As a result, outdoor lovers can enjoy more hiking, birding, wildlife watching and hunting on additional public land in Mercer County.
Native plants and animals will benefit from the permanent protection of this property, which includes the Otter Creek Swamp, a complex of swamps and marshes through which the Otter Creek flows to Neshannock Creek.
Several vulnerable and threatened species, and species of special concern, inhabit the area.
The property also now provides a much-needed connection to a smaller parcel of the game land, offering important contiguous protected habitat for birds and other wildlife.
Now under the Game Commission’s ownership and management, the property is open to the public for low-impact recreational activities and is a popular destination for duck hunting and fishing for many Mercer County residents.
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(Reprinted from the latest Water Land Life newsletter from the Western PA Conservancy. Click Here to sign up for your own copy.)
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[Posted: July 2, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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