The Allegheny National Forest, over 500,000 acres of deep, vibrant green space, covers the upper edge of Pennsylvania, and creates the border of the PA Wilds. This region is one of the least populated places in the eastern US, and has some of the oldest forest growth in North America. But barely a hundred years ago, the land was completely bare. What happened here?

Listen along to hear the story of the Allegheny National Forest, a tale of resilience, sustainability, and peace.

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Sources used for this episode:

• PA Wilds: https://pawilds.com/landscape/allegheny-national-forest-surrounds/?gclid=CjwKCAjw46CVBhB1EiwAgy6M4t691zjcbsUIhVJIVKcmcGB5mh4_VGp5XwJdAtO4IhagKl0eQPusChoCm7kQAvD_BwE#!directory/map/ord=rnd
• USDA Forest Service on the Allegheny National Forest: https://www.fs.usda.gov/allegheny
• USDA Forest Service on the Human Heritage of the Allegheny National Forest: https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/allegheny/learning/history-culture
• “Trees of Western Pennsylvania,” W.E. Hamilton and D.Y. Sillman: https://www.dept.psu.edu/nkbiology/hike/pdf/TreesEssay.pdf
• “Worth More Wild”, Christina Goldfuss: https://environmentamerica.org/sites/environment/files/reports/Worth-More-Wild---PA.pdf
• PBS (Terri Hansen – Winnebago and Cherokee): https://www.pbs.org/native-america/blogs/native-voices/how-the-iroquois-great-law-of-peace-shaped-us-democracy/#:~:text=The%20Iroquois%20Confederacy%20originally%20consisted,thepeople%20of%20the%20big%20hill%E2%80%9D
• Iroquois Constitution: https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/iroquois.asp
• Wikipedia for the Allegheny National Forest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegheny_National_Forest
• Wikipedia for the Allegheny River: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegheny_River#cite_note-6