain. Game animals that occur within their boundaries include deer, grouse, rabbit, squirrel, and turkey.

Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 115
Gameland Road in State Game Lands Number 115
Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 115
LocationMahoning Township, Montour County; Liberty Township, Montour County; Point Township, Northumberland County
Nearest cityDanville
Coordinates40°57′27″N 76°41′53″W
Area1,243 acres (503 ha)
DesignationPennsylvania State Game Lands
OwnerPennsylvania Game Commission

Geography

Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 115 have an area of 1,243 acres (503 ha), making them the second-smallest State Game Lands in Columbia County and Montour County, after Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 329. They are located near Danville. Most of the game lands are in Point Township, Northumberland County, but a small area in its northeastern section is in Liberty Township, Montour County and Mahoning Township, Montour County.[1]

Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 115 have largely mountainous terrain.[1] The elevation of the game lands at their official coordinates is 1,063 feet (324 m) above sea level.[2]

Major roads in the vicinity of Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 115 include US Route 11, Pennsylvania Route 45, and Interstate 80.[1] They can be accessed via Township Road 330 from US Route 11.[3] The game lands are mainly on the western part of Montour Ridge.[1][4] They stand above US Route 11 and the Susquehanna River.[3]

A stretch of road in the game lands is open seasonally, from two weeks prior to the start of the archery deer season to the end of the grouse season and again from the Friday prior to April's youth hunt to the end of the Spring Gobbler Season. This stretch of road is 2.2 miles (3.5 km) long.[5] The Devil's Feather Bed and Red Point Hill are in their vicinity.[1]

Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 115 are in the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Riverside.[2]

History and recreation

Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 115 were entered into the Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979. Their identifier in the Geographic Names Information System is 1193431.[2]

A map of the timber coverage in Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 115 was made in March 1977.[6]

In 2012, Game Lands maintenance worker Wayne Stackhouse worked to cut back trees and brush alongside access roads in Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 115, as well as Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 58.[7]

The Pennsylvania Game Commission manages Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 115 for public hunting.[8]

Biology

Major game animals in Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 115 include deer, grouse, rabbit, squirrel, and wild turkey.[1] The forests on Montour Ridge in the vicinity of Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 115 are considerably less fragmented than they are in the eastern part of the ridge.[4]

References
  1. Columbia-Montour Visitors Bureau, State Game Lands (PDF), pp. 1, 8–9, retrieved April 16, 2015
  2. Geographic Names Information System, Feature Detail Report for: State Game Lands Number 115, retrieved April 17, 2015
  3. The Pennsylvania Sportsman, Volume 36, Issues 1-4, Northwoods Publication, 1995, p. 78
  4. Pennsylvania Science Office of The Nature Conservancy (2005), Montour County Natural Areas Inventory 2005 (PDF), retrieved April 16, 2015
  5. Northeast Region Seasonally Opened Game Lands Roads, retrieved April 17, 2015
  6. LandOfficeMaps_NorthumberlandThruPennsylvania.pdf (PDF), November 22, 2013, retrieved April 17, 2015
  7. "Habitat work underway on Pa. State Game Lands", The Morning Call, June 12, 2012, retrieved April 17, 2015
  8. Bureau Of Soils, United States; Bureau Of Plant Industry, United States; United States. Bureau Of Plant Industry, Soils; Soil Conservation Service, United States; Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States (1985), Soil survey, p. 62


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