The June 9 Take Five Fridays With Pam is now available from the PA Parks and Forests Foundation featuring articles on--

-- Try Melodie’s Paint (or Color) By Number This Month

-- This is National Get Outdoors Month - Enjoy!

-- Visit Explore PA Trails and Get Outdoors PA for recreation areas near you.

-- Visit PPFF’s Publications Webpage For All Sorts Of Useful Information!

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: Sinnemahoning State Park, Cameron & Potter Counties by Paula Platt.)

NewsClips:

-- WeConservePA: Heritage Conservancy Permanently Preserves 2 Properties Totalling Nearly 30 Acres In Northampton County

-- WeConservePA: Brandywine Red Clay Alliance Completes 2 Conservation Easements Protecting Critical Resources In Brandywine Creek Watershed

-- NextPittsburgh: Wellsboro Adds Charm And Adventure To The Heart Of The PA Wilds

-- WTAJ: Elk County Visitor Center Extends Hours, Prepares For Elk Calving Season

Related Articles:

-- Senate Confirms Cindy Adams Dunn As Secretary of the Department Of Conservation & Natural Resources  [PaEN]

-- DCNR: Senate Confirms Cindy Adams Dunn As DCNR Secretary

-- DCNR Bureau Of Forestry: State Forester Ellen Shultzabarger Accepts Position With US Forest Service  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Celebrates Susquehanna River North Branch As 2023 River Of The Year  [PaEN]

-- Registration Open! PA Greenways & Trails Summit Sept. 17-19 In Scranton  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Newsletter Spotlights Dark Skies In PA; Reading Trail Markers; Local Partnerships; Initiatives By Friends Of Groups; Much More!  [PaEN] 

-- South Mountain Partnership Flex Grant Program Now Accepting Applications [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: How To Forage For Edible Plants, Fungi, Fruits, Nuts Responsibly

-- PA Natural Heritage Program Newsletter Spotlights Ecological Value Of Floodplains; Other Updates On PA’s Rarest Species  [PaEN]

-- Jennings Environmental Ed Center Celebrates The Bloom! July 29 In Butler County, PA’s Only Prairie With Native Blazing Star, 224 Other Species  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Firefly Festival: Lights Out For Lightning Bugs!  June 24-30  [PaEN]

[Posted: June 8, 2023]

6/12/2023