Mifflin
Juniata Perry Woodland Owners
June 9 @ 6:00-8:00 pm
Coopers Gap
Road, Rothrock State Forest
Since
2013, the Deer Forest Study researchers from Penn State, U.S. Geological
Survey, Pennsylvania Game Commission, and Pennsylvania DCNR Bureau of Forestry
have been monitoring deer populations and forest changes in the Coopers Gap
area of Rothrock State Forest near Reedsville, Mifflin County.
They
have carefully monitored deer populations, biological diversity, and forest growth
in this area. Hopes are, the study will lead to a better understanding of the
complex relationships between deer and forests. Please join the Mifflin Perry Woodland Owner Association as we tour a few of the
permanent monitoring plots as some of the researchers explain their findings.
Our
presenters will be Dr. Duane Diefenbach – Leader and Adjunct Professor of Wildlife Ecology, U.S. Geological
Survey PA Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Unit, Dr. Marc McDill – Forest Management, Penn State, and Danielle Begley-Miller, PhD Student,
Wildlife and Fisheries, Penn State.
The tour
will consist of a 10 minute walk on an easy to moderately difficult trail that
will lead us to a monitoring plot. Please where appropriate clothing and
footwear for this short hike. This is a rain or shine program.
The
program will start promptly at 6:00 pm from a parking area along Coopers Gap Rd
near Reedsville, PA. This parking lot is just east of the Conklin Road and
Coopers Gap intersection and if coming from the south travel approximately 2.6
miles northwest from the corner of East Back Mountain Road and Coopers Gap
Road. Since our meeting location doesn’t have an address we also are meeting
attendees at the Arby’s Restaurant parking lot located at 20 Commerce Dr, Milroy, PA 17063 at 5:15
and promptly leaving at 5:30 to lead attendees to the Coopers Gap Parking Area.
Coopers Gap Parking Area GPS Coordinates - 40.699665, -77.667725
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