The January 12 Take Five Fridays With Pam is now available from the PA Parks and Forests Foundation featuring articles on--

-- Celebrating Martin Luther King Day Of Service: The Drum Major Instinct Sermon

-- Intern Project: Sharing PA Conservation Diversity Stories: intern@paparksandforests.org

-- PPFF Blog: Equipment & More - Free Things In Our State Parks & Forests

-- Discover PA’s Wild And Natural Areas

-- PA Outdoor Corps Hiring Young Adults

-- PPFF Hiring For AmeriCorps Positions: office@paparksandforests.org

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: Yellow Creek State Park, Indiana County by Fernweh Raybas.)

NewsClips:

-- The Allegheny Front: Meet The Nominees For PA’s 2024 River Of The Year

-- WESA: PA Outdoor Corps Seeking Young Adult Crew Members

-- ReImagine Appalachia Blog: Good-Paying Jobs For Appalachians: The American Climate Corps Initiative - Attend An Upcoming Listening Session

-- Williamsport Sun: Susquehanna Greenway Mini-Grants Awarded, 2nd Application Round Announced

-- Public News Service: Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Has Planted More Than 5.9 Million Trees In PA To Improve Water Quality

-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Woods & Water Film Series Jan. 19 & Feb. 23

-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District Hosting Art Contest For Students In Grades K to 12 - Theme ‘May The Forest Be With You’

-- Warren Times: Nature Knows Best - DCNR Grant Program Aims To Convert Lawns To Native Meadows, Aid Pollinators

-- Forests For Chesapeake Bay Update: Wasting Your Backyard Waste?  Butternut; Phenological Fun! More!

-- City Of Philadelphia: Making Parks & Recreation Cleaner, Greener And More Sustainable

-- PA Wilds Blog: Jillia Ceramics Expresses Beauty Of PA Wilds Region Thru New Product Line

Related Articles:

-- DCNR Blog: Message From The Secretary On New Beginnings In 2023 - By DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Begins Accepting Community Conservation Partnership Grant Applications Jan. 16; Snowmobile/ATV Grants Feb. 1  [PaEN]

-- CFA Begins Accepting Applications For Act 13 Watershed Restoration, Mine Reclamation, Sewage, Flood Mitigation, Recreation Grants Feb. 1  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership Awards Mini-Grants; New Grant Round Now Open  [PaEN]

-- New PA Parks & Forests Foundation Video Explores The Benefits Of Nature & Silence [PaEN]

-- Northcentral PA Conservancy Partners With Landowner To Preserve 64 Acres In Columbia County   [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Community Trees Update: DCNR Helping Communities Map Trees; Input Needed On Forestry Programing; Education Opportunities  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Hosts 9-Part Woods In Your Backyard Webinar Series Starting Jan. 17  [PaEN]

[Posted: January 12, 2024]

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