This article originally appeared in the September 2026 issue of Town&Gown magazine.
As director of the Northcentral Region of the Pennsylvania Game Commission, Mark Ternent oversees 382,000 acres of state game lands across 10 counties.
Soon, the hub of the region’s operations will be based in Happy Valley.
Work is tentatively scheduled to begin this winter on a project to bring the region’s headquarters — and the public outreach services that ac…