Easement Will Connect Pennsylvania Game Lands to State Route

By Vanessa Torres

Deal provides much-needed access for future habitat management.

Pennsylvania -(Ammoland.com)- The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners today approved an easement upon, over, through and across land adjacent to State Game Lands 91 in Buck Township, Luzerne County.

The easement, totaling 4.29 acres, is in exchange for a right-of-way license that Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC (TRANSCO) requested in order to construct, operate and maintain a new 42-inch natural-gas pipeline across a portion of State Game Lands 91 in Buck Township, Luzerne County.

TRANSCO has agreed to convey the easement to the Game Commission in lieu of habitat, surface and marketable damages associated with the license. The easement will connect a limited-access portion of State Game Lands 91 with state Route 115, providing much-needed access for future habitat management, as well as improved access for hunters and trappers.

The easement will allow for locating, opening, constructing, repairing, maintaining and using a road up to 30 feet wide and a parking area of up to 2.56 acres.

Use of the road by the general public will be limited to foot travel, non-motorized vehicles, or motorized …read more

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