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CLEARFIELD COUNTYNATURAL HERITAGE I
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Over the history of these studies,
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TABLE OF CONTENTSPreface………
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARYIntroductionA heal
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Ground SurveyAreas identified as po
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Table 1. Natural Heritage Areas cat
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outcrops occur in conjunction with
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INTRODUCTIONA healthy natural lands
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Natural Resilience, Human Activitie
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Natural Heritage Inventory MappingG
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Natural History Overview of Clearfi
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SoilsSoil character exerts a strong
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preventing the establishment of see
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METHODSThe methods used in the Clea
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fragmenting feature data to generat
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*Defined as: 2,000 waterfowl (at on
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RESULTSContiguous Forest Blocks in
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Table 5. ContinuedSize% Roadless Ac
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Landscape Conservation AreasThe Lan
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SGL #120 LCAThis LCA is a contiguou
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Moravian Run - Alder Run LCAThis LC
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Threats and StressesIn some portion
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Gifford Run Valley, west slope37
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Beccaria Township, Coalport Borough
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Bell Township, Mahaffey Borough, &
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Featherbells(Stenanthium gramineum)
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Supporting Natural Landscape—To m
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Bigler TownshipPNDI Rank Legal Stat
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Bloom TownshipPNDI Rank Legal Statu
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What It Looks Like:Appalachian Game
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BOGGS TOWNSHIPThe landscape of the
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BRADFORD TOWNSHIPThe landscape of B
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BRADY TOWNSHIPBrady Township falls
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BURNSIDE TOWNSHIPThe West Branch Su
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BURNSIDE BOROUGHThe landscape of Bu
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CHEST TOWNSHIPChest Township is 71%
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Heron Rookery at Chest Creek Floodp
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COOPER TOWNSHIPCooper Township lies
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COVINGTON TOWNSHIPThe northern half
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Creeping Snowberry(Gaultheria hispi
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should be avoided within the core a
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DECATUR TOWNSHIPMost of Decatur Tow
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FERGUSON TOWNSHIPThe southwestern p
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GIRARD TOWNSHIPThe northern two-thi
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The Supporting Natural Landscape is
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RecommendationsCore Habitat Area—
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GOSHEN TOWNSHIPMost of Goshen Towns
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Gifford Run Wetlands (pg. 81)Steepl
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GRAHAM TOWNSHIPThe landscape of Gra
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GREENWOOD TOWNSHIPGreenwood Townshi
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Gulich Township & Ramey BoroughPNDI
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herbaceous layer is somewhat sparse
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Huston TownshipPNDI Rank Legal Stat
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Supporting Natural Landscape— Any
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Along the stream channel connecting
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Supporting Natural Landscape—Use
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Jordan TownshipPNDI Rank Legal Stat
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Karthaus TownshipPNDI Rank Legal St
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Knox TownshipPNDI Rank Legal Status
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- Page 176 and 177: Threats and StressesFoot traffic on
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- Page 185: Union TownshipPNDI RankGlobal State
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- Page 195 and 196: GLOSSARYAlluvium: detrital deposits
- Page 197 and 198: LITERATURE CITEDAnonymous. 1985. A
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