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MID
DLE
CREE
K W
ILDL
IFE
MAN
AGEM
ENT
AREA
DR
IVIN
G T
OU
R
the
Bu
reau
of
Ou
tdo
or
Rec
reati
on
(Fe
der
al)
fun
ds
allo
cate
d t
o t
he
Pen
nsy
lvan
ia G
ame
Co
mm
issi
on
. P
roje
ct 5
00
, Bu
reau
of
Ou
tdo
or
Rec
reati
on
, an
d
Gam
e Fu
nd
mo
nie
s w
ere
use
d t
o d
evel
op
th
e ar
ea.
Ho
wev
er, s
ince
th
e ar
ea o
pen
ed in
19
73, t
he
mai
nte
nan
ce a
nd
op
erati
on
of
the
area
has
bee
n
fin
ance
d b
y P
enn
sylv
ania
hu
nte
rs a
nd
fu
rtak
ers
wh
ose
do
llars
sp
ent
on
lice
nse
s an
d h
un
tin
g e
qu
ip-
men
t p
rovi
de
the
bu
lk o
f th
e ag
ency
’s w
ork
ing
ca
pit
al.
This
co
mp
lete
s th
e to
ur
of
Mid
dle
Cre
ek W
ildlif
e M
anag
emen
t A
rea.
Th
e P
enn
sylv
ania
Gam
e C
om
-m
issi
on
sin
cere
ly h
op
es t
he
tou
r w
as e
njo
yab
le a
nd
in
tere
stin
g. R
emem
ber
th
at g
oo
d h
abit
at r
emai
ns
the
key
for
hea
lth
y w
ildlif
e p
op
ula
tio
ns.
Th
is a
rea
bo
asts
a w
ide
div
ersi
ty o
f w
ildlif
e th
at b
enefi
ts f
rom
th
e m
od
ern
lan
d m
anag
emen
t an
d c
on
serv
atio
n
pra
ctice
s em
plo
yed
at
Mid
dle
Cre
ek W
ildlif
e M
an-
agem
ent
Are
a.
Ha
l Ko
rber
Mid
dle
Cre
ek
Wild
life
M
anag
em
en
t A
rea
GP
S A
dd
ress
:
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um
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ad
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A
Mai
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Joe
Ko
sack
See
Mid
dle
Cre
ek
at Y
ou
r P
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sack
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STA
RT:
TH
E V
ISIT
OR
S C
ENTE
R
At
the
hea
rt o
f th
e M
idd
le C
reek
Wild
life
Man
agem
ent
Are
a, t
he
Vis
ito
rs C
ente
r h
ou
ses
a n
um
ber
of
Pen
nsy
l-va
nia
wild
life
exh
ibit
s, r
angi
ng
fro
m t
axid
erm
ic m
ou
nts
to
inte
racti
ve s
tati
on
s. T
her
e al
so is
a g
ift s
ho
p, v
ideo
ro
om
an
d r
estr
oo
ms.
Th
is f
acili
ty a
lso
ser
ves
as t
he
regi
stra
tio
n p
oin
t fo
r h
un
ters
par
tici
pati
ng
in t
he
ar-
ea’s
co
ntr
olle
d h
un
ts.
In
ad
diti
on
, th
e V
isit
ors
Cen
ter
feat
ure
s an
au
dit
ori
um
an
d a
n o
bse
rvati
on
are
a,
wh
ich
pro
vid
es b
ino
cu-
lars
to
gla
ss t
he
imp
res-
sive
vis
ta b
efo
re y
ou
. Th
e w
ind
ow
s o
ffe
r a
view
of
the
mai
n la
ke
and
th
e so
ngb
ird
fe
edin
g st
atio
n.
Thes
e fa
ciliti
es,
alo
ng
wit
h t
he
rest
of
the
area
, are
inco
rpo
rate
d
into
th
e en
viro
nm
enta
l ed
uca
tio
n p
rogr
am f
or
tho
usa
nd
s o
f sc
ho
ol s
tu-
den
ts.
ST
OP
#1
: W
AT
ERFO
WL
HA
BIT
AT
On
th
e ri
ght,
yo
u c
an o
bse
rve
the
sou
thw
este
rn p
or-
tio
n o
f th
e la
ke.
Take
no
tice
of
the
thre
e d
iffer
ent
typ
es o
f n
esti
ng
stru
ctu
res
pro
vid
ed f
or
wat
erfo
wl.
Th
e ti
re a
nd
tu
b s
tru
ctu
res
are
pro
vid
ed f
or
Can
ada
gee
se, t
he
stra
w t
ub
es a
re f
or
mal
lard
s an
d b
lack
d
uck
s, a
nd
th
e b
ox
styl
e st
ruct
ure
s ar
e fo
r w
oo
d d
uck
s.
The
isla
nd
in t
he
cen
ter
of
the
lake
pro
vid
es e
xcel
len
t n
esti
ng
hab
itat
fo
r C
anad
a ge
ese
. Th
is s
top
als
o o
cca-
sio
nal
ly p
rovi
des
a g
reat
op
po
rtu
nit
y to
see
a b
ald
ea-
gle
on
th
e sn
ags
(sta
nd
ing
dea
d t
rees
) in
th
e m
ain
im-
po
un
dm
ent.
Wat
ch t
he
wat
er
and
sky
to
yo
ur
fro
nt
and
rig
ht
for
the
con
spic
uo
us
bir
ds
of
pre
y. T
he
Vis
i-to
rs C
ente
r p
on
d is
on
yo
ur
left
. D
uri
ng
spri
ng
and
fal
l m
igra
tio
ns,
th
is is
an
exc
elle
nt
spo
t to
ob
serv
e m
al-
lard
s, b
lack
du
cks,
no
rth
ern
sh
ove
lers
, rin
g-n
ecke
d
du
cks,
wo
od
du
cks,
ho
od
ed m
erga
nse
rs a
nd
oth
ers.
Th
e “t
ree-
ho
use
” ty
pe
stru
ctu
re lo
cate
d b
ehin
d t
he
po
nd
an
d v
iew
able
fro
m t
he
Vis
ito
rs C
ente
r is
a b
at
con
do
min
ium
. It
is in
ten
ded
to
ser
ve a
s a
mat
ern
al
colo
ny
for
up
to
6,0
00 b
ats.
In
ad
diti
on
to
bat
s, n
u-
mer
ou
s o
ther
mam
mal
sp
ecie
s b
enefi
t fr
om
th
e la
nd
man
agem
ent
pra
c-ti
ces
her
e at
Mid
dle
C
reek
Wild
life
Man
age-
men
t A
rea.
B
efo
re r
each
ing
Sto
p #
2,
no
tice
on
th
e ri
ght,
th
e d
ike
stru
ctu
re d
esig
ned
to
pro
vid
e ad
diti
on
al
hab
itat
fo
r w
ate
rfo
wl
and
oth
er w
etla
nd
bir
ds.
Th
e cr
eati
on
of
this
dik
e w
as a
co
op
erati
ve e
ffo
rt b
etw
een
th
e P
enn
sylv
ania
G
ame
Co
mm
issi
on
, Du
cks
Un
limit
ed, U
.S. F
ish
& W
ild-
life
Serv
ice
and
th
e C
hes
apea
ke B
ay F
ou
nd
atio
n. I
f th
e w
ater
is r
eced
ing,
loo
k fo
r b
lack
du
cks
and
gre
en
-w
inge
d t
eal
fe
edin
g o
n t
he
exp
ose
d m
ud
flat
s. T
he
area
als
o d
raw
s sh
ore
bir
ds
du
rin
g th
eir
mig
rati
on
s.
STO
P #
2:
WIL
LOW
PO
INT
TRA
IL
An
eas
y 10
-min
ute
hik
e w
ill t
ake
the
visi
tor
to a
n o
b-
serv
atio
n p
oin
t, w
hic
h o
verl
oo
ks a
larg
e p
orti
on
of
the
360
-acr
e la
ke.
In la
te F
ebru
ary
and
ear
ly M
arch
, ab
ou
t h
alfw
ay o
ut
on
yo
ur
wal
k to
th
e p
oin
t, w
atch
fo
r tu
n-
dra
sw
ans
to y
ou
r le
ft o
n o
pen
wat
er o
f th
is s
eclu
ded
ar
ea o
f th
e m
ain
imp
ou
nd
men
t. W
illo
w P
oin
t is
po
pu
-la
r d
uri
ng
the
mig
rati
on
sea
son
s. W
ith
a p
air
of
bin
oc-
ula
rs o
r a
spo
ttin
g sc
op
e, it
is p
oss
ible
to
ob
serv
e a
wid
e va
riet
y o
f b
ird
life
incl
ud
ing
Can
ada
gees
e, s
no
w
gee
se, t
un
dra
sw
ans,
an
d n
um
ero
us
du
ck s
pec
ies.
An
in p
astu
re o
r fa
rm-
lan
d.
Th
e M
illst
on
e Tr
ail
star
ts a
cro
ss t
he
road
fr
om
th
is a
rea
and
aff
ord
s an
exc
elle
nt
view
of
the
valle
y fr
om
a m
ou
nta
into
p
vist
a. T
he
trai
l is
a lo
op
of
a litt
le m
ore
th
an a
mile
. B
e p
rep
ared
fo
r a
stee
p a
nd
ro
cky
asce
nt.
In t
he
pas
t,
mill
sto
nes
we
re q
uar
ried
in t
his
are
a; o
ne
can
be
fou
nd
dis
card
ed a
t th
e to
p.
It a
pp
ears
th
e st
on
e cr
acke
d w
hile
bei
ng
shap
ed w
ith
ch
isel
s. A
no
ther
tr
ail,
the
Dee
r P
ath
Tra
il, a
lso
can
be
acce
ssed
fro
m
this
are
a. T
his
hal
f-m
ile t
rail
goes
th
rou
gh w
et
wo
od
-la
nd
s b
etw
een
th
e W
hit
e O
ak P
icn
ic A
rea
and
th
e R
ed R
ock
Pic
nic
Are
a.
STO
P #
6
RED
RO
CK
PIC
NIC
AR
EA/F
ISH
ING
AC
CES
S A
REA
Th
is p
ub
lic-a
cce
ss a
rea
con
tain
s th
e fi
shin
g an
d
bo
atin
g se
ctio
n o
f th
e la
ke.
On
ly t
he
low
er 4
0 a
cres
o
f th
e la
ke a
re a
cces
sib
le, t
he
rest
is r
eser
ved
fo
r w
ildlif
e. T
he
area
is m
arke
d b
y a
bu
oy
line
abo
ve t
he
dam
an
d a
no
ther
ru
nn
ing
thro
ugh
th
e la
ke.
Fish
ing
fro
m t
he
sho
relin
e ar
ou
nd
th
e b
oat
lau
nch
is
per
-
mitt
ed y
ear-
rou
nd
. Th
is a
rea
also
is a
po
pu
lar
ice-
fish
ing
spo
t. F
ish
sp
ecie
s in
clu
de
bas
s, c
rap
pie
s,
catf
ish
, car
p a
nd
oth
er p
anfi
sh.
On
ly n
on
-mo
tori
zed
b
oat
s (n
o e
lect
ric
mo
tors
an
d n
o s
ailb
oat
s) a
re p
er-
mitt
ed f
rom
May
16
th
rou
gh S
epte
mb
er 1
4.
Ove
r-n
igh
t m
oo
rin
g is
pro
hib
ited
. Th
is c
an b
e an
oth
er g
oo
d a
rea
for
bir
din
g si
nce
it
affo
rds
a vi
ew o
f th
e o
ther
sid
e o
f th
e la
rge
isla
nd
. So
me
of
the
bir
d s
pec
ies
to lo
ok
for
incl
ud
e d
ivin
g d
uck
s su
ch a
s ru
dd
y d
uck
s, b
uffl
ehea
ds,
co
mm
on
m
erga
nse
rs, r
ing-
nec
ked
du
cks,
an
d o
ther
bir
d s
pe-
cies
incl
ud
ing
grea
t b
lue
her
on
s, c
om
mo
n e
gret
s an
d
bel
ted
kin
gfish
ers.
ST
OP
#7
TH
E M
AIN
DA
M S
TRU
CTU
RE
The
imp
ou
nd
men
t w
as c
reat
ed
by
the
con
stru
ctio
n o
f th
is d
am in
th
e ea
rly
19
70
s. I
t is
qu
ite
shal
low
, wit
h
an a
vera
ge d
epth
of
on
ly t
hre
e fe
et, w
hic
h w
as a
re-
sult
of
top
ogr
aph
y an
d d
esig
n.
The
typ
es o
f w
ater
-fo
wl t
hat
may
po
ten
tial
ly s
pen
d ti
me
her
e ar
e th
ose
th
at p
refe
r sh
allo
w w
ater
, co
mp
ared
to
th
e b
ig d
ivin
g d
uck
s o
f th
e C
hes
apea
ke B
ay.
The
dee
pes
t p
art
of
the
lake
is ju
st a
bo
ve t
he
dam
. Wh
en b
uilt
, th
e d
epth
th
ere
was
ab
ou
t 1
3 f
eet
in t
he
form
er c
ree
k ch
ann
el.
Silt
atio
n o
ver
the
year
s h
as r
ed
uce
d t
hat
dep
th t
o
aro
un
d e
igh
t fe
et.
At
the
dam
, yo
u m
ay s
ee h
ero
ns,
eg
rets
an
d k
ingfi
sher
s. A
lso
, sp
ott
ed s
and
pip
ers
may
b
e se
en
du
rin
g th
e lo
w fl
ow
s o
f su
mm
er.
The
con
stru
ctio
n o
f th
is im
po
un
dm
ent
and
th
e re
lo-
cati
on
of
Ho
pel
and
Ro
ad w
ere
pai
d b
y P
roje
ct 7
0 a
nd
op
en-s
ided
pav
ilio
n w
ill p
rote
ct y
ou
fro
m s
om
e w
eat
her
on
th
e p
oin
t an
d s
po
ttin
g sc
op
es w
ill b
rin
g yo
u c
lose
to
th
e ac
tio
n.
Du
rin
g sp
rin
g m
igra
tio
n,
ther
e ar
e d
ays
wh
en w
ate
rfo
wl p
ut
on
incr
edib
le
flig
ht
dis
pla
ys r
igh
t al
on
g an
d o
ver
Will
ow
Po
int,
w
hic
h a
lso
is a
n e
xcel
len
t lo
oko
ut
for
bal
d e
agle
s.
We
ho
pe
you
exp
erie
nce
so
me
of
this
un
forg
ettab
le
acti
on
wh
ile y
ou
’re
ou
t th
ere.
Will
ow
Po
int
and
th
e tr
ail t
o it
are
clo
sed
occ
asio
nal
ly f
or
man
agem
ent
reas
on
s. I
f th
e ro
ad t
o t
he
Will
ow
Po
int
Trai
l par
k-in
g ar
ea is
clo
sed
, no
acc
ess
is p
erm
itted
. Th
is is
in
freq
uen
t an
d u
sual
ly o
ccu
rs f
rom
No
vem
ber
into
Ja
nu
ary.
ST
OP
#3
: O
BSE
RV
ATI
ON
PO
INT
PA
RK
ING
LO
T
Fro
m t
his
po
int
it is
po
ssib
le t
o s
ee w
ith
in t
he
wa-
terf
ow
l pro
pag
atio
n a
rea,
wh
ich
is o
ff li
mit
s to
peo
-p
le a
nd
allo
ws
wild
life
to n
est,
res
t an
d f
eed
un
mo
-le
ste
d y
ear-
rou
nd
. Th
e sh
allo
w d
ike,
loca
ted
dir
ect-
ly a
hea
d, i
s u
sed
by
wat
erf
ow
l an
d w
adin
g b
ird
s. I
n
the
spri
ng
and
ear
ly s
um
mer
, lo
ok
for
a va
riet
y o
f so
ngb
ird
acti
vity
. Th
e b
ird
bo
xes
will
hav
e tr
ee
swal
low
an
d b
lueb
ird
acti
vity
as
the
bir
ds
beg
in
thei
r n
esti
ng
seas
on
s in
sp
rin
g. I
n a
dd
itio
n, t
hes
e fi
eld
s ca
n p
rovi
de
an o
pp
ort
un
ity
to o
bse
rve
bo
bo
-lin
ks.
Du
rin
g sp
rin
g, t
he
mal
e b
ob
olin
ks a
re e
spe-
cial
ly v
isib
le a
s th
ey e
s-ta
blis
h t
hei
r te
rrit
ori
es.
This
loca
tio
n f
eatu
res
un
dis
turb
ed, h
igh
-gra
ss
fiel
ds
that
bo
bo
links
an
d
oth
er g
rass
lan
d-n
esti
ng
bir
ds
nee
d t
o n
est
suc-
cess
fully
. Th
ese
fiel
ds
are
per
iod
ical
ly t
reat
ed
wit
h
pre
scri
bed
fire
to
sp
ur
hab
itat
rej
uve
nati
on
. P
rio
r to
re
ach
ing
Sto
p #
4,
you
may
ch
oo
se t
o a
cce
ss t
he
cul-
de-
sac
area
, w
hic
h d
oes
no
t o
pen
un
til A
pri
l 1.
This
is a
nar
row
, d
ead
-en
d r
oad
wit
h t
wo
-way
tra
ffic
so p
leas
e d
rive
sl
ow
ly a
nd
att
enti
vely
. ST
OP
#4
V
IEW
OF
LAK
E FR
OM
TH
E EA
ST
Fro
m t
his
po
int,
loo
k b
ack
ove
r th
e la
ke a
t th
e se
ries
o
f sn
ags
and
dea
d t
rees
. Th
is is
an
oth
er g
oo
d lo
ca-
tio
n t
o o
bse
rve
bal
d e
agle
s. B
ald
eag
les
hav
e n
est-
ed a
t M
idd
le C
ree
k si
nce
19
99
. In
19
80
, on
ly t
wo
n
ests
we
re k
no
wn
to
exi
st in
th
e C
om
mo
nw
ealt
h.
This
was
th
e re
sult
of
the
pes
tici
de
DD
T an
d o
ther
en
viro
nm
enta
l fac
tors
. W
ith
a b
an p
lace
d o
n D
DT
in
19
72
, th
e en
viro
nm
ent
imp
rove
d, a
lon
g w
ith
Pen
n-
sylv
ania
’s e
agle
po
pu
lati
on
. B
y 2
01
7, G
ame
Co
m-
mis
sio
n p
erso
nn
el m
on
ito
r m
ore
th
an 2
75
nes
ts in
th
e st
ate
. So
me
of
this
su
cces
s al
so c
an b
e att
rib
ut-
ed t
o t
he
bal
d e
agle
rei
ntr
od
ucti
on
pro
gram
co
n-
du
cte
d b
y th
e G
ame
Co
mm
issi
on
fro
m 1
98
3 t
o
19
89
. D
uri
ng
that
tim
e, 8
8 e
agle
ts w
ere
rai
sed
an
d
rele
ased
into
th
e w
ild.
Man
y o
f th
ose
bir
ds
re-
turn
ed t
o P
enn
sylv
ania
to
nes
t as
ad
ult
s. T
her
e ar
e m
ore
sh
allo
w w
ater
imp
ou
nd
men
ts in
th
e ar
ea,
som
etim
es a
ffo
rdin
g go
od
loo
ks a
t w
ate
rfo
wl.
ST
OP
#5
TH
E W
HIT
E O
AK
PIC
NIC
AR
EA
Wh
ite
Oak
is o
ne
of
thre
e p
icn
ic a
reas
at
Mid
dle
C
reek
. O
pen
fire
s ar
e p
roh
ibit
ed; s
elf-
con
tain
ed
sto
ves
or
char
coal
gri
lls a
re p
erm
itted
un
less
oth
er-
wis
e d
esig
nat
ed
by
a m
anag
er.
The
pic
nic
are
a is
n
amed
aft
er t
he
hu
ge
wh
ite
oak
nea
r th
e en
-tr
ance
. St
ud
y th
is t
ree
and
no
tice
th
e la
tera
l —
or
spre
adin
g —
bra
nch
-in
g. T
his
is in
dic
ative
of
a tr
ee t
hat
gre
w in
op
en
spac
es e
arlie
r in
its
life.
Th
e tr
ee is
bel
ieve
d t
o b
e at
leas
t 2
00
yea
rs o
ld a
nd
w
as s
itu
ate
d a
t o
ne
tim
e
Jaco
b D
ing
el
Jaco
b D
ing
el
Joe
Ko
sack
Joe
Ko
sack
Joe
Ko
sack