The February 14 Take Five Fridays With Pam is now available from the PA Parks and Forests Foundation featuring articles on--
-- Masthead Photo Is This Week’s Jigsaw Puzzle
-- Great Backyard Bird Count Begins!
-- Check Out DCNR Valentine’s Day Cards
-- Career positions available with DCNR
-- In Memoriam Jim Hopper, York Hiking Club, and Tim Rudisille, Friends of Oil Creek
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 Will Porter, Cook Forest State Park, Clarion, Forest, Jefferson counties.)
Related Articles:
-- Gov. Shapiro’s Budget Includes Energy Plan; Funding To Make-up Deficit In Oil & Gas Program; New State Park, Trail Initiative; Over $6.2 Billion In Federal Funding At Risk For DEP, DCNR, PennVEST [PaEN]
-- Gov. Shapiro Files Lawsuit Challenging President's Unconstitutional Federal Funding Freeze In Order to Protect PA Interests; Mine Reclamation, Conventional Well Plugging, Many Other Funds At Risk [PaEN]
-- DCNR: The Votes Are In - Delaware River Named Pennsylvania's 2025 River Of The Year [PaEN]
-- PA Outdoor Recreation Office Hosting 10 Regional Outdoor Recreation Industry Workshops In March To Help Shape The Future Of Recreation In PA [PaEN]
-- DCNR Opens Historic Underground Railroad Site In York County To Public For First Time
-- DCNR: Winter Storms Create Hazardous Conditions On State Forest Roads
-- DCNR, Penn State Extension Host March 13 Online Forest Health, Insect, Disease Update [PaEN]
-- DCNR Names Jessica Fischer Manager For Pymatuning State Park In Crawford County
-- DCNR Now Accepting Applications For Members Of The Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council [PaEN]
-- Registration Now Open For Keystone Trails Assn. Spring Hiking Weekend April 25-27 In Huntingdon County [PaEN]
-- Rothrock Trail Alliance Hosts Feb. 17 & 18 Public Meetings On Plans For 53 Miles Of New Trails In Centre County [PaEN]
-- North Branch Land Trust Receives Susquehanna River Basin Commission Grant For Guide For Watershed Guardians In Luzerne County [PaEN]
-- PA Firefly Festival’s Glowing Success, Over 2,500 Lottery Applications Submitted For 120 Event Tickets; Lottery Open For 2025 [PaEN]
NewsClips:
-- Observer-Reporter: Subterranean Recreation, Proposed New Laurel Caverns State Park
-- WESA: Shapiro Proposes Laurel Caverns As PA’s First Underground State Park
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Luzerne County May Update Dated Open Space, Greenways And Outdoor Recreation Master Plan
-- Citizens Voice: Public Gives Input For West Side Riverfront Parks Master Plan In Luzerne
-- Post-Gazette: Homeless Encampments Cleared From Downtown Pittsburgh, Eliza Furnace Trail
-- Pocono Record: Snowmobile Crash On Lake Wallenpaupack Claims Life
-- Forests For Chesapeake Bay Update: Eastern Hemlocks; Extrafloral Nectaries; Phenological Fun! Lancaster Tree Tender Training; Much More
[Posted: February 15, 2025]
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