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Lake Warren LbNA #15701

Owner:lotus
Plant date:Nov 6, 2004
Location:
City:Ferndale
County:Bucks
State:Pennsylvania
Boxes:2
Found by: Anne of Green Gables
Last found:Jan 28, 2017
Status:FFFFFFFFFFF
Last edited:Nov 6, 2004
Lake Warren is located in State Game Lands Number 56, in Nockamixon Township. To get there follow Route 611 north to Center Hill Road, turn right. Turn right again onto Lake Warren Road. Turn left onto Nature’s Way (make sure you look for the road, it is barely visible). Park in the lot.

Box #1- The Beaver

” Explorer David Thompson, after crossing much of North America in 1784, stated that the continent “may be said to have been in the possession of two distinct races of beings, man and the beaver — and with man occupying the highlands and the beaver in solid possession of the lowlands.”
To the early settlers, the furry rodents seemed to be everywhere — and they were. At the time of European settlement, it has been estimated that anywhere from 60 million to 400 million beavers populated North America, in a range that extended from the deserts of Mexico to the arctic tundra.
With few predators, a lifespan of 10-12 years, and females able to produce a litter of 3-6 kits annually, the beaver would seem an unlikely candidate for extinction.
But their easily identified dens, large size (weighing 60 pounds or more); slow movement, and tendency to live in easily exploited colonies, made them easy targets for trappers.
Colonists quickly learned that beavers could be completely eliminated from an area. As early as 1640 — barely two decades after Pilgrims landed at Plymouth — the Hudson Valley was already depleted of beaver.
Its dense, thick fur was in demand primarily because it was ideal for making felt hats. In 1638, King Charles II made the use of beaver pelts in hat production compulsory.
With no mind toward conservation, trapping continued until beavers were totally gone from any given site. Then the trappers moved on.
The trade appeared mutually beneficial for both settlers and the Native Americans. The former acquired a valuable export item; the latter was able to trade furs for superior European goods. Indeed, Native Americans in Pennsylvania were trapping and trading beaver before the first Europeans settled here.
There was also a political aspect: Promoting trade with the Native Americans would help keep them from becoming loyal to the French in Canada.
It was all too much pressure for the beaver, which became one of the first mammals to be completely eliminated from Pennsylvania, apparently around the early 1800s. The state Legislature passed a law protecting the species in 1903, but it’s doubtful that any remained in the state by that time.”

From-- http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/wrcf/keynotes/fall02/history.htm

Back in the 1930’s the beaver population in Pennsylvania was extinct, except for pockets of population hidden here and there, scattered across the state. Locals knew that the beaver (Castor Canadensis) always lived on Lake Warren. To find this box start out in the parking lot and follow the trail at 270* west. As you cross the damn, look in the lake to the right, see if you can spot the beaver lodge in the distance. As the trail enters into the woods, immediately spy a fallen tree northwest, close to the trail. From the path at the fallen tree, look 345* to the remains of a beaver chewed tree, go 17 paces to this tree. Turn around and face the path once again. Do you notice the broken branch, near the path at 153*? At the end of the broken branch, there is a SPOR.

Please be discrete in stamping up, this box is located very close to the path.

Box #2- The Watcher

Head back towards the parking lot, across the spillway, and past Lake Warren. Once you reach the parking lot, head to the north side of the lot, follow the access road at 90* east.
While spending the day at Lake Warren, you may encounter a variety of wildlife, beaver, fox, turtles etc… This box commemorates a day spent with a mother fox and her kits.
We headed up the path, passing the wild blackberries in bloom. We try to remember to come back in the summer for a tasty treat! Ahead on the path, two kit foxes suddenly made their entrance. Minutes passed as they were oblivious to our presence. Playing together, chasing the grasshoppers and rolling around in the high weeds. Then farther down the trail we heard the warning call of Mother Fox. Get back, Danger is near. The kits learn to react to these calls. With watchful eyes the Mother looks closely over her little ones, and then as they get older she gives them more and more space to explore. Then they hear the call, react fast and they will be safe. On, up the hill we keep traveling, the Mother and her kits have scuttled into the woods. Where are they now? Just over the crest of the hill, past the larger boulder on the right, a small hemlock tree stands nearby. A smaller boulder. Now, 40*, 16 steps to the left side of the path, another boulder. Underneath hides the Watcher.
This box is located very close to the path, please be discrete when stamping up.
Remember the bug spray!!!
Enjoy!

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