Family donates 250-acre old-growth forest after 60 years of ownership

Family donates 250-acre old-growth forest after 60 years of ownership

The Morton family of Erie, Pennsylvania, decided to give back to the community by donating 249 acres of land to the French Creek Valley Conservancy, Erie News Now reported.  The property is found in the Muddy Creek subbasin of the French Creek Watershed, bordering the Seneca Division of the Erie National Wildlife Refuge. Part of the area is forested and, according to the report, has hardly changed in the nearly 60 years since the Morton family p…