Hemlocks to Hellbenders

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Laurel Caverns State Park - Descend into one of Pennsylvania's natural wonders

Laurel Caverns State Park - Descend into one of Pennsylvania's natural wonders22 jul34 min

There’s no law or policy that requires Pennsylvania to keep creating new state parks. Over the history of the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources – and its various other names through the years – new state parks have been added and subtracted. There have been times when we added dozens of new state parks. Under Dr. Maurice K. Goddard, the Department of Parks and Forests – as it was called then - added 45 new state parks and 130,000 acres of land between 1955 and 1979. Dr...