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

-- Thank You! To All Who Weighed In To Support Funding For Parks, Forests And Trails!

-- Check Out Guest Essay By PPFF Member Nate Reagle On Native Plants, Insects

-- Learn More About Harmful Algal Blooms

-- Apply Now To Serve On DCNR’s NextGen Advisory Council

-- July 31 Virtual Book Club Features Coyote America

-- 2025 State Parks Calendar Now Available!

Click Here to read the entire Take Five.  Click Here to sign up for your own copy.

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 by Douglas Clifford of Lyman Run State Park, Potter County.)

Related Articles:

-- Final State Budget Includes $50 Million For Clean Streams Fund; New SPEED Permit Review Program; Support For DEP Oil & Gas Program  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council: DCNR Seeking Applications For Its NextGen Advisory Council  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Grants Newsletter: Celebrate Park & Recreation Professionals Day July 19; Featured Projects In Dauphin County; Philadelphia

-- Celebrate The Bloom! July 27 In Butler County, PA’s Only Prairie With Native Blazing Star, 224 Other Species  [PaEN]

-- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Highlights Youth Conservation Corps 50-Mile Paddling Perki-Bay Expedition In New Video  [PaEN]

-- Disc Golf Soars To New Heights In The Susquehanna Greenway; Susquehanna Greenway Outdoor Expo Aug. 3 - By Sienna Dunkleberger, Intern, Susquehanna Greenway Partnership   [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Hosts 5-Part Woodland Stewardship Webinar Series - Guided Engagement With Your Land Starting Sept. 25  [PaEN]

-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Loving The Land Through Working Forests Conference Sept. 21; Annual Dinner Sept. 20 With Tim Palmer And Rosalie Haizlett, In Crawford County  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Survey: Lyme Disease And The Lyme Disease Vaccine

NewsClips:

-- Scranton Times Quills Blog: DCNR, Education Launch PA’s 2024 Summer Learning And Literacy Road Trip 

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Pack Up For Pennsylvania 2024 Summer Learning, Literacy Road Trip

-- Republican Herald: Boy Scouts From Across The Area Learn Sailing At Hawk Mountain Scout Reservation

-- TribLive: Mountain Watershed Assn. Plans Youghiogheny River Rafting Trip

-- Republican Herald: New Boat Launchpad Offers Easier Access To Schuylkill River At Island Park In Schuylkill Haven

-- Spotlight PA: Will Former Cameron County Landfill Become PA’s Next Stargazing Mecca?

-- Altoona Mirror: Altoona Blair County Development Corp. Receives Grant For ATV Trail Feasibility Study In Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield Counties

-- Warren Times: Route 6 Alliance Projects In Warren, Tidioute, Youngsville To Make Area More Bike Friendly With Racks, Repair Stations

-- The Allegheny Front: Trails Along Pittsburgh’s Rivers Helping The Region’s Economy

-- LancasterOnline: Cocalico Towns Map Future Link With Warwick-Ephrata Rail Trail

-- Scranton Times: Scranton To Create Urban Trail Linking Clover Field To Lackawanna River Heritage Trail

-- WHYY: Second Wind Bicycles Repairs, Delivers Bikes To People In Berks, Bucks, Montgomery Who Need Them The Most

-- Tribune-Democrat: Whitewater Release Valve Back In Action At Quemahoning Reservoir After Repairs

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: New Big Elk Creek State Park Development Highlights Tension Between State Agency, Local Power

-- Daily Local News: Lawmakers, Residents Call On DCNR To make Big Elk State Park A ‘Preserve’ As Fight To Save Watershed From State Development Heats Up

-- Daily Local News: Residents Join Lawmakers To Oppose State’s Plan To Develop Big Elk Creek Watershed Into ‘Tourist Attraction’

-- Reading Eagle: Drowning In Reading Brings New Warnings About Swimming In The Schuylkill River

[Posted: July 12, 2024]

7/15/2024