Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area is owned and operated by the Pennsylvania Game Commission, Pennsylvania's State Wildlife Agency in charge of all wild birds and wild mammals. Our mission is to create a meaningful wildlife conservation experience for every user, showcase science-based conservation management, and inspire current and future generations to conserve wildlife as a public trust.

Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area

Willow Point Trail is Middle Creek's most popular trail. This accessible trail is just less than a mile in length and is the best spot to see migratory waterfowl especially in February and March when the snow geese and tundra swans begin their nothern migrations. Waterfowl are not the only wildlife you can see from this point! Look for soaring and nesting bald eagles as well!

Stop 2- Willow Point Trail

You are looking at the southwest corner of the Middle Creek Lake. Seasonal water drawdowns provide mudflats for shorebirds and vegitation growth that will eventually produce seeds for waterfowl. Peak waterfowl numbers occur in the fall and spring during their migrations, but you can also see nesting waterfowl from this location. The tub like structure in front of you is for nesting Canada geese. During drawdowns, you may see residual stumps from trees that were here before the lake was created in the late 1960's.

Stop 1 - Middle Creek Lake / Waterfowl Habitat

Welcome to Stop 3 on the Wildlife Drive. Middle Creek is home to many grassland dependent species that rely on the fields you see here. Species like short-eared owls, northern harriers, bobolinks, and eastern meadowlarks all are species of greatest conservation need that depend on the grasslands at Middle Creek at some point during the year. In order to keep grasslands from turning into forests, habitat management tools such as prescribed fire are used to "reset the clock". Without these tools and continued management, many of these fields would turn into shrublands and eventually forests, making them unsuitable for our grassland species. 

Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area

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3 chronologs managed by Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area

Stop 2- Willow Point Trail

Stop 1 - Middle Creek Lake / Waterfowl Habitat

Stop 3 - Grasslands

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