Congressman Kanjorski Announces Cherry Valley as National Wildlife Refuge

On December 23, 2008, Congressman Kanjorski announced the designation of 20,466 acres in Cherry Valley as a National Wildlife Refuge by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The designation culminates a more than four year effort in which Congressman Kanjorski initially met with local groups in Monroe County about Cherry Valley, and introduced and passed legislation calling for the Fish and Wildlife Service to conduct a study of the area, which enabled the Fish and Wildlife Service to make the designation allowed today. The designation marks the third National Wildlife Refuge in Pennsylvania, and the first since 1972.

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