Aug. 18 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

The August 18 Take Five Fridays With Pam is now available from the PA Parks and Forests Foundation featuring articles on--

-- PPFF Blog: Promote Service During PA Healthy Lands Week - Sept. 23 - Oct. 1

-- Ready for A Walk In Penn’s Woods Oct. 1?

-- PPFF Blog: National Honey Bee Day

-- Help Wanted: Marketing Position For Healthy Lands Week

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

(Photo: Hills Creek State Park, Tioga County by Jason Robson.)

NewsClips:

-- Keystone Trails Assn. Announces New Hike Fest Event To Be Hosted In Johnstown On Oct. 20-22 

-- Republican Herald: Shenandoah Residents Share Ideas For Safe Routes To Parks Program

-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Reaches Agreement On Land Eyed For Brilliant Line Trail Project

-- NextPittsburgh: Clarion Creates Welcoming Place For Outdoor Adventurers

-- The Center Square Guest Essay: Tourism, Leveraging Our Abundant Natural Resources, Is The Keystone To A Prosperous Tomorrow - By Rep. Ann Flood (R-Northampton)

-- Save Pennsylvania Forests: Get To Know Your Forest: Bald Eagle State Forest Aug. 23 Webinar, Noon

-- Chesapeake Bay Program: Are We Trading Trees For Concrete In Chesapeake Bay Watershed?

-- Beaver County Times: New Nonprofit Reforest Our Future Aims To Foster Forest Regrowth 

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Increase In-Lieu Of Tax Payments On State Land

-- Reading Eagle: Reading’s Riverfront Park Has More Potential Than Problems, City Officials Say

-- Reading Eagle: Riverzilla A Chance To Interact With Schuylkill River, Reading’s Riverfront Park

-- Courier Times: Is Bensalem’s Crackdown On Illegal Dirt Bikes Working?  We Ask Police After Assault Case

-- Help Wanted: Pittsburgh-Based Landforce - Communications Manager  [PaEN]

Related Articles:

-- DCNR: New Budget Follows Thru On Commitments To Protect State Parks & Forests And Spur Economic Development Thru Outdoor Recreation  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: 50 Years Of National Wildfire Fighting Cooperation

-- DCNR Updates Availability Of Swimming In State Parks As Labor Day Approaches

-- DCNR: Nov. 16 Online Recreation & Conservation Grants Workshop  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Hosts 2-Part Online Discussion Of Storing Carbon Below Ground-- Sept. 21; And Above Ground-- Oct. 17  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna Greenway: Benefits Of A Morning Paddle - By Alana Jajko, Susquehanna Greenway Partnership  [PaEN]

-- Fish & Boat Commission: Inclusive Fishing & Paddling Opportunities In PA State Parks, Forests

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA Preserves 130 Acres In Pike County, Transfers To State Game Lands  [PaEN] 

-- WeConservePA: Shirk Family Works With Manada Conservancy To Protect 41-Acre Family Farm In Dauphin County  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension 4-Part Pennsylvania Forest Webinar Series Starts Sept. 12  [PaEN]

[Posted: August 18, 2023]  PA Environment Digest