Photo: South West

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.

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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
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 – 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
Forest Route 160 And 259 Camping Opporunity
Forest Road 160 Camping

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