The July 21 Take Five Fridays With Pam is now available from PA Parks and Forests Foundation featuring articles on--

-- Celebrate Park & Recreation Professionals Day!

-- PPFF hiring to fill 2 AmeriCorps positions

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.

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

(Photo: Nescopeck State Park, Luzerne County by Kenneth Hankey, Jr.)

NewsClips:

-- NextPittsburgh: Pittsburgh Hiking Meetup Group Finds Camaraderie On The Trails

-- Observer-Reporter: Beaver County Boy Scouts Make 100-Mile Trek To Fayette County Camp

-- TribLive: Hays Woods Officially Designated A Pittsburgh Park

-- LancasterOnline: Completed Long’s Park Wetlands Project Will Improve Water Quality, Expand Nature Areas

-- Beaver County Times: Summer Views In Buttermilk Falls Natural Area

-- Keep PA BeautifuL July Newsletter: Seeking High School Young Ambassadors; Land & Water Stewards; Community Pride Award Winner; Healing The Planet Grant Awards; More!

-- NextPittsburgh: Ohiopyle Offers Every Level Of Laurel Highlands Adventure

-- NextPittsburgh: What’s In The Basement At Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater?

Related Articles:

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets July 26 On State Forest Strategic Plan; Update From Fish & Boat Commission; Seeking New Council Members  [PaEN]

-- DCNR: PA First Lady Lori Shapiro Joins DCNR Secretary For PA Outdoor Corps Visit At French Creek State Park [Berks, Chester Counties]

-- US Dept. Of Interior Announces $8.8 Million Grant To PA For Land & Water Conservation Fund Recreation Projects

-- DCNR Blog: Creating A New Toolkit To Create Outdoor Connections For Older Adults

-- DCNR Opens Survey For Public Input On Plans For New Big Elk Creek State Park In Chester County  [PaEN]

-- Charity Checkout For Conservation Raises Funds For PA Wilds State Parks, Forests From PA Wilds Conservation Shop, Online Sales  [PaEN]

-- Fish & Boat Commission Awards $187,625 Grants To Support Education Program To Retain, Recruit, Reactivate Interest In Fishing & Boating

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Family Day Engages Latino Community; Denlinger Farm Tour Focuses On Stewardship; Profiles Of Delaware Watershed Community Scientists; Laura Turner Seidel Freshwater Excellence Award Winner [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Federal, State, And Local Officials, Land Conservancy Of Adams County Celebrate Preservation Of Over 1,700 Acres  [PaEN]

-- Manada Conservancy Recognizes Laudenslager Family With Conservation Award In Dauphin County  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Two Susquehanna River Islands Preserved Off Harrisburg Shoreline

-- Winners Named In Susquehanna Greenway Partnership 12th Annual Photo Contest; Vote For People's Choice  [PaEN]

[Posted: July 22, 2023]

7/24/2023