The August 9 Take Five Fridays With Pam is now available from the PA Parks & Forests Foundation featuring articles on--

-- Legislative Tours To Show Maintenance Needs In State Parks/Forests

-- At Work & Play In State Parks And Forests - Events Coming Up

-- Photo of the Week - Moth Night At Raccoon Creek State Park

-- Take Five For Trivia - Smokey Bear Trivia On His Birthday

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(Photo: Spruce Flats Bog at Laurel Summit State Park/ Forbes State Forest in Westmoreland County by Bob Stough.)

NewsClips:

Yudichak, DEP Secretary Tout Severance Tax Proposal To Aid Nanticoke Park Plan

Officials Say Nanticoke Land Can Be Transformed If Restore PA Passes

Poll: Wolf’s Natural Gas Tax Backed Restore PA Infrastructure Plan Enjoys Majority Support

Officials Say Deferred Repairs, Budget Cuts Threaten Keystone, Other State Parks

Parks & Forests Foundation, DCNR Staffers Highlight Pymatuning State Park’s Needs

Editorial: Nanticoke’s Long-Suffering Recreation Park Plan Underscores Need For Restore PA

Letter: What Do Natural Gas Happy PA Politicians Mean?

Parks & Forests Foundation, DCNR Staffers Highlight Pymatuning State Park’s Needs

Rivers Providing A Boatload Of Opportunity In Southwest PA

AP: Trespassing ATV Riders Irk, But Few Legal Places To Ride

Bike Ride To Raise Funds For 1,300 Mile Sept. 11 Memorial Trail

Reopening Of Rail-Trail In Forest City Took Years Of Work, Collaboration

New Section Of Tredway Recreational Trail In Allegheny Twp. Opens

O’Neill: Many Questions To Answer Before Tax Referendum For Pittsburgh Parks Hits Ballot

Officials Say Deferred Repairs, Budget Cuts Threaten Keystone, Other State Parks

Column: PA Tweet Doesn’t Include Presque Isle As State Park With A Lake, Lake Erie

Early-Morning Walk Revives Thoughts Of History Of Presque Isle

2 Hurt When Boat Trapped Under Barge On Ohio River Near Pittsburgh

Related Articles:

Sen. Yudichak, DEP Secretary Highlight Benefits Of Proposed Restore PA Plan To Turn Brownfield Site Into Recreation Area

DCNR Good Natured Blog: State's New Outdoor Recreation Plan Underway

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Joe Neville, Keystone Trails Association

DCNR: Inflatable Dam Repairs In Sept. Will Require Lowering Shikellamy State Park Lake On Susquehanna At Sunbury

DCNR Announces $502,700 In Grants To Expand ATV, Snowmobile Recreation Opportunities In PA

August 7 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR

Walk In Penn’s Woods Happening Oct. 6 To Showcase Diversity Of State’s Woodland Resources

Sinnemahone Gravel Race Set For Sept. 28; Ultra Trail Run October 19 In Cameron County

Related Articles - Forests

Foundation For Sustainable Forests: Loving The Land-- Clarence & Deb Cleer, Spring Creek, Warren County; Erie  Gives Day Aug. 13

Northern Woodlands Magazine: Good Forestry In Western Pennsylvania

Penn State Extension, PA Horticultural Society, Tree Pittsburgh Offer Tree Tender Training Sessions

PA Forestry Association Annual Wildlife & Woodlands Symposium Sept. 28 In State College

Haverford College Hosts Tree Canopy Conference Oct. 18 In Delaware County

Walk In Penn’s Woods Happening Oct. 6 To Showcase Diversity Of State’s Woodland Resources

Related Articles - State Budget:

Major Environmental Priorities Not Addressed In FY 2019-20 State Budget, Shell Game Continues

Politicians In Harrisburg Are Proud Of Their New State Budget! -- Meanwhile In The Real World…

“Do Unto Those Downstream As You Would Have Those Upstream Do Unto You"

Growing Greener Coalition: Cuts Made To Environmental Stewardship (Growing Greener) Funding Could Have Planted 32,000 Acres of Stream Buffers

Growing Greener Coalition: Lawmakers Name Hellbender Clean Water Ambassador, Then Cut $16 Million For Clean Water Projects

CBF: PA Elected Leaders Failed To Show The Will, Leadership To Restore Pennsylvania's Rivers And Streams

CBF: State Needs To Step Up Support For Those Working Hard To Cleanup PA's Rivers And Streams - Harry Campbell

Op-Ed: Conservation Efforts Lose Out In State Budget - Len Lichvar

Oil & Gas Lease Fund Was Part Of The Public Trust; PEDF Says Court Ignores PA Supreme Court Decision

[Posted: August 9, 2019]

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