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Line 1: [[Image:Rothcrock.png\|thumb\|left\|Location Map of Rothrock State Forest Holdings]] '''Rothrock State Forest''' is is Pennsylvania State Forest. It is in the PA Bureau of Forestry District #5. The main offices are located in [[Huntingdon, Pennsylvania\|Huntingdon, PA]] in [[Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania\|Huntingdon County]]. Rothrock State Forest is in parts of Huntingdon, [[Mifflin County, Pennsylvania\|Mifflin]] and [[Centre County, Pennsylvania\|Centre]] Counties. [[State College, Pennsylvania\|State College]], home of [[Penn State University]] is only a few miles many of the entrances of Rothrcok, leading to high utilization of the forest by students and ~~stafff~~staff of the university. Rothrock shares a common border on its Eastern portion with [[Bald Eagle State Forest]] and is just norht of areas of [[Tuscarora State Forest]]. The name Rothrock comes from Dr. Joseph Trimbel Rothrock. He is recognized as the Father of Forestry in Pennsylvania. In 1895, Dr. Rothrock was appointed the first forestry commissioner to lead the newly-formed Division of Forestry in the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Two of his major accomplishments as commissioner were his land acquisition program and the creation of a forest academy to train foresters for state service.

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