The December 10 Take Five Fridays With Pam is now available from the PA Parks & Forests Foundation.

\Lots of information about what happened last week in state parks and forests and what’s coming up this week for you to enjoy!

Foundation Parks & Forest Award Nominations due December 15.

\Click Here to read the entire Take Five.

\The Foundation is now offering the 2021-2022 State Parks Calendar for sale!  Get yours before supplies run out!

Visit the Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events for activities happening near you.

\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: French Creek State Park, Berks & Chester Counties by Christy Holland.)

NewsClips:

-- Williamsport Sun: Senate Environmental Committee Hearing Finds Audience Divided On ATV Pilot Program’s Possible Expansion

-- ErieT: Will $9 Million In American Rescue Plan Funds Turn Crumbling Paper Plant Into New Erie Park?

-- ScrantonT: Leadership Lackawanna, Santa Raise Money To Improve Moosic Borough Park

-- TribLive: Spending Plan For Pittsburgh’s $10.8 Million Parks Tax Fund Unveiled

-- TribLive: Nutting To Sell Seven Springs, 2 Other Ski Resorts To Vail Resorts

Related Articles:

-- Sunoco/Mariner East Pipeline To Pay $4 Million In Damages And Restore Lake At Marsh Creek State Park Polluted By A Spill In Chester County [PaEN]  [Sunoco Has Been Penalized Over $24 Million For This One Pipeline Project Alone, There Are Others]

-- DCNR Seeks Members For A New Next Gen Council To Increase Participation And Diversity Of Perspectives In State Parks, Forest Programs

-- DCNR Announces $335,000 Grant For Farmstead Park Rehab Efforts In Montgomery County

-- DCNR Blog: Nature Provides The Perfect Setting For Achieving Physical Or Mental Health Goals

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Offering On Demand Videos On Health Benefits Of Outdoor Recreation 

-- PA Recreation & Park Society Now Accepting Nominations For 2022 Awards

-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: Links Between PA’s Geologic History, Outdoor Recreation, Climate Change

[Posted: December 10, 2021]

12/13/2021