Pennsylvania State Game Lands (SGLs)

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Portions of the A.T. in Pennsylvania traverse SGLs. These tracts of land are administered by Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC). To learn more about this agency, click on the link provided.

PGC

[shelterbuilder]

Portions of the A.T. in Pennsylvania traverse SGLs. These tracts of land are administered by Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC). To learn more about this agency, click on the link provided.

Most folks - especially local folks - don't realize that, in Pa., the AT runs across NPS land, State Game Commission land, State Forest land, State Park land, and some local municipality land, and that the land-use regulations are different for each agency. State Game Commission regulations tend to be the most strict - and more of the trail is located on State Game lands than on any other type of land here in Pa. SOG's link to the PGC site provides a good overview of the PGC, it's history, and function.

[ki0eh]

I'd be interested in a history of the Game Lands themselves. Sure would be tough to research without access to the PGC's own files. The impression I get from reading some of the local historians about SGL 211 at least, is that the PGC, at least formerly, practiced deliberate obliteration - and they don't research PGC files either.

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To view or download maps of SGLs, click here and follow the instructions.