Jan. 13 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation

The January 13 Take Five Fridays With Pam is now available from the PA Parks & Forests Foundation--

Participation In New Year’s Day Hikes: 2,317 hikers, 3,972 miles, 36 state parks.

Smokey Bear stolen from fire danger sign at Colonel Denning State Park, Cumberland County- kindly return him to duty!

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The Foundation and their 48 chapters mobilize 65,000 volunteers annually to steward YOUR state parks and forests.

(Photo: Greenwood Furnace State Park, Huntingdon County by Steve Rubano.)

NewsClips:

-- York Dispatch: DCNR Honors Citizen Who Saved Man From Drowning At Codorus State Park

-- Inquirer: A Philly Man Met His Future Wife Hiking On The Appalachian Trail, Years Later Their Love Story Is Going Viral

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest To Consider E-Bikes On Trails At Jakes Rocks

-- South Mountain Partnership Winter Partnership Meeting Jan. 20, Penn Twp Fire Hall, Newville, Cumberland County 9:00 to 11:30 a.m.

-- TribLive: Five Star Trail To Get Improved Access In Greensburg

-- Tube City Almanac: Westmoreland Trail Eyes Mon Valley Connection

-- Scranton Times: A Winter Hike In Bear Creek Preserve Satisfies All The Senses

Related Articles:

-- DCNR Outlines Accomplishments During Wolf Administration  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Announces $19.4 Million In Grants To Underserved/Distressed Communities, Partnerships To Improve Recreation, Community Revitalization Efforts Across PA; New Grant Rounds Opening Jan. 17   [PaEN]

-- DCNR Announces $11.8 Million Investment To Plant Trees, Buffers, Meadows To Improve Water Quality, Climate Resiliency; New Grant Rounds Opening Jan. 17  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Announces $3.2 Million Investment For Trail Gaps, ATV/Snowmobile Projects; New Grant Rounds Opening Jan. 17  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Honors Passerby Who Saved Man From Drowning At Codorus State Park In York County  [PaEN]

-- DCNR State Parks Issues First Environmental Education Update Of 2023  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension 5-Part Land Use Webinar Series Starts Jan. 18 - Management Of Vegetation On Utility Transmission Lines  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: January Paint/Color-By-Number Picture Of PA State Parks, Forests Now Available

-- The BURG: Change Agent: Meet Greg Czarnecki, A Man On A Mission To Impact Climate Change, One Pennsylvania At A Time

[Posted: January 13, 2023]  PA Environment Digest