The November 11 Take Five Fridays With Pam is now available from the PA Parks & Forests Foundation--

Help Pick The Winners Of The 2022 Photo Contest In Each Of The Six Categories-- Young Photographers, Forests, Reflections, Raindrop To River, Caught In The Rain and Water Is Life.

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 Channel.  Click 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: Shaggers Pond, Moshannon State Forest in Centre, Clearfield, Elk counties by Matt Yingling.)

NewsClips:

-- Centre Daily Times: 800 Acre Sandy Ridge Wildfire In Centre County Started Out As A Prescribed Burn By Game Commission

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: ‘Major Forest Fire’ Burning In Heart Of PA Elk Range In Elk County

-- WJAC: 1 Injured As Crews From Six Counties Fight Large Forest Fire In Elk County

-- Altoona Mirror: Dry Conditions Fuel Wildfire Risk In Blair County

-- Penn State Study Gauges Public Perception Of Prescribed Burns In Forest Management

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Moves Ahead With 45,000 Acre Forest Management Projects In McKean County

-- TribLive: Annual Tree Plantings Take Root In Aspinwall, Allegheny County

-- Penn State: Higher Demand For Wild Leeks (Ramps) Has Foragers Overeager, Threatens Plant

-- TribLive: Portion Of Brookline Memorial Park May Be Converted Into Urban Farm

-- PennLive: Mechanicsburg School District Partnered With Susquehanna Area Mountain Bike Assn. To Build 2nd Bike Trail

-- Centre Daily Times: 6 Years After It Reopened, Colyer Lake Is A Treasured Spot For Outdoor Enthusiasts

Related Articles:

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Nov. 16 On Plan For Investing Federal American Rescue Plan Funding  [PaEN]

-- Outdoor Recreation Added Nearly $14 billion To PA’s Economy In 2021, Up 22% From 2020; Nov. 29 Webinar To Review The Results  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Seeking Public Comment On Catawissa Recreation Area Master Plan In Schuylkill, Luzerne Counties  [PaEN]

-- PA Forestry Association, Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Announce Mira Lloyd Dock Award Winners - Brennan Ka’aihue, Dr. Zeshan Ismat, Linda L. Finley [PaEN]

-- KPVI: Carbon County Votes Overwhelmingly To Authorize Up To A $10 Million Bond To Protect Water Quality, Working Farms, Wildlife Habitat  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Westtown Twp. Voters Approved Preservation Of Crebilly Farm, One Of Chester County’s Biggest Unprotected Properties Threatened By Development

-- WHYY: Westtown Twp. Residents Support Tax Increase To Save Crebilly Farm In Chester County

-- Vote Now! To Help Pick PA Parks & Forests Foundation 2022 Photo Contest Winners  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: Franklin, Venango County, Poised To Become The Next Great ‘Outdoor Town’  [Except for the dumping and negative environmental impacts of the conventional oil & gas industry]

-- DCNR Names Corie Eckman Park Manager For Colonel Denning State Park In Cumberland County

[Posted: November 11, 2022]

11/14/2022