The Pennsylvania Game Commission approved the purchase of nearly 5,290 acres to add to State Game Lands, including tracts near the Lehigh Valley.
Birding enthusiasts count more than 1,000 birds of prey an hour Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016, as they pass by Bake Oven Knob in Heidelberg Township, Lehigh County. The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners on Friday, July 12, 2024, approved the $324,666.67 purchase of about 73 acres as State Game Lands just north-northwest of the popular lookout, along Hoffman Road in East Penn Township, Carbon County.
But the approval finalizes the amount to be paid and to whom, he said. The timeline for closing on the purchases and opening up the land for public use is unclear, he said, though some of the purchases may wrap up late this year. Natural Lands Trust Inc. is offering this acreage for sale to the Game Commission, contingent on its initial acquisition of the land. It’s described in a Game Commission map as the Michael J. and Narianna Recica Tract.“Natural Lands has been working to save open space — more than 135,000 acres and counting — care for nature, and connect people to the outdoors in eastern PA and southern NJ for more than 70 years,” Natural Lands President Oliver Bass stated to lehighvalleylive.com.
The Bucks County land is also being offered by Natural Lands Trust, for $23,000, according to the Game Commission. Access is through the existing State Game Lands 56.
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