NEWPORT, Pa. -- Tiny gnome homes that were evicted from a park are making magic elsewhere. Little Buffalo State Park managers gave permission for Steve Hoke to create the mini-houses but decided they could affect wildlife habitat. Hoke had made about 40 gnome houses in tree roots, hollow logs and on stumps. He says children loved the houses, but he removed them last month. Millerstown and Duncannon, Pennsylvania, offered to keep the gnome homes in local parks.
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