Photo: James Morrison Memorial Bridge

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The James Morrison bridge is sometimes called the Cornplanter Bridge on USFS maps, though the Seneca's reject the term as they consider it to be an insult as they were flooded out of their land once promised to be their own for eternity under eminent domain. The bridge has narrow shoulders and low guard rails, though one time I walked out on it, and the public not prohibited from walking on it by sign or other measure.

Taken on Thursday November 11, 2010 at Allegheny National Forest.

More about Allegheny National Forest...

The Forest Service brought new concepts in forest management to the Allegheny Plateau -- multiple benefits and sustainability. The Organic Act of 1897 introduced the National Forest mission: to improve the forest, provide favorable conditions for water flows, and furnish a continuous supply of wood to meet people's needs. On these lands, seedlings for tomorrow's forest are the focus of forest management activities. Watersheds are managed to ensure clear water for fisheries like trout and clean drinking water for all.

Over time, various laws added other benefits like wilderness, heritage resources and grazing to the original ideas of watershed protection and continuous wood supply. The Multiple Use-Sustained Yield Act of 1960 recognized outdoor recreation and habitat for wildlife and fisheries.

The motto "Land of Many Uses" captures the National Forest goal of a healthy, vigorous forest that provides wood products, watershed protection, a variety of wildlife habitats and recreational opportunities -- not only for us today, but in a sustainable way so future generations can enjoy these benefits, too.

http://www.fs.usda.gov/allegheny/

Aerial Photos

Big Bend Before Lake Perfidy
Kinzua Before Flooding April 1964

Maps and Interactives

Willow Creek ATV Trail
Trails, Roads, Major Recreational Areas of Allegheny National Forest
Tracy Ridge Area – Allegheny National Forest
Tionesta Lake
Sugar Run
Loleta Grade
Lake Perfidy
Kinzua – Sugar Run 1941
Kinzua, PA 1949
Kinzua Dam
Hickory Creek Wilderness
Dry Run, Forest Road 137
Cornplanter Bridge
Coal Knob Mountain Bike Trails
Coal Knob – Jakes Rocks Campsites
Coal Knob
Buzzard Swamp
Allegheny Reservior
Allegheny Plateau is mostly devoid of agriculture
Allegheny Plateau
Timberdoodle Flats
Tidoute Overlook
Rimrock Overlook Trail
Jakes Rocks Trails
Heart Content

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