June 16 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

The June 16 Take Five Fridays With Pam is now available from the PA Parks & Forests Foundation featuring articles on--

-- The Outdoors And Your Health - Birds And Their Songs

-- PPFF Blog: America’s First Thru-Hikers-- Lewis & Clark And The Corps Of Discovery 

-- Be aware of current drought conditions and local burn bans

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.

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

(Photo: Laurel Hill State Park, Somerset County by Angela Bond.)

NewsClips:

-- TribLive: Ken Kaminski Has Volunteered His Time For The Roaring Run Watershed Assn., Trail Work For Nearly 50 Years

-- Save Pennsylvania’s Forests Coalition: June 28 Webinar - Get To Know Your Forest - Cornplanter State Forest, Noon

-- Williamsport Sun: Williamsport Mayor: Parks Are The ‘Anchor Of Our Neighborhoods’

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Construction Set To Begin On Cap With 11.5-Acre Waterfront Park Over I-95 Along Philadelphia Riverfront

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill River Sojourn Launch Point Changed To Below Columbia Street Bridge For Safety

-- Inquirer: ‘Rocksylvania:’ Trail Hikers Say PA Section Of Appalachian Trail Kills Boots, Rolls Ankles, Crushes Wills

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Turns To Silver Flies To Help Thwart Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

-- Warren Times: First Round Of Comments Received In Allegheny National Forest e-Bike Proposal

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: First And Second Generations Of Timber In Allegheny National Forest Bring Drastic Changes 

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Philadelphia Wants Harsher Penalties For Illegal Dirt Bikes Than State Allows

Related Articles:

-- Keystone Trails Association Invites Hikers To Participate In PA Hike Poll  [PaEN]

-- DCNR State Parks June Environmental Education Newsletter - Take A Hike!  [PaEN]

-- Audubon Mid-Atlantic Healthy Forest Initiative: July 19 Webinar - Opportunities For Strategic Forest Conservation Partnerships With Land Trusts  [PaEN]

-- Healthy Lands Week Set For Sept. 23 to Oct. 1, Register Your Projects, Events Now  [PaEN] 

-- Volunteers Needed!  Falcon Watch & Rescue Rachel Carson Building Harrisburg  [PaEN]

-- Game Commission: Good News And Bad News About Piping Plovers At Presque Isle State Park  [PaEN] 

[Posted: June 16, 2023]  PA Environment Digest