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Ricketts Glen State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on 13,193 acres (5,280 ha) in Columbia, Luzerne, and Sullivan counties in Pennsylvania in the United States.^[1]

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1942 establishments in Pennsylvania
Campgrounds in Pennsylvania
Civilian Conservation Corps in Pennsylvania
National Natural Landmarks in Pennsylvania
Protected areas established in 1942

Acadian flycatcher

The Acadian flycatcher (Empidonax virescens) is a small insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family.

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Acid rain

Acid rain is rain or any other form of precipitation that is unusually acidic, meaning that it has elevated levels of hydrogen ions (low pH).

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Acorus calamus

Acorus calamus (also called sweet flag, sway or muskrat root, among many other common names) is a species of flowering plant with psychoactive chemicals.

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Alleghanian orogeny

The Alleghanian orogeny or Appalachian orogeny is one of the geological mountain-forming events that formed the Appalachian Mountains and Allegheny Mountains.

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The Allegheny Front is the major southeast- or east-facing escarpment in the Allegheny Mountains in southern Pennsylvania, western Maryland, eastern West Virginia, and western Virginia. Ricketts Glen State Park and Allegheny Front are Allegheny Plateau.

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Allegheny Plateau

The Allegheny Plateau is a large dissected plateau area of the Appalachian Mountains in western and central New York, northern and western Pennsylvania, northern and western West Virginia, and eastern Ohio.

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American bittern

The American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) is a species of wading bird in the heron family.

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American black bear

The American black bear (Ursus americanus), also known as the black bear, is a species of medium-sized bear endemic to North America.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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American marten

The American marten (Martes americana), also known as the American pine marten, is a species of North American mammal, a member of the family Mustelidae.

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American mink

The American mink (Neogale vison) is a semiaquatic species of mustelid native to North America, though human introduction has expanded its range to many parts of Europe, Asia, and South America.

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American red squirrel

The American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) is one of three species of tree squirrels currently classified in the genus Tamiasciurus, known as the pine squirrels (the others are the Douglas squirrel, T. douglasii, and the southwestern red squirrel, T. fremonti).

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American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a military conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.

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Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability.

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Archaic period (North America)

In the classification of the archaeological cultures of North America, the Archaic period in North America, taken to last from around 8000 to 1000 BC in the sequence of North American pre-Columbian cultural stages, is a period defined by the archaic stage of cultural development.

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Army National Guard

The Army National Guard (ARNG), in conjunction with the Air National Guard, is an organized militia force and a federal military reserve force of the United States Army.

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Arthur James (politician)

Arthur Horace James (July 14, 1883April 27, 1973) was an American lawyer, politician, and judge.

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Audubon

The National Audubon Society (Audubon) is an American non-profit environmental organization dedicated to conservation of birds and their habitats.

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Backpacker (magazine)

Backpacker is an American lifestyle magazine publication that features information on wilderness hiking and adventure.

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Bald eagle

The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a bird of prey found in North America.

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Barred owl

The barred owl (Strix varia), also known as the northern barred owl, striped owl or, more informally, hoot owl or eight-hooter owl, is a North American large species of owl.

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Bass (fish)

Bass (bass) is a generic common name shared by many species of ray-finned fish from the large clade Percomorpha, mainly belonging to the orders Perciformes and Moroniformes, encompassing both freshwater and marine species.

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Bed frame

A bed frame or bedstead is the part of a bed used to position the bed base, the flat part which in turn directly supports the mattress(es).

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Benton, Pennsylvania

Benton is a borough in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Berwick, Pennsylvania

Berwick is a borough in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Betula alleghaniensis

Betula alleghaniensis, the yellow birch, golden birch, or swamp birch, is a large tree and an important lumber species of birch native to northeastern North America.

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Bird of prey

Birds of prey or predatory birds, also known as raptors, are hypercarnivorous bird species that actively hunt and feed on other vertebrates (mainly mammals, reptiles and other smaller birds).

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Bison

A bison (bison) is a large bovine in the genus Bison (Greek: "wild ox" (bison)) within the tribe Bovini.

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Black-capped chickadee

The black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) is a small, nonmigratory, North American passerine bird that lives in deciduous and mixed forests.

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Black-throated blue warbler

The black-throated blue warbler (Setophaga caerulescens) is a small passerine bird of the New World warbler family.

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Black-throated green warbler

The black-throated green warbler (Setophaga virens) is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.

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Blackburnian warbler

The Blackburnian warbler (Setophaga fusca) is a small New World warbler.

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Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (Bloomsburg, BU or Bloom) is a campus of Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania and it is located in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.

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Blue Knob State Park

Blue Knob State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Kimmel, Lincoln, and Pavia townships in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Ricketts Glen State Park and Blue Knob State Park are Campgrounds in Pennsylvania, Civilian Conservation Corps in Pennsylvania and state parks of Pennsylvania.

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Blue-headed vireo

The blue-headed vireo (Vireo solitarius) is a Neotropical migrating song bird found in North and Central America.

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Blueberry

Blueberry is a widely distributed and widespread group of perennial flowering plant with blue or purple berries.

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Bobcat

The bobcat (Lynx rufus), also known as the red lynx, is one of the four extant species within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx.

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Bowman Creek

Bowman Creek (also known as Bowmans Creek or Bowman's Creek) is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County and Wyoming County, in Pennsylvania, in the United States.

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Brook trout

The brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) is a species of freshwater fish in the char genus Salvelinus of the salmon family Salmonidae native to Eastern North America in the United States and Canada.

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Brown bullhead

The brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus) is a fish of the family Ictaluridae that is widely distributed in North America.

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Brown creeper

The brown creeper (Certhia americana), also known as the American treecreeper, is a small songbird, the only North American member of the treecreeper family Certhiidae.

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Brown trout

The brown trout (Salmo trutta) is a species of salmonid ray-finned fish and the most widely distributed species of the genus Salmo, endemic to most of Europe, West Asia and parts of North Africa, and has been widely introduced globally as a game fish, even becoming one of the world's worst invasive species outside of its native range.

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Bulldozer

A bulldozer or dozer (also called a crawler) is a large, motorized machine equipped with a metal blade to the front for pushing material: soil, sand, snow, rubble, or rock during construction work.

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Calcium oxide

Calcium oxide (formula: CaO), commonly known as quicklime or burnt lime, is a widely used chemical compound.

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Canada goose

The Canada goose (Branta canadensis), sometimes called Canadian goose, is a large wild goose with a black head and neck, white cheeks, white under its chin, and a brown body.

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Canada lynx

The Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis) or Canadian lynx is one of the four living species in the genus Lynx.

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Canada warbler

The Canada warbler (Cardellina canadensis) is a small boreal songbird of the New World warbler family (Parulidae).

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Canoe

A canoe is a lightweight narrow water vessel, typically pointed at both ends and open on top, propelled by one or more seated or kneeling paddlers facing the direction of travel and using paddles.

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Caprock

Caprock or cap rock is a more resistant rock type overlying a less resistant rock type,Kearey, Philip (2001).

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Carboniferous

The Carboniferous is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Permian Period, Ma.

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Carrion

Carrion, also known as a carcass, is the decaying flesh of dead animals.

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Carson Helicopters

Carson Helicopters, Inc is a helicopter operating company based in Perkasie, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Catskill Group

The Devonian Catskill Group or the Catskill Clastic wedge is a unit of mostly terrestrial sedimentary rock found in Pennsylvania and New York.

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Cayuga language

Cayuga (Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫˀ) is a Northern Iroquoian language of the Iroquois Proper (also known as "Five Nations Iroquois") subfamily, and is spoken on Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation, Ontario, by around 240 Cayuga people, and on the Cattaraugus Reservation, New York, by fewer than 10.

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Cayuga people

The Cayuga (Cayuga: Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ, "People of the Great Swamp") are one of the five original constituents of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), a confederacy of Native Americans in New York.

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Chain pickerel

The chain pickerel (Esox niger) is a species of freshwater fish in the pike family (family Esocidae) of order Esociformes.

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Charles R. Buckalew

Charles Rollin Buckalew (December 28, 1821May 19, 1899) was an American lawyer, diplomat, and Democratic Party politician from Pennsylvania.

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Cherry

A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunus, and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit).

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Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus (between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.

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Civilian Conservation Corps

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a voluntary government work relief program that ran from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men ages 18–25 and eventually expanded to ages 17–28.

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Clan Rose

Clan Rose (Clann Ròs) is a Scottish clan of the Scottish Highlands.

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Class A Wild Trout Waters

Class A Wild Trout Waters are the highest biomass class given to streams in Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.

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Clay

Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolinite, Al2Si2O5(OH)4).

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Clearcutting

Clearcutting, clearfelling or clearcut logging is a forestry/logging practice in which most or all trees in an area are uniformly cut down.

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Clemuel Ricketts Mansion

The Clemuel Ricketts Mansion (also known as the Stone House, the William R. Ricketts House, and Ganoga) is a Georgian-style house made of sandstone, built in 1852 or 1855 on the shore of Ganoga Lake in Colley Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania in the United States.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Colley Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania

Colley Township is a township in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Columbia County, Pennsylvania

Columbia County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Common raven

The common raven (Corvus corax) is a large all-black passerine bird.

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Concession stand

A concession stand, or refreshment stand (American English, Canadian English), snack kiosk or snack bar (British English, Irish English) is a place where patrons can purchase snacks or food at a cinema, amusement park, zoo, aquarium, circus, fair, stadium, beach, swimming pool, concert, sporting event, or other entertainment venue.

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Confederation

A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a political union of sovereign states or communities united for purposes of common action.

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Conglomerate (geology)

Conglomerate is a clastic sedimentary rock that is composed of a substantial fraction of rounded to subangular gravel-size clasts.

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Conifer

Conifers are a group of cone-bearing seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms.

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Contiguous United States

The contiguous United States (officially the conterminous United States) consists of the 48 adjoining U.S. states and the District of Columbia of the United States of America in central North America.

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Continental climate

Continental climates often have a significant annual variation in temperature (warm to hot summers and cold winters).

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Cougar

The cougar (Puma concolor) (KOO-gər), also known as the panther, mountain lion, catamount and puma, is a large cat native to the Americas.

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Country club

A country club is a privately owned club, often with a membership quota and admittance by invitation or sponsorship, that generally offers both a variety of recreational sports and facilities for dining and entertaining.

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Coyote

The coyote (Canis latrans), also known as the American jackal, prairie wolf, or brush wolf is a species of canine native to North America.

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Crampons

A crampon is a traction device attached to footwear to improve mobility on snow and ice during ice climbing.

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Cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing is a form of skiing whereby skiers traverse snow-covered terrain without use of ski lifts or other assistance.

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Cultural assimilation

Cultural assimilation is the process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble a society's majority group or assimilates the values, behaviors, and beliefs of another group whether fully or partially.

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Dark-eyed junco

The dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis) is a species of junco, a group of small, grayish New World sparrows. The species is common across much of temperate North America and in summer it ranges far into the Arctic. It is a variable species, much like the related fox sparrow (Passerella iliaca), and its systematics are still not completely resolved.

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Davidson Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania

Davidson Township is a township in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Dendrochronology

Dendrochronology (or tree-ring dating) is the scientific method of dating tree rings (also called growth rings) to the exact year they were formed in a tree.

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Devonian

The Devonian is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era during the Phanerozoic eon, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the preceding Silurian period at million years ago (Ma), to the beginning of the succeeding Carboniferous period at Ma.

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Dissected plateau

A dissected plateau is a plateau area that has been severely eroded such that the relief is sharp.

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Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean.

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Duck

Duck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family Anatidae.

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Eastern gray squirrel

The eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis), also known, particularly outside of North America, as simply the grey squirrel, is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus.

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Empidonax

The genus Empidonax is a group of small insect-eating passerine birds in the tyrant flycatcher family, the Tyrannidae.

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Environmental education

Environmental education (EE) refers to organized efforts to teach how natural environments function, and particularly, how human beings can manage behavior and ecosystems to live sustainably.

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Escarpment

An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff that forms as a result of faulting or erosion and separates two relatively level areas having different elevations.

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Fairmount Township, Pennsylvania

Fairmount Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Fathead minnow

Fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas), also known as fathead or tuffy, is a species of temperate freshwater fish belonging to the genus Pimephales of the cyprinid family.

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Federal Aviation Administration

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is a U.S. federal government agency within the U.S. Department of Transportation which regulates civil aviation in the United States and surrounding international waters.

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Fire lookout tower

A fire lookout tower, fire tower, or lookout tower is a tower that provides housing and protection for a person known as a "fire lookout", whose duty it is to search for wildfires in the wilderness.

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Fish stocking

Fish stocking is the practice of releasing fish that are artificially raised in a hatchery into a natural body of water (river, lake, or ocean), to supplement existing wild populations or to create a new population where previously none exists.

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Fisher (animal)

The fisher (Pekania pennanti) is a carnivorous mammal native to North America, a forest-dwelling creature whose range covers much of the boreal forest in Canada to the northern United States.

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Fishing Creek (North Branch Susquehanna River tributary)

Fishing Creek is a long tributary of the Susquehanna River in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

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Flora

Flora (floras or florae) is all the plant life present in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring (indigenous) native plants. The corresponding term for animals is fauna, and for fungi, it is funga.

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Food chain

A food chain is a linear network of links in a food web, often starting with an autotroph (such as grass or algae), also called a producer, and typically ending at an apex predator (such as grizzly bears or killer whales), detritivore (such as earthworms and woodlice), or decomposer (such as fungi or bacteria).

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A footbridge (also a pedestrian bridge, pedestrian overpass, or pedestrian overcrossing) is a bridge designed solely for pedestrians.

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Fort Indiantown Gap

Fort Indiantown Gap, also referred to as "The Gap" or "FIG", is a census-designated place and National Guard Training Center primarily located in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Frances Slocum State Park

Frances Slocum State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Kingston Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Ricketts Glen State Park and Frances Slocum State Park are Campgrounds in Pennsylvania and state parks of Pennsylvania.

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French and Indian War

The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was a theater of the Seven Years' War, which pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French, each side being supported by various Native American tribes.

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French Creek State Park

French Creek State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in North Coventry and Warwick Townships in Chester County and Robeson and Union Townships in Berks County, Pennsylvania. Ricketts Glen State Park and French Creek State Park are Campgrounds in Pennsylvania, Civilian Conservation Corps in Pennsylvania and state parks of Pennsylvania.

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Fur

Fur is a thick growth of hair that covers the skin of almost all mammals.

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Ganoga Lake

Ganoga Lake is a natural lake in Colley Township in southeastern Sullivan County in Pennsylvania, United States. Ricketts Glen State Park and Ganoga Lake are Allegheny Plateau.

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Geographic Names Information System

The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories; the associated states of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau; and Antarctica.

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Glacial lake

A glacial lake is a body of water with origins from glacier activity.

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Glacial striation

Glacial striations or striae are scratches or gouges cut into bedrock by glacial abrasion.

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Glen

A glen is a valley, typically one that is long and bounded by gently sloped concave sides, unlike a ravine, which is deep and bounded by steep slopes.

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Golden-crowned kinglet

The golden-crowned kinglet (Regulus satrapa) is a very small songbird in the family Regulidae that lives throughout much of North America.

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Gondwana

Gondwana was a large landmass, sometimes referred to as a supercontinent.

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Gravel

Gravel is a loose aggregation of rock fragments.

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Green-winged teal

The Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis) or American Teal is a common and widespread duck that breeds in the northern areas of North America except on the Aleutian Islands.

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Ground Equipment Facility QRC

Ground Equipment Facility QRC (FUDS C03PA046300: "Benton Air Force Communications Annex") is an FAA radar station that was part of a Cold War SAGE radar station (Benton Air Force Station, call sign: Oppose) for aircraft control and warning "from Massachusetts to southern Virginia, and as far out to sea as possible." Benton AFS was also the first operational "regional data processing center" for the GE 477L Nuclear Detection and Reporting System.

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Habitat

In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species.

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Hardwood

Hardwood is wood from angiosperm trees.

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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Harrisburg (Harrisbarrig) is the capital city of the U.S. commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the seat of Dauphin County.

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Harry Clay Trexler

Henry Clay Trexler (April 17, 1854 – November 17, 1933) was an American industrialist, businessman, and major philanthropist who contributed to the economic development of Allentown, Pennsylvania and the surrounding Lehigh Valley in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Hen harrier

The hen harrier (Circus cyaneus) is a bird of prey.

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Hermit thrush

The hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus) is a medium-sized North American thrush.

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Hickory Run State Park

Hickory Run State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Kidder and Penn Forest Townships in Carbon County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Ricketts Glen State Park and Hickory Run State Park are Campgrounds in Pennsylvania, national Natural Landmarks in Pennsylvania and state parks of Pennsylvania.

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Hiking

Hiking is a long, vigorous walk, usually on trails or footpaths in the countryside.

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Horticulture

Horticulture is the art and science of growing plants.

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Hunter-gatherer

A hunter-gatherer or forager is a human living in a community, or according to an ancestrally derived lifestyle, in which most or all food is obtained by foraging, that is, by gathering food from local naturally occurring sources, especially wild edible plants but also insects, fungi, honey, bird eggs, or anything safe to eat, and/or by hunting game (pursuing and/or trapping and killing wild animals, including catching fish).

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Huntington Creek (Pennsylvania)

Huntington Creek is a tributary of Fishing Creek (North Branch Susquehanna River) in Luzerne and Columbia counties, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

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Huntley Mountain Formation

The Huntley Mountain Formation is a late Devonian and early Mississippian mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, in the United States.

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Hurricane Floyd

Hurricane Floyd was a very powerful Cape Verde hurricane which struck the Bahamas and the East Coast of the United States.

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Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power).

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Ice axe

An ice axe is a multi-purpose hiking and climbing tool used by mountaineers in both the ascent and descent of routes that involve snow, ice, or frozen conditions.

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Ice climbing

Ice climbing is a climbing discipline that involves ascending routes consisting of frozen water.

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Ice cutting

Ice cutting is a winter task of collecting surface ice from lakes and rivers for storage in ice houses and use or sale as a cooling method.

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Ice fishing

Ice fishing is the practice of catching fish with lines and fish hooks or spears through an opening in the ice on a frozen body of water.

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Ice house (building)

An ice house, or icehouse, is a building used to store ice throughout the year, commonly used prior to the invention of the refrigerator.

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Iceboat

An iceboat (occasionally spelled ice boat or traditionally called an ice yacht) is a recreational or competition sailing craft supported on metal runners for traveling over ice.

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Important Bird Area

An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations.

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International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

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Iroquoian languages

The Iroquoian languages are a language family of indigenous peoples of North America.

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Iroquois

The Iroquois, also known as the Five Nations, and later as the Six Nations from 1722 onwards; alternatively referred to by the endonym Haudenosaunee are an Iroquoian-speaking confederacy of Native Americans and First Nations peoples in northeast North America.

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Job Corps

Job Corps is a program administered by the United States Department of Labor that offers free education and vocational training to young people ages 16 to 24.

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Joseph Rothrock

Joseph Trimble Rothrock (April 9, 1839 – June 2, 1922) was an American environmentalist, recognized as the "Father of Forestry" in Pennsylvania.

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Kalmia latifolia

Kalmia latifolia, the mountain laurel, calico-bush, or spoonwood, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae, that is native to the eastern United States.

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Kayak

A kayak is a small, narrow human-powered watercraft typically propelled by means of a long, double-bladed paddle.

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Kilravock Castle

Kilravock Castle (pronounced Kilrawk) is located near the village of Croy, between Inverness and Nairn, in the council area of Highland, Scotland.

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Kitchen Creek (Pennsylvania)

Kitchen Creek is a tributary of Huntington Creek in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Ricketts Glen State Park and Kitchen Creek (Pennsylvania) are Allegheny Plateau.

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Lake Jean

Lake Jean is a lake in Luzerne County and Sullivan County, in Pennsylvania, in the United States.

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Lake Rose (Pennsylvania)

Lake Rose is a dry lake in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

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Largemouth bass

The largemouth bass (Micropterus nigricans) is a carnivorous freshwater ray-finned fish in the Centrarchidae (sunfish) family, native to the eastern and central United States, southeastern Canada and northern Mexico.

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Laurel Hill State Park

Laurel Hill State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Jefferson and Middlecreek Townships, Somerset County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Ricketts Glen State Park and Laurel Hill State Park are Civilian Conservation Corps in Pennsylvania and state parks of Pennsylvania.

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Least flycatcher

The least flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) (also called chebec, or chebecker, after the sound it makes) is a small insect-eating bird.

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Lehigh Valley Railroad

The Lehigh Valley Railroad was a railroad in the Northeastern United States built predominantly to haul anthracite coal from the Coal Region in Northeastern Pennsylvania to major consumer markets in Philadelphia, New York City, and elsewhere.

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Lenape

The Lenape (Lenape languages), also called the Lenni Lenape and Delaware people, are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who live in the United States and Canada.

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Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

Lewisburg is a borough in Union County, Pennsylvania, United States, south by southeast of Williamsport and north of Harrisburg.

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Lifeguard

A lifeguard is a rescuer who supervises the safety and rescue of swimmers, surfers, and other water sports participants such as in a swimming pool, water park, beach, spa, river and lake.

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List of counties in Pennsylvania

The following is a list of the 67 counties of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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List of governors of Pennsylvania

The governor of Pennsylvania is the head of government of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, as well as commander-in-chief of the state's national guard.

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List of Pennsylvania state parks

, there are 124 state parks in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Ricketts Glen State Park and List of Pennsylvania state parks are state parks of Pennsylvania.

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Local extinction

Local extinction, also extirpation, is the termination of a species (or other taxon) in a chosen geographic area of study, though it still exists elsewhere.

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Longhouse

A longhouse or long house is a type of long, proportionately narrow, single-room building for communal dwelling.

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Louisiana waterthrush

The Louisiana waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) is a New World warbler, that breeds in eastern North America and winters in the West Indies and Central America.

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Loyalsock Creek

Loyalsock Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data., accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River located chiefly in Sullivan and Lycoming counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. As the crow flies, Lycoming County is about northwest of Philadelphia and east-northeast of Pittsburgh.

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Lumber

Lumber is wood that has been processed into uniform and useful sizes (dimensional lumber), including beams and planks or boards.

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Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Luzerne County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Lycoming County, Pennsylvania

Lycoming County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Magnolia warbler

The magnolia warbler (Setophaga magnolia) is a member of the wood warbler family Parulidae.

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Matriarchy

Matriarchy is a social system in which positions of responsibility, dominance and privilege are held by women.

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Mauch Chunk Formation

The Mississippian Mauch Chunk Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia.

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Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania

Mechanicsburg is a borough in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Mehoopany Creek

Mehoopany Creek is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Sullivan and Wyoming counties, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

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Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest region of the United States.

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Mississippian (geology)

The Mississippian (also known as Lower Carboniferous or Early Carboniferous) is a subperiod in the geologic timescale or a subsystem of the geologic record.

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Moose

The moose ('moose'; used in North America) or elk ('elk' or 'elks'; used in Eurasia) (Alces alces) is the world's tallest, largest and heaviest extant species of deer and the only species in the genus Alces.

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Muskellunge

The muskellunge (Esox masquinongy), often shortened to muskie, musky, ski, or lunge, is a species of large freshwater predatory fish native to North America.

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Muskrat

The muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) is a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America and an introduced species in parts of Europe, Asia and South America.

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Nairn

Nairn (Inbhir Narann) is a town and former royal burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland.

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Nashville warbler

The Nashville warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla) is a small songbird in the New World warbler family, found in North and Central America.

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National Natural Landmark

The National Natural Landmarks (NNL) Program recognizes and encourages the conservation of outstanding examples of the natural history of the United States.

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National park

A national park is a nature park designated for conservation purposes because of unparalleled national natural, historic, or cultural significance.

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National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, sometimes called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans, are the Indigenous peoples native to portions of the land that the United States is located on.

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Nescopeck State Park

Nescopeck State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on in Butler and Dennison Townships, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania (in the United States). Ricketts Glen State Park and Nescopeck State Park are state parks of Pennsylvania.

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New York (state)

New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.

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Nomad

Nomads are communities without fixed habitation who regularly move to and from areas.

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North American beaver

The North American beaver (Castor canadensis) is one of two extant beaver species, along with the Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber).

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North American river otter

The North American river otter (Lontra canadensis), also known as the northern river otter and river otter, is a semiaquatic mammal that lives only on the North American continent throughout most of Canada, along the coasts of the United States and its inland waterways.

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Northern goshawk

The northern goshawk has been split into two species based on significant morphological and genetic differences.

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Northern saw-whet owl

The northern saw-whet owl (Aegolius acadicus) is a species of small owl in the family Strigidae.

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Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

Northumberland County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Nyssa sylvatica

Nyssa sylvatica, commonly known as tupelo, black tupelo, blackgum or sour gum, is a medium-sized deciduous tree native to eastern North America from the coastal Northeastern United States and southern Ontario south to central Florida and eastern Texas, as well as Mexico.

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Oak

An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus Quercus of the beech family.

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Ohio River

The Ohio River is a river in the United States.

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Old-growth forest

An old-growth forest (also referred to as primary forest) is a forest that has developed over a long period of time without disturbance.

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Ornithology

Ornithology is a branch of zoology that concerns the study of birds.

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Osmundastrum

Osmundastrum is genus of leptosporangiate ferns in the family Osmundaceae with one living species, Osmundastrum cinnamomeum, the cinnamon fern.

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Ovenbird

The ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla) is a small songbird of the New World warbler family (Parulidae).

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Owl

Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes, which includes over 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers adapted for silent flight.

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Paleo-Indians

Paleo-Indians were the first peoples who entered and subsequently inhabited the Americas towards the end of the Late Pleistocene period.

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Panfish

The word panfish, also spelled pan-fish or pan fish, is an American English term describing any edible freshwater fish that usually do not outgrow the size of an average frying pan.

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Pangaea

Pangaea or Pangea was a supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic eras.

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Panic of 1907

The Panic of 1907, also known as the 1907 Bankers' Panic or Knickerbocker Crisis, was a financial crisis that took place in the United States over a three-week period starting in mid-October, when the New York Stock Exchange suddenly fell almost 50% from its peak the previous year.

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Pedalo

A pedalo (British English), pedal boat (U.S. English), or paddle boat (U.S., Canadian, and Australian English) is a human-powered watercraft propelled by the action of pedals turning a paddle wheel.

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Peninsula

A peninsula is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most sides.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Dutch), is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States.

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Pennsylvania Cable Network

PCN (the Pennsylvania Cable Network) is a private, non-profit cable television network dedicated to 24-hour coverage of government and public affairs in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), established in 1995, is the agency in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania responsible for maintaining and preserving the state's 124 state parks and 20 state forests; providing information on the state's natural resources; and working with communities to benefit local recreation and natural areas.

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Pennsylvania Department of General Services

The Pennsylvania Department of General Services (DGS) is an agency of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania that supports the core operations of the Pennsylvania state government.

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Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission

The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is an independent state agency responsible for the regulation of all fishing and boating in the state of Pennsylvania within the United States of America.

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Pennsylvania Game Commission

The Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) is the state agency responsible for wildlife conservation and management in Pennsylvania in the United States.

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Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC) is the governmental agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, responsible for the collection, conservation, and interpretation of Pennsylvania's heritage.

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Pennsylvania Route 118

Pennsylvania Route 118 (PA 118) is a state route located in northeastern Pennsylvania.

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Pennsylvania Route 487

Pennsylvania Route 487 (PA 487) is a, north–south state highway running from PA 61 in Shamokin Township, Northumberland County, to PA 87 (near its intersection with US 220) in Dushore, Sullivan County.

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Pennsylvania State Game Lands

The Pennsylvania State Game Lands (SGL) are lands managed by the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) for hunting, trapping, and fishing.

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Pennsylvania State Police

The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) is the state police agency of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, responsible for statewide law enforcement.

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Pennsylvania State University

The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State and sometimes by the acronym PSU, is a public state-related land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsylvania.

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Petroleum

Petroleum or crude oil, also referred to as simply oil, is a naturally occurring yellowish-black liquid mixture of mainly hydrocarbons, and is found in geological formations.

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PH

In chemistry, pH, also referred to as acidity or basicity, historically denotes "potential of hydrogen" (or "power of hydrogen").

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Phillips Creek

Phillips Creek (also known as Philips Creek) is a tributary of Huntington Creek in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

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Physiographic province

A physiographic province is a geographic region with a characteristic geomorphology, and often specific subsurface rock type or structural elements.

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Pinus strobus

Pinus strobus, commonly called the eastern white pine, northern white pine, white pine, Weymouth pine (British), and soft pine is a large pine native to eastern North America.

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Plankton

Plankton are the diverse collection of organisms that drift in water (or air) but are unable to actively propel themselves against currents (or wind).

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Plunge pool

A plunge pool (or plunge basin or waterfall lake) is a deep depression in a stream bed at the base of a waterfall or shut-in.

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Pocono Formation

The Mississippian Pocono Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia, in the United States.

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Porcupine

Porcupines are large rodents with coats of sharp spines, or quills, that protect them against predation.

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Precipitation

In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls from clouds due to gravitational pull.

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Province of Pennsylvania

The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was a British North American colony founded by William Penn, who received the land through a grant from Charles II of England in 1681.

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Pumpkinseed

The pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus), also referred to as pond perch, common sunfish, punkie, sunfish, sunny, and kivver, is a small/medium-sized North American freshwater fish of the genus Lepomis (true sunfishes), from family Centrarchidae (sunfishes, crappies and black basses) in the order Perciformes.

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Purple finch

The purple finch (Haemorhous purpureus) is a bird in the finch family, Fringillidae.

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Quakers

Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations.

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Quaternary glaciation

The Quaternary glaciation, also known as the Pleistocene glaciation, is an alternating series of glacial and interglacial periods during the Quaternary period that began 2.58 Ma (million years ago) and is ongoing.

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R. Bruce Ricketts

Robert Bruce Ricketts (April 29, 1839 – November 13, 1918) distinguished himself as an artillery officer in the American Civil War.

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Raccoon

The raccoon (or, Procyon lotor), also spelled racoon and sometimes called the common raccoon or northern raccoon to distinguish it from the other species, is a mammal native to North America.

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Raccoon Creek State Park

Raccoon Creek State Park is a Pennsylvania state park on Raccoon Creek in Hanover and Independence townships in Beaver County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Ricketts Glen State Park and Raccoon Creek State Park are state parks of Pennsylvania.

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Radar

Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (ranging), direction (azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site.

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Red fox

The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is the largest of the true foxes and one of the most widely distributed members of the order Carnivora, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere including most of North America, Europe and Asia, plus parts of North Africa.

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Red Rock Job Corps Center

Red Rock Job Corps Center is a Job Corps training center in Colley Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, USA.

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Red Rock Mountain

Red Rock Mountain is a mountain located in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Ricketts Glen State Park and Red Rock Mountain are Allegheny Plateau.

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Red-breasted nuthatch

The red-breasted nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) is a small songbird.

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Red-eyed vireo

The red-eyed vireo (Vireo olivaceus) is a small American songbird.

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Resettlement Administration

The Resettlement Administration (RA) was a New Deal U.S. federal agency created May 1, 1935.

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Rhododendron

Rhododendron (rhododendra) is a very large genus of about 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae).

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Ricketts, Pennsylvania

Ricketts is a ghost town that was established as a lumber mill company town in Sullivan and Wyoming counties, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians

The Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, also called the Ridge and Valley Province or the Valley and Ridge Appalachians, are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Highlands division.

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River source

The headwater of a river or stream is the farthest point on each of its tributaries upstream from its mouth/estuary into a lake/sea or its confluence with another river.

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Ross Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Ross Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Rowing

Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion.

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Sand

Sand is a granular material composed of finely divided mineral particles.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.

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Sawmill

A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logs are cut into lumber.

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Scottish Highlands

The Highlands (the Hielands; a' Ghàidhealtachd) is a historical region of Scotland.

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Sediment

Sediment is a naturally occurring material that is broken down by processes of weathering and erosion, and is subsequently transported by the action of wind, water, or ice or by the force of gravity acting on the particles.

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Sedimentary rock

Sedimentary rocks are types of rock that are formed by the accumulation or deposition of mineral or organic particles at Earth's surface, followed by cementation.

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Seneca language

Seneca (in Seneca, Onöndowaʼga꞉ʼ Gawë꞉noʼ, or Onötowáʼka꞉) is the language of the Seneca people, one of the Six Nations of the Hodinöhsö꞉niʼ (Iroquois League); it is an Iroquoian language, spoken at the time of contact in the western part of New York.

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Shale

Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock formed from mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolin, Al2Si2O5(OH)4) and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite.

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Shawnee

The Shawnee are a Native American people of the Northeastern Woodlands.

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Sic

The Latin adverb sic (thus, so, and in this manner) inserted after a quotation indicates that the quoted matter has been transcribed or translated as found in the source text, including erroneous, archaic, or unusual spelling, punctuation, and grammar.

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Siltstone

Siltstone, also known as aleurolite, is a clastic sedimentary rock that is composed mostly of silt.

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Sphagnum

Sphagnum is a genus of approximately 380 accepted species of mosses, commonly known as sphagnum moss, also bog moss and quacker moss (although that term is also sometimes used for peat).

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Splash dam

A splash dam was a temporary wooden dam used to raise the water level in streams to float logs downstream to sawmills.

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Spring (hydrology)

A spring is a natural exit point at which groundwater emerges from the aquifer and flows onto the top of the Earth's crust (pedosphere) to become surface water.

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Squatting

Squatting is the action of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied area of land or a building, usually residential, that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have lawful permission to use.

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Stagecoach

A stagecoach (also: stage coach, stage, road coach, diligence) is a four-wheeled public transport coach used to carry paying passengers and light packages on journeys long enough to need a change of horses.

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Stockade

A stockade is an enclosure of palisades and tall walls, made of logs placed side by side vertically, with the tops sharpened as a defensive wall.

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Stone tools have been used throughout human history but are most closely associated with prehistoric cultures and in particular those of the Stone Age.

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Sugarloaf Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania

Sugarloaf Township is a township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania.

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Sullivan County, Pennsylvania

Sullivan County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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Susquehanna River

The Susquehanna River (Lenape: Siskëwahane) is a major river located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, crossing three lower Northeast states (New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland). Ricketts Glen State Park and Susquehanna River are Allegheny Plateau.

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Susquehannock

The Susquehannock, also known as the Conestoga, Minquas, and Andaste, were an Iroquoian people who lived in the lower Susquehanna River watershed in what is now Pennsylvania.

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Swainson's thrush

Swainson's thrush (Catharus ustulatus), also called olive-backed thrush and russet-backed thrush, and Reverbius Maximus Harmonius, is a medium-sized thrush.

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Swamp

A swamp is a forested wetland.

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The Morning Call

The Morning Call is a daily newspaper in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Timber rattlesnake

The timber rattlesnake, canebrake rattlesnake, or banded rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)Wright AH, Wright AA (1957).

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Times Leader

The Times Leader is a privately owned newspaper in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.

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Title case

Title case or headline case is a style of capitalization used for rendering the titles of published works or works of art in English.

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Toboggan

A toboggan is a simple sled traditionally used by children.

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Toll road

A toll road, also known as a turnpike or tollway, is a public or private road (almost always a freeway since the 1940s) for which a fee (or toll) is assessed for passage.

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Towanda, Pennsylvania

Towanda is a borough in, and the county seat of, Bradford County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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Township (Pennsylvania)

A township, under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is the lowest level of municipal incorporation of government.

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Treaty of Fort Stanwix (1768)

The Treaty of Fort Stanwix was a treaty signed between representatives from the Iroquois and Great Britain (accompanied by negotiators from New Jersey, Virginia and Pennsylvania) in 1768 at Fort Stanwix.

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Trout

Trout (trout) is a generic common name for numerous species of carnivorous freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the genera Oncorhynchus, Salmo and Salvelinus, all of which are members of the subfamily Salmoninae in the family Salmonidae.

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Tsuga canadensis

Tsuga canadensis, also known as eastern hemlock, eastern hemlock-spruce, or Canadian hemlock, and in the French-speaking regions of Canada as pruche du Canada, is a coniferous tree native to eastern North America.

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Tumulus

A tumulus (tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.

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Union Army

During the American Civil War, the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the collective Union of the states, was often referred to as the Union Army, the Grand Army of the Republic, the Federal Army, or the Northern Army.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

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Veil

A veil is an article of clothing or hanging cloth that is intended to cover some part of the head or face, or an object of some significance.

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Walleye

The walleye (Sander vitreus, synonym Stizostedion vitreum), also called the walleyed pike, yellow pike, yellow pikeperch or yellow pickerel, is a freshwater perciform fish native to most of Canada and to the Northern United States.

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Waterfalls in Ricketts Glen State Park

There are 24 named waterfalls in Ricketts Glen State Park in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania along Kitchen Creek as it flows in three steep, narrow valleys, or glens. Ricketts Glen State Park and waterfalls in Ricketts Glen State Park are Allegheny Plateau.

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Wedding cake

A wedding cake is the traditional cake served at wedding receptions following dinner.

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Wheeler & Wilson

Wheeler & Wilson was an American company which produced sewing machines.

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White-tailed deer

The white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), also known commonly as the whitetail and the Virginia deer, is a medium-sized species of deer native to North America, Central America, and South America as far south as Peru and Bolivia, where it predominately inhabits high mountain terrains of the Andes.

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White-throated sparrow

The white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) is a passerine bird of the New World sparrow family Passerellidae.

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Wild turkey

The wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is an upland game bird native to North America, one of two extant species of turkey and the heaviest member of the order Galliformes.

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Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Wilkes-Barre is a city in and the county seat of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport is mostly in Pittston Township, Pennsylvania, about from Scranton and from Wilkes-Barre.

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William Penn

William Penn (–) was an English writer, religious thinker, and influential Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania during the British colonial era.

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William Reynolds Ricketts

William Reynolds Ricketts (July 29, 1869 – October 14, 1956), of Forty Fort, Pennsylvania, was a philatelist who created the largest index of philatelic literature available during his lifetime.

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Williamsport Sun-Gazette

The Williamsport Sun-Gazette is published in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in Lycoming County.

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Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Williamsport is a city in and the county seat of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Winter wren

The winter wren (Troglodytes hiemalis) is a very small North American bird and a member of the mainly New World wren family Troglodytidae.

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Wolf

The wolf (Canis lupus;: wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America.

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Wolverine

The wolverine (Gulo gulo), also called the carcajou or quickhatch (from East Cree, kwiihkwahaacheew), is the largest land-dwelling member of the family Mustelidae.

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Wood thrush

The wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) is a North American passerine bird in the family Turdidae and is the only species placed in the genus Hylocichla.

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Woodland period

In the classification of archaeological cultures of North America, the Woodland period of North American pre-Columbian cultures spanned a period from roughly 1000 BCE to European contact in the eastern part of North America, with some archaeologists distinguishing the Mississippian period, from 1000 CE to European contact as a separate period.

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World Commission on Protected Areas

The World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) is one of six commissions of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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Worlds End State Park

Worlds End State Park is a Pennsylvania state park in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. Ricketts Glen State Park and Worlds End State Park are Allegheny Plateau, Campgrounds in Pennsylvania, Civilian Conservation Corps in Pennsylvania and state parks of Pennsylvania.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricketts_Glen_State_Park

Also known as Rickett's Glen, Ricketts Glen, Ricketts Glen State Park, Pennsylvania.

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