Halfway Run Natural Area
Halfway Run Natural Area is a 407-acre (165 ha) protected area in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Bald Eagle State Forest,[1] and is a short distance from R.B. Winter State Park.[2]
Description
The area protects a glaciated landscape of a type uncommon for Central Pennsylvania, along both banks of Halfway Run, which has been designated as a stream of unimpaired quality.[3] The area is known for numerous pingo scars from the age of glaciation, in the form of ponds filling pits that formed when small ice-covered hills collapsed.[2] Wild trout naturally reproduce in Halfway Run,[4] and in springtime various branches of the stream contribute to vernal pools that are breeding spots for amphibians.[5]
References
- ^ "Bald Eagle State Forest Wild and Natural Areas". Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
- ^ a b Fergus, Charles (2002). Natural Pennsylvania: Exploring the State Forest Natural Areas. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. pp. 94–97.
- ^ United States Environmental Protection Agency, Assessment Summary for Reporting Year 2006 Pennsylvania, Lower West Branch Susquehanna Watershed, archived from the original on August 21, 2017, retrieved August 1, 2015
- ^ Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (May 2015), Pennsylvania Wild Trout Waters (Natural Reproduction) – May 2015 (PDF), p. 92, retrieved August 1, 2015
- ^ Pennsylvania Science Office of The Nature Conservancy (2000), A Natural Areas Inventory of Union County, Pennsylvania (PDF), p. 32, retrieved August 2, 2015
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