The August 11 Take Five Fridays With Pam is now available from the PA Parks & Forests Foundation featuring articles on--

-- Join PPFF’s Exploring PA Parks & Forests Facebook Group

-- Watch The Night Sky For Annual Peak Of The Perseids

-- PPFF (Virtual Book Club) Book List

-- Help Wanted To Fill AmeriCorps Position

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.

Visit Explore PA Trails and Get Outdoors PA for recreation areas 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: Ravensburg State Park, Clinton County by Douglas Clifford)

NewsClips:

-- Post-Gazette: Estimated 28,000 People Flock To Weekend Regatta At Moraine State Park

-- Republican Herald: Dragonflies, Damselflies Highlighted In Program At Swatara State Park In Pine Grove Twp.

-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Codorus Greenway Will Offer New West Bank Trail, Engage York Community

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay News: Benefits Of Dead Trees; Phenological Fun; Quaking Aspen; Upcoming Events; More!

-- Inquirer: How Can Philly Can Build Green Without Displacing Residents?

-- Reading Eagle: Berks County Public Libraries, Berks Nature Reveal Bilingual StoryWalk

-- Reading Eagle: Roundtable Discussion Highlights Importance Of Blue Marsh Lake, Challenges It Faces

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Wilkes-Barre Skate Park Opens After Decades Of Planning And False Starts

--  TribLive: Kayakers Catch Alligator In Kiski River

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: Sen. Dush Proposes Raising In-Lieu Of Tax Payments To Local Governments For Some State Land

-- TribLive: 5-Year-Old Pittsburgh Boy Drowns At Moraine State Park

-- MCall: 19-Year-Old Found Dead At Lake In Beltzville State Park

Related Articles:

-- DCNR Accepting Applications For Wild Resource Conservation Grants Thru Sept. 1  [PaEN]

-- DCNR: Statewide Walk With A Doc Campaign Promotes Public Health, Spending Time In Nature

-- WeConservePA: Lancaster Conservancy, DCNR Partner To Add 21 Acres To New Susquehanna Riverlands State Park  [PaEN]

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA Announces Acquisition And Transfer Of 5 Acres To Boyd Big Tree Preserve  [PaEN]

-- South Mountain Partnership Power Of The Partnership Celebration Sept. 29 In Lewisberry  [PaEN]

-- Eastern Hellbender, Pollinator Habitat Vehicle License Plates Now Available From PennDOT  [PaEN]

-- North Branch Land Trust Celebrates Hellbenders With Specially Designed Hellbender Products!  Proceeds Benefit The Trust

[Posted: August 11, 2023]

8/14/2023