The April 28 Take Five Fridays With Pam is now available from the PA Parks and Forests Foundation featuring articles on--

-- See examples of State Park & Forest volunteers at work all over PA!

-- Reminder: May 16 Awards Banquet

Click Here to read the entire Take Five.

Visit the PA Parks & Forests 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 48 chapters mobilize 65,000 volunteers annually to steward YOUR state parks and forests.

(Photo: Bald Eagle State Forest, Centre County - Penn’s View Aurora Borealis by Bill Sisson)

NewsClips:

-- NextPittsburgh: Altoona Is Boosting Its Economy With Outdoor Recreation

-- Centre Daily Times: Firefighters Who Battled Wildfire In Philipsburg Area Receive ‘Overwhelming’ Community Support

-- Warren Times: Time To Register For 65th Allegany Nature Pilgrimage June 2-4

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Off And Riding: Annual Luzerne, Lackawanna, Wyoming Counties Bike Ride Starts In Pittston For First Time

-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Recreationalists Discovering Beauty On The Susquehanna And Along Its Banks

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill River Trail To Connect Saint Clair With Frackville

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: FDR Park In Philly Floods During Construction Of Project Designed To Prevent Flooding

-- TribLive: New Trail To Blaze, Wynn & Clara Tredway River Trail In Of Allegheny Twp. Nears Completion

-- Williamsport Sun: Work Underway At Williamsport Parks

-- KYW: Spotted Lanternflies Return To Delaware Valley

-- WHYY: Philly’s Commercial Corridors Are Blooming With Greenery Thanks To 117 New Trees

-- Republican Herald: Christmas Tree Farm In Schuylkill County Taking Part In International Research

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Bill Establishes Protocol For Removal Of Ticks From Students In School

-- Scranton Times: What To Know About Tick, Lyme Disease Season Following A Mild Winter

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: PA Youth Service Corps For Cleaning Up Environment Deserves Bipartisan Support

Related Articles:

-- DEP, DCNR, Guests Honored Franklin Kury, Author Of PA Environmental Rights Amendment, With Dedication In Rachel Carson Building  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: DCNR’s Conservation And Stewardship Of State’s Natural Resources Is Vital To Pennsylvania's Booming Outdoor Recreation Industry - By Cindy Adams Dunn, Acting Secretary of DCNR, and John Norbeck Deputy Secretary for Parks & Forestry  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Highlights Importance Of Trees In Communities On National Arbor Day At Cumberland County Event  [PaEN]

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Plans To Plant 500,000 More Trees Across PA During 2023  [PaEN]

[Posted: April 28, 2023]

5/1/2023