Habitat for Wildlife’s Proposal for Non-Motorized Recreation at the
Proposed Northumberland County off Highway Vehicle Park

HFW’s East Walk in Plan

      Habitat for Wildlife inc. is recommending that the areas highlighted be used for walk in only recreation. (See maps) By walk in we mean; walking, bicycling, hunting and horseback riding: no motorized vehicles. Our recommendation is based on the high quality of the wildlife habitat located here. Resident woodcock are commonly seen here nesting and migratory woodcock use this area for feeding and resting on their long flights between north summer ranges and south winter ranges. Other commonly seen animals; are song birds, birds of prey, turkeys, ruffed grouse, white tailed deer, rabbits, squirrels, foxes, coyotes and many others.

      The habitat here is diverse, ranging from wetlands to mature hard wood forest and includes grasslands, ponds and early successional forest. This diversity ensures a healthy and diverse population of wildlife. This is a great place for hunting, bird watching, hiking an even horseback riding. The landscape is flat to a moderate grade.

      In addition, there is planned mine reclamation to be done near Boyer’s Knob. This reclamation site will be a clean slate to plant on. Here there could be open meadows, food plots and forested areas.

      
        Included in the plan are vehicle access roads (purple) and thru roads (bright green). The Walk in Access Roads should be posted against off road vehicles and thru traffic. This will help ensure a safer and more pleasant walk in experience but still provide access to the public. Roads recommended to be gated are marked; there are many roads in this area that will need to be blocked to prevent motorized vehicle access. HFW’s East Walk in Plan

HFW’s West Walk in Plan

     Habitat for Wildlife inc. is recommending that the areas highlighted be used for walk in only recreation. By walk in we mean; walking, bicycling, hunting and horseback riding ; no motorized vehicles. Our recommendation is based on the high quality of the wildlife habitat located here. Resident woodcock are commonly seen here nesting and migratory woodcock use this area for feeding and resting on their long flights between north summer ranges and south winter ranges. Other commonly seen animals; are song birds, birds of prey, turkeys, ruffed grouse, white tailed deer, rabbits, squirrels, foxes, coyotes and many others.

     The habitat here is diverse, ranging from wetlands to mature hard wood forest and includes grasslands, ponds and early successional forest. This diversity ensures a healthy and diverse population of wildlife. This is a great place for hunting, bird watching, hiking an even horseback riding. The landscape is flat to a moderate grade.

     Included in the plan are vehicle access roads (purple) and thru roads (bright green). The Walk in Access Roads should be posted against off road vehicles and thru traffic. This will help ensure a safer and more pleasant walk in experience but still provide access to the public. Roads recommended to be gated are marked; there are many roads in this area that will need to be blocked to prevent motorized vehicle access.