August 19 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation
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The August 19 Take Five Fridays With Pam is now available from the PA Parks & Forests Foundation.

Thank you for making your voice heard for much needed funding for park and forest maintenance. 

Visit the Protect Our Parks and Forests website to learn more.

And learn more about PA Healthy Lands Week volunteer opportunities.

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

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 ChannelClick Here to become a member of the Foundation.

The Foundation and their 48 chapters mobilize 65,000 volunteers annually to steward YOUR state parks and forests.

(Photo: Locust Lake State Park, Schuylkill County by Sherry Culbert.)

NewsClips:

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Group Helps Those With Mobility Impairments Stay Active At Frances Slocum State Park

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: $3.5 Million Purchase Of Bridge, Rail Line, Opens Path To Armstrong Trail Expansion

-- Williamsport Sun: Repurposed Railroad Bridge For Bald Eagle Valley Trail Over Susquehanna River To Be Dedicated

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill River Trail Expansions In The Works

-- Register Now!  Lebanon Valley Conservancy Tower To Town 10-Miler Oct. 2

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Site Announced For First State Forest Area For Motorized Recreation

-- York Dispatch Editorial: New Motorized Recreation Area Big Win For PA

-- House Democratic Policy Committee Summary Of Hearing On Healthy Parks & Open Spaces In Philadelphia

-- WHYY: Revised FDR Park Plan Includes More Nature, No Golf In Philadelphia

-- Inquirer: 33-Acre Wetland Project At FDR Park In Philadelphia Will Break Ground Soon

-- Warren Times: Civilian Conservation Corps Contributions Remembered At Friday Event

-- Warren Times: Civilian Conservation Corps Service Changed Life’s Path For Edwin Zevotek

-- TribLive: Woman Dies In Ohiopyle Rafting Accident

-- Scranton Times: PA Natural Heritage Program Annual Report Released

Related Articles:

-- PA Supreme Court: Accounting Required For Environmental Rights Amendment Trust Fund Money From State Forest Oil & Gas Drilling - By John C. Dernbach, Commonwealth Law School, Widener University   [PaEN]

-- DCNR Secretary Joins Ribbon Cutting Ceremony For Falcon Bridge On The Bald Eagle Valley Trail In Clinton County

-- DCNR Announces $1.5 Million Improvements At Seven Tubs Recreation Area In Luzerne County

-- DCNR Announces Infrastructure Improvements To Yellow Creek State Park, Indiana County

-- WeConservePA 2-Part Webinar: Grants - Finding, Writing And Managing Nov. 9 & 16  [PaEN]

-- Feature: 'Every Trail Sparks A Story' - Jonas Mountain Nature Preserve, Monroe County; Sept. 24 Fall Colors Hike - By Carol Hillestad, For Pocono Heritage Land Trust  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Updates Cost Of Ohiopyle State Park Whitewater Launches

-- DCNR Prohibits Hunting With Firearms In Four State Parks In Southeast PA

-- Reviving The ‘Lost’ Higbee Map Of Pennsylvania’s 86,000 Miles Of Streams [PaEN]

-- Natural Lands Partners To Preserve Forest Around Historic Isabella Furnace In Chester County  [PaEN]

-- WTAJ: Lumber Heritage Region Announces Recipients Of Mini Grants To Support Education Programs On The Lumber Industry

-- PA Natural Heritage Program Celebrates 40 Years Of Discovery - New Species, Solving Mysteries, Finding Rare Species In New Places  [PaEN]

-- Agriculture, DCNR Celebrate Honey Bee Day, Aug. 20; Bees Play A Critical Role In Food Production, Biodiversity  [PaEN]

[Posted: August 19, 2022]


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