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[http://www.nr.nps.gov/multiples/64000724.pdf State Park ECW listing on the NRHP]

[http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/info/pawilds/recplan-app04.pdf Fermata PA wilds survey]

[http://www2.elkman.net/nrhp/infobox.php Elkman's NRHP Infobox generator]

[http://www.legis.state.pa.us/ Pennsylvania state legislature - search for bills]

[http://books.google.com/books?id=mcTGoFtgwW0C Pennsylvania: A Guide to the Keystone State By Federal Writers' Project]

[http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/heritage/cwp/view.asp?a=3&q=445798 Lots of Penns Forest History]

[http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/ccc/cccac1.htm National Park Service CCC camps]

[http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/info/ataglance/act18.aspx Act 18 establishing the DCNR]

[http://www.dot.state.pa.us/Internet/Bureaus/pdPlanRes.nsf/infoBPRCartoMapsinPDFandDJVU?OpenForm All PennDot maps in PDF]

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{{cite map |scale = 1:65,000| publisher = Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Planning and Research, Geographic Information Division | url= ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/GHS/Roadnames/allegheny_GHSN.PDF | title= 2007 General Highway Map Allegheny County Pennsylvania | accessdate= 2007-07-27}} Note: shows Allegheny Islands State Park

• [http://www.dot.state.pa.us/Internet/Bureaus/pdPlanRes.nsf/infoBPRCartoCountyType10 All PennDOT PA County maps (clickable state map)]
• [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/Maps/GHS/Roadnames/ All PennDOT PA County maps (files)]

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{{cite news | author= Pennsylvania State Highway Department

| url= ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_PDF_FILES/Maps/Type_10_GHS_Historical_Scans/Union_1915.pdf | title= Map of the Public Roads in Union County, Pennsylvania | date = May 1, 1915 | accessdate= 2007-03-29}}

• [http://www.dot.state.pa.us/Internet/Bureaus/pdPlanRes.nsf/infoBPRHistoricCountyMaps PennDOT Historic PA County Maps]

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{{cite news

| author= Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Rail, Freight, Ports & Waterways, Center for Program Development and Management, Bureau of Planning and Research

| url= ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/MAPS/Statewide/parail.pdf

| title= Pennsylvania Railroad Map, September 2006

| accessdate= 2006-03-07

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• [ftp://ftp.dot.state.pa.us/public/pdf/BPR_pdf_files/MAPS/Statewide/parail.pdf Pennsylvania Railroad Map]

[http://www.pennpilot.psu.edu/ Historic aerial photo library, Pennsylvania Geological Survey]

{{cite book |last=Donehoo |first= Dr. George P. |title= A History of the Indian Villages and Place Names in Pennsylvania |origdate= 1928 |url= http://www.srbc.net/docs/IndianNamesDataChart.PDF|format= PDF|accessdate= 2007-03-09|edition= Second Reprint Edition |date= 1999|publisher= Wennawoods Publishing |location= Lewisburg, Pennsylvania|id= ISBN 1-889037-11-7|pages= 290|quote = ISBN refers to a 1999 reprint edition, URL is for the Susquehanna River Basin Commission's web page of Native American Place names, quoting and citing the book}}

[http://www.srbc.net/docs/IndianNamesDataChart.PDF Susquehanna River Basin Commission's Native American Place names table]

[http://www.gilwell.com/lenape/index2.htm Lenape Dictionary]

• {{cite web| url = http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_71264_0_0_18/ | title="Pennsylvania Local Government" |publisher = Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |format = PDF |accessdate = 2007-10-08 }}
• {{cite web|url = http://www.census.gov/geo/www/GARM/Ch8GARM.pdf |title= Chapter 8: County Subdivisions |publisher = U.S. Census Bureau | accessdate = 2007-11-27}}
• [http://www.libraries.psu.edu/do/digitalbookshelf/26832966/ Chronicles of Central Pennsylvania by Frederic A. Godcharles]

• Audubon's [http://web1.audubon.org/trailMaps/ Susquehanna River Birds and Wildlife trail]
• Audubon's [http://pa.audubon.org/iba/ Important Bird Areas of Pennsylvania]
• Audubon Pennsylvania [http://pa.audubon.org/Sitenotes.htm IBA boundaries]

• [http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/pub/pageolmag/pageolonline.aspx Pennsylvania Geology Online]
• [http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/parkguides/trail.aspx Pennsylvania Trail of Geology Guides to State Parks]

Educational Series (ES)

• [http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/education/rocksminerals/es1.pdf ES 1 Rocks and Minerals of Pennsylvania]
• [http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/education/es4.pdf ES 4 The Geological Story of Pennsylvania]
• [http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/education/es6/es6.pdf ES 6 Pennsylvania and the Ice Age]
• [http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/education/coal/es7.pdf ES 7 Coal in Pennsylvania]
• [http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/education/es8.pdf ES 8 Oil and Gas in Pennsylvania]

Maps

• [http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/maps/map7.pdf Map 7 Geologic Map of Pennsylvania]
• [http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/maps/map10.pdf Map 10 Oil and Gas Fields of Pennsylvania]
• [http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/maps/map11.pdf Map 11 Distribution of Pennsylvania Coals]
• [http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/maps/map13.pdf Map 13 Physiographic Provinces of Pennsylvania]
• [http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/map13/map13.aspx Web page on Map 13]
• [http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/maps/map15.pdf Map 15 Limestone and Dolomite Distrubution in Pennsylvania]
• [http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/maps/map59.pdf Map 59 Glacial Deposits of Pennsylvania]
• [http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/topogeo/map61/61intro.aspx Map 61 Web Page]

• [http://www.epa.gov/reg3wapd/tmdl/pa_tmdl/index.htm Pennsylvania TMDLs from the EPA]
• [http://www.lycoming.edu/biologydept/petokas/pa%20gazzetter%20of%20streams.pdf Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams (2001)]

Here's how I make the maps - basically they are all from the Census factfinder web site [http://factfinder.census.gov/jsp/saff/SAFFInfo.jsp?_pageId=referencemaps&_submenuId=maps_2 here]. I always use the 2000 census data and if I enter "Ohio", I get [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ReferenceMapFramesetServlet?_bm=y&-rm_config=|b=50|l=en|t=420|zf=0.0|ms=ref_stat_00dec|dw=1.9557697048764706E7|dh=1.4455689123E7|dt=gov.census.aff.domain.map.LSRMapExtent|if=gif|cx=-1159354.4733499996|cy=7122022.5|zl=10|pz=10|bo=313:314:316:317:318:319:323|bl=354:355:356:357:358:393:362|ft=350:349:335:389:388:332:331|fl=381:403:204:380:369:379:368|g=01000US&-redoLog=false&-_lang=en&-_caller=geoselect&-geo_id=04000US39 this]. Next I go to the upper left corner under "Change", click there on "Boundaries and Features" and turn off all labels and all features except the state and county borders (boundaries). Then I get [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/ReferenceMapFramesetServlet?_bm=y&-rm_config=|b=50|l=en|t=420|zf=0.0|ms=ref_stat_00dec|dw=10.50392852716582|dh=6.058983803831548|dt=gov.census.aff.domain.map.EnglishMapExtent|if=gif|cx=-82.66958249999999|cy=40.190285|zl=8|pz=8|bo=313:314|bl=|ft=|fl=|g=04000US39&-redoLog=false&-geo_id=04000US39&-_lang=en this]. I copy the map (right click, or control and Print Screen) then paste that into MS Paint or Paint Dot Net and change the colors so they are consistent with the WikiProject Maps guidleines - I started with the :Image:US Locator Blank.svg for its colors. I put a one pixel wide black line around the maps and save them in PNG format in Wikimedia Commons (I have an account there too).

What I like about the maps is that they are US Government work and so public domain (and I release my modifications under the GFDL). You can zoom in a lot, add streets and water and township and city borders in. Some other examples I have made starting with these are here: :Image:Larrys Creek Watershed Map.PNG (started from county and township borders and creeks in the census map), :Image:Fort Wayne Indiana Metro Map.PNG (several counties, left the urban areas pink), and my most ambitious county map :Image:Lancaster County, PA.PNG. Hope this helps, ask if you have questions.

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