The December 20 Take Five Fridays With Pam is now available from the PA Parks and Forests Foundation featuring articles on--

-- Happy The Day Before Winter Solstice!  Days Will Now Start To Get Longer!

-- Celebrate New Year’s With First Day Hikes!

-- Register Now For Bob Ross Happy Little (Virtual) 5K!

-- Big Changes In DCNR’s Website, Go Take A Look!

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 mobilizes 65,000 volunteers annually to steward YOUR state parks and forests.

(Photo by Jessica Mitchell at Kings Gap Environmental Education Center, Cumberland County., 2024 People’s Choice Photo Contest Award Winner.)

Related Articles:

-- DCNR Encourages Pennsylvanians To Trek Into 2025 During New Year's Day First Day Hikes Across The Commonwealth  [PaEN]

-- PA Natural Heritage Program Newsletter Highlights Monitoring The Upper Middle Allegheny River; Weasel Survey; Monitoring Vernal Pools; Invasive Jumping Worms; Mussel Restoration  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna Greenway Mini-Grant Program Awards $40,000 To Recreation, Signage, & Education Projects [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Jan. 16 Webinar On Forest Carbon Markets And Payment Programs Expert Panel  [PaEN]

-- Dec. 20 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Bob Ross Happy Little 5K (Virtual) Run Registration Kicks Off To Support Tree Plantings

NewsClips:

-- River Reporter: Barbara Yeaman, Founder Of Delaware Highlands Conservancy, Turns 100

-- PennLive: Capital Area Greenbelt In Harrisburg Born More Than A Century Ago

-- WVIA: There Can Only Be One: Delaware River Among 3 PA Waterways Up For State River Of The Year

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Environmental Group Files Lawsuit To Ban ATVs In PA State Forests

-- LehighValleyLive.com: Lawsuit Seeks To Once Again Ban ATVs From PA State Forests

-- Tribune-Democrat: ‘Resiliency’ Project To Replace Struggling Flight 93 Memorial Tree Grove Moving Forward, US Park Service Says

-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna County Seeks Volunteers For New Park Ambassadors Program

-- TribLive: Vandalism Does $50,000 Damage To Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Vehicles In Frick Park

-- AP: American Chestnuts Are Part Of Yuletide Lore; But In The US They’ve Nearly Been Wiped Out

-- North Branch Land Trust: Jan. 18 Tree ID Hike In Forest Echo Bird Sanctuary, Luzerne County

-- Warren Times: USDA Releases More Hungry Beetles In Allegheny National Forest To Combat Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

-- Jan. 22 Webinar: How Invasive Plants Drive An Insect Invasion, Penn State Extension  [PaEN]

[Posted: December 20, 2024]

12/23/2024