The November 27 Take Five Fridays With Pam from the Parks and Forests Foundation features these articles--

-- Committed park and forests advocates made calls and sent emails (including through our online Take Action Center) to their state legislators keeping safe the very important Keystone Recreation Park & Conservation Fund and Environmental Stewardship Fund.

"Word was" the volume of messages received at the Capitol was a big part of why the final budget kept those funds where they belong, working to increase recreational opportunities in communities across the Commonwealth.

-- Nominations have started to come in for our 2021 COVID-19 Champions. There is a month to nominate  your hero for recognition. Visit the website - there's a button right on our home page!

-- Stormtroopers visit the Foundation camp site on the City of Harrisburg Reverse Holiday Parade route

-- Visit the Foundation Calendar and the DCNR Calendar of Events

Click Here to read the entire Take Five.

For more information on programs, initiatives, special events and how you can get involved, visit the PA Parks & Forests Foundation website.  Click Here to sign up for regular updates from the Foundation,  Like them on Facebook or Follow them on Twitter or tune in to their YouTube Channel.  Click Here to become a member of the Foundation.

The Foundation and their 46 chapters mobilize 65,000 volunteers annually to steward YOUR state parks and forests.

(Photo: McConnells Mill State Park, Lawrence County, by Twisted Mountain, Jeremiah Gadsby.)

Related Articles:

-- DCNR Grant Workshop For Next Grant Round, Outdoor Recreation Plan Webinar Recordings Available

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-- DCNR Good Natured Blog: Making Progress On Streamside Forests; 2021 Buffer Summit March 10-11

-- DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Tina Englert, Friends Of Nolde Forest, 2019 Volunteer Of The Year

-- November 25 DCNR Resource Newsletter

[Posted: November 27, 2020]

11/30/2020