Wildlife Viewing
- The Allegheny National Forest is rich in wildlife, which includes 312 species that live within the Allegheny National Forest region. Of those 312 species, 37 are trapped or hunted, including white-tailed deer, wild turkey and black bear.
- Five federally Endangered Species are known to occur within the Forest or nearby: Bald Eagle, Northern Riffeshell (mussel), Clubshell (mussel), Indiana bat and small-whorled pogonia (orchid).
- River otters were re-introduced to Tionesta Creek beginning in 1991.
- Fishers were re-introduced to the Forest beginning in 1997.
- Timber Rattlesnake brochure
Your 190 million acres of National Forest Lands offer thousands of NatureWatch Viewing Sites across the country. Finding these sites has just been made easy to do with our new NatureWatch Viewing Site Inventory. The inventory allows you to search for places to view wildlife, fish, and wildflowers, while providing you a complete description of the sites, with maps and photographs. In addition, you can search for sites that have the amenities you prefer or need such as nearby airports, campgrounds, restaurants, boat ramps, lodging, and even wineries!
Click here to go to the National Nature Watch Site
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Click on the image above to see the Photo Gallery
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