The July 19 Take Five Fridays With Pam is now available from the PA Parks and Forests Foundation featuring articles on--

-- Thank You! PA Park & Recreation Professionals!

-- Check Out the stabilization project by Friends Of Colonel Denning

-- Friends of Tuscarora & Locust Lake built new trail bridge

-- Movie night by Friends of Shawnee & Blue Knob

-- Music On The Beach Friends of Greenwood Furnace & Whipple Dam, Penn-Roosevelt

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 by Dan Mumford, Worlds End State Park, Sullivan County.)

Related Articles:

-- DCNR Sets July 31 Public Meeting On Final Conceptual Plans For Susquehanna Riverlands State Park In York County  [PaEN]

-- Fish & Boat Commission Awards $203,527 In Grants To Support Fishing & Boating Education Projects  [PaEN]

-- PA Natural Heritage Program Releases 2023 Annual Report Highlighting New Species Discovered, Growing Impacts Of Invasive Species, State Wildlife Action Plan Update  [PaEN]

-- Natural Lands Acts To Preserve 14 Acre Painter Farmstead In Chester County's Hopewell Big Woods  [PaEN]

-- State Museum Of PA: July 26 Webinar: Pennsylvania Caves - Time Capsules Of The Past Featuring Rose-Anna Behr, PA Geological Survey  [PaEN]

NewsClips:

-- WITF: What’s New To Come At Pennsylvania State Parks

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: State Budget Increases In-Lieu Of Tax Payments To Local Governments, School Districts For Land Owned By DCNR, Game Commission

-- Scranton Times: DCNR Seeking Members For NextGen Council To Advise On Conservation, Recreation

-- WNEP:  D&L Trail Closure For Construction Between Jim Thorpe And Weissport Impacts Businesses In Carbon County

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Explore The Watery Delights Of Pennsylvania’s Seven Tubs In Luzerne County

-- Tribune-Democrat: Johnstown Native Leah Yingling Tackles 100-Mile Courses As Ultrarunner: ‘Great Way To See The World’

-- Scranton Times: Wild Wellness NE PA Aims To Collaborate On Inclusive, Accessible Outdoor Programs

-- Warren Times Editorial: Be Wary Of Growing Government [Big Elk Creek State Park Development]

-- Warren Times: Dozens of Volunteers Work To Restore Habitat In US Forest Service, DCNR, National Deer Assn. Project

-- Inquirer: Five Summer Family-Friendly Hikes Near Philadelphia

-- Ellwood City Ledger - Brian Whipkey: PA Kayaker Collects 100 Tons Of Trash, Including Toilets, From Lakes And Reservoirs

-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Newsletter: Timber Products From Thoughtful Management; Who Lives In Our Woods?; Reflections From The Forest; Upcoming Events

-- PA Wilds Center Launches New Artisan Collaborative To Develop New Product Lines, Grow In-Region Businesses

-- The Derrick: Fish & Boat Commission Magazine Touts Allegheny Valley Conservancy  [PDF of article] 

-- The Derrick: Allegheny Valley Conservancy To Hold Allegheny River Sojourn Aug. 2   [PDF of article] 

-- Lehigh Valley’s Wildlands Conservancy Highlights August Programs, Upcoming Stream Team Volunteer Opportunities; Explorer Day Camp For Kids

-- Post-Gazette: PA’s First Human Case Of West Nile Virus Reported In Allegheny County

-- DEP West Nile Virus, Jamestown Canyon Virus County Status Map

[Posted: July 20, 2024]

7/22/2024