Did You Know? The Shavers Creek Environmental Raptor Center offers visitors an up close view of eagles, falcons, owls, hawks and vultures. Click Here

  
Among the other species found throughout the parks, public lands, and forests of the Laurel Highlands/Southern Alleghenies include the eastern wood-pewee, barn swallow, blue jay, black-throated green warbler, and the great horned owl.

• Endangered & Threatened Species of Pennsylvania

  • The Wild Resource Conservation Fund - donate

Watching Wildlife Information

• Raystown Eagles - The federal government lists bald eagles as “threatened,” and the state lists them as “endangered.” The Corps and the Pennsylvania Game Commission have taken measures to shield the eagles from human disturbance.
• Whipple Dam
• Trough Creek State Park
• Greenwood Furnace
• Cowans Gap State Park
• Juniata Valley Audubon - (814) 684-7376
  charma@nb.net - A Chapter of the National Audubon Society serving Huntingdon, Blair, Bedford, and parts of Centre, Clearfield, and Cambria Counties.

Huntingdon County Wildlife

• Shaver's Creek Environmental Center
  • Kids Summer Camps
  • Raptor Center - Shaver’s Creek is one of only a few facilities in central Pennsylvania licensed to conduct educational programs with permanently injured (non-releasable) birds of prey. With approximately twenty birds of over a dozen species, the Raptor Center offers visitors an up-close view of vultures, falcons, owls, hawks, and eagles.
• Threatened Species
• Gypsy Moth Suppression at Raystown Lake
• Conservation at Raystown Lake, Huntingdon County,PA

• Pennsylvania Game Commission Migration Area/ Raystown Lake - Three thousand acres of habitat has been aggressively managed to maintain wildlife; one of PA's premier watchable wildlife areas. Observe waterfowl, eagles, osprey, small game, deer, and bear in their natural habitat. Rural Route 1 Box 222A, Hesston, PA 16647

Volunteering

• Shaver's Creek Environmental Center
• Friends of Raystown Lake, Hesston  ( 814) 542-8648
• Volunteering At Raystown Lake
• Click Here for more links

The Environment

• NATURE AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES HISTORIC ATTRACTIONS
  Scenic State Parks and Nature Areas