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The March 7 Take Five Fridays With Pam is now available from the PA Parks and Forests Foundation featuring articles on--
-- News from Friends Groups
-- May 13: Annual Awards Banquet at Little Buffalo State Park
-- March 12: Cradle Of Conservation book signing event in Williamsport, Otto Bookstore, 104 W. 4th Street 4:00 to 4:45 p.m.; Book Talk at New Trail Brewing, 240 Arch Street, 6:30 p.m.
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 Mike Sar, view from Tom Ridge Environmental Center at Presque Isle State Park, Erie.)
Related Articles:
-- DCNR Resource News: Outdoor Recreation Means Business, Jobs; Delaware River Of The Year; 40 Answered The Call To Battle Wildfires In California [PaEN]
-- DCNR Grants News: Paddling Itineraries On The Susquehanna; Oil Region Diversity Stories; WalkWorks Grants; DCNR Grant Tips
-- Western PA Conservancy: Landowners, Apply Now For Statewide Riparian Tree Plantings [PaEN]
-- PA iMapInvasives Program: Replace Your Invasive, Non-Native Plants, Shrubs With Native Plants At 5 Upcoming Give-Away Events Starting May 3 [PaEN]
-- Western PA Conservancy: Apply Now To Treevitalize Pittsburgh For Support In Planting Trees In Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, April 1 Deadline
-- Volunteers Needed! OSM Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative Releases Spring Tree Planting Schedule [PaEN]
-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership, 320 Partners, Thousands Of Volunteers To Plant Nearly 200,000 Trees In PA This Year; Over 8.2 Million Planted Since 2018 [PaEN]
-- South Mountain Partnership Now Accepting Applications For Mini-Grants [PaEN]
-- PA Wilds Accepting Nominations For PA Wilds Champions Until April 7; Awards Celebration July 24
-- PA Environmental Council Accepting Applications For Artist-In-Residency Program Focused On Susquehanna River Water Trails; March 11 Online Q/A [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: First Signs of Spring on the Susquehanna Greenway - By Darian Jones [PaEN]
-- PA iMapInvasives Program Releases Results Of Citizen Science Invasive Species Scavenger Hunts In 2023, 2024 [PaEN]
-- PA Firefly Festival Hosts Firefly Naturalist Guide Training June 21 At Kellettville Firefly Farm In Forest County [PaEN]
-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In February Now Available [PaEN]
NewsClips:
-- PA Wilds Accepting Nominations For PA Wilds Champions Until April 7; Awards Celebration July 24
-- WITF/StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: 3 New PA State Parks To Help The State’s Tourism Industry
-- LancasterOnline - Rachel McDevitt: More Opportunities For Exploring The Outdoors, Local History Opening Up Soon
-- Discover Northeast PA: Exploring ‘Spine’ Trails With PA Environmental Council
-- TribLive: New Hempfield Municipal Complex Will Connect To Five Star Trail In Westmoreland
-- WHYY: Spring Garden Bicycle Lanes Still On Track To Connect Delaware To Schuylkill River Trails, For Now [Federal Funding Issue]
-- MCall: Bethlehem Will Spend Millions To Improve, Expand Its Parks Over Next Decade
-- WESA: DCNR Foresters Turn To Landowners In Fight Against Oak-Killing Spongy Moth
-- Erie Times: Erie Removing Trees Of Heaven To Fight Spotted Lanternflies
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Forest School Educator Dr. Jean Lomino Shares The Benefits, Key Components Ahead Of Naturalist Certification Course Set For April 14-17 In Central PA - By John Zaktansky
-- Warren Times: Warren County Beauty Captured In Photo At Philadelphia Flower Show
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: North Branch Land Trust To Host Open House Events
-- The Nature Conservancy-PA News: Stream Restoration Aids PA Farmers; Bog Restoration Workdays; Underground Bat Survey
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Foods Of The Delaware Highlands Dinner, June 8, Wayne County
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Highlights Upcoming Events: Invasive Species; Land Conservation; Adapting To Change
-- PA/NJ Chapter The American Chestnut Foundation Spring Growers Meeting March 29, Annville, Lebanon County
-- Centre Daily Times: Rockview State Prison Has 5,700 Acres; What Could Happen To The Land If It Closes?
-- The Center Square: Spruce Creek Land Dispute In Huntingdon County Pitts Landowners Against DCNR
-- Altoona Mirror: Court May Decide Spruce Creek Land Dispute Over Half-Mile Stretch Along Stream
-- Beaver Times - Brian Whipkey: Anglers Can Find Wild Trout In More Than 3,200 Miles of PA Streams, Here’s Where
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: National Park Service Considers Culling Deer On Its Lands In Somerset, Fayette Counties
-- AP: President Directs Federal Agencies To Find Ways To Bypass Endangered Species Protections To Increase Logging In National Forests [Allegheny National Forest]
-- AP: $75 Million Was Awarded To Plant Trees In Places That Badly Need Them; In Anti-DEI Push, That’s Over
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: President Freezes $12 Million Meant To Help Philly Plant Thousands Of Trees
-- WHYY: Philadelphians Push City To Do More To Plant, Protect Trees; $12 Million Federal Grant Frozen
-- Centre Daily Times: DOGE To End 2 Leases In State College Area, Including US Fish & Wildlife Office; What We Know
[Posted: March 8, 2025]
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