Frank E. Masland Jr. Natural Area is a protected area in Perry County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of Tuscarora State Forest. It is named after Pennsylvania conservationist and philanthropist Frank Masland Jr."Masland Will Be Honored," The Evening Sentinel, May 7, 1980"Outdoors," Philadelphia Inquirer, July 27, 1980
Description The Natural Area was established to protect two upper branches of North Laurel Run, that in turn provide water for an established second-growth forest. The area features the successful regeneration of a mixed oak forest that had been severely damaged by a gypsy moth infestation in the 1980s. The area has also been named as a special protection zone for reptiles and amphibians, and it contains a population of the regionally threatened Allegheny woodrat.
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