Get Outdoors PA recently announced the award of 9 Community Partner Mini-Grants totaling $17,030 were awarded in its second round of the grant program.

Three of the 50 percent matching grants totaling $3,000 each—the maximum—went to:

-- Manheim Township, Lancaster County: Bird/wildlife viewing, nature photography, and hiking/walking;

-- Venture Outdoors, Allegheny County: Geocaching, bird/wildlife viewing, and camping; and

-- Wildlands Conservancy, Lehigh County: Biking and paddling.

Other recipients received grant funding for similar programming, in addition to snowshoeing, orienteering, and others.

For more information on becoming a Community Partner, visit the Get Outdoors PA website.

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Op-Ed: Delaware & Lehigh Trail Nearing Completion

Op-Ed: Rethink Limiting Access To National Parks

Op-Ed: Sometimes Limits Necessary In National Parks

(Reprinted from the July 6 DNCR Resource newsletter.  Click Here to sign up for your own copy (bottom of the page).

7/11/2016