Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area

Snow geese and tundra swans at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area, March 2016

The Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area is a 6,000-acre (24 km2) Wildlife Management Area located in Lancaster and Lebanon counties, Pennsylvania.[1] It is managed by the Pennsylvania Game Commission.

The area lakes seasonally get up to 200,000[2] migrating snow geese.[3] The largest of the lakes was created by a dam built in the early 1970s, and covers 360 acres (150 ha). The Horse-Shoe Trail goes through the area just south of the main impoundment dam.

References

  1. ^ Young, John (2008). Pennsylvania: 55 of the State's Greatest Hiking Adventures. Morris Book Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7627-4450-3.
  2. ^ "Snow Goose and Waterfowl Migration Update". Pennsylvania Game Commission.
  3. ^ Simmers, Sean (18 March 2015). "Check out the 110,000 snow geese at Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area". The Patriot-News.

External links

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  • Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area (official Pennsylvania Game Commission web site)

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