Pennsylvania's "Black Moshannon State Park & State Forest" Important Bird Area (IBA) encompasses . The land includes parts of the state park and surrounding Moshannon State Forest, as well as Pennsylvania State Game Lands No. 33, Mid-State Regional Airport (which borders both the park and the forest), and some other nearby parcels of private land. The Pennsylvania Audubon Society has designated of Black Moshannon State Park as an IBA, which is an area designated as a globally important habitat for the conservation of bird populations.