Dec. 6 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

The December 6 Take Five Fridays With Pam is now available from the PA Parks and Forests Foundation featuring articles on--

-- Nominations Now Being Accepted For 2025 Awards

-- Sign Up For Bob Ross Happy Little 5K April 19-27 - Proceeds Benefit Tree Planting

-- Online Jigsaw Puzzle Features Stephanie Shady Photo

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.

(Photo by Stephanie Shady, Bucktail State Park Natural Area, Cameron and Clinton counties.)

Resource Link:

-- Interns Wanted: DEP, DCNR Now Accepting Applications For Paid Internships  [PaEN]

Related Articles:

-- Pennsylvania’s Outdoor Recreation Economy Grows To $19 Billion In 2023, Supporting Thousands Of Jobs and Creating Economic Opportunity Across The Commonwealth  [PaEN] 

-- PA Office Of Outdoor Recreation Hosts Dec. 11 Webinar On Release Of 2023 Data Showing Tremendous Growth In PA’s Outdoor Recreation Economy  [PaEN]  

-- PA Environmental Defense Foundation Files Court Action Challenging Use Of ATVs For Recreation In Northcentral PA State Forests Resulting In 2,000+ Miles Of Illegal ATV Trails  [PaEN] 

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Now Accepting Nominations For 2025 Parks & Forests Awards  [PaEN] 

-- DCNR Announces $3.4 Million Investment In Point State Park Ahead Of NFL Draft, America 250 Celebrations In Pittsburgh

-- DCNR Awards More Than $372,000 In Wild Resource Conservation Program Grants To Help Protect Pennsylvania’s Native Biodiversity  [PaEN] 

-- Natural Lands, Landowners Starr & Howard Offenger Partner To Preserve Historical Farmstead In Cumberland County  [PaEN] 

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Encourages Pennsylvanians To Donate A Tree Through ‘Trees For Troops’ To Brighten Servicemembers’ Holidays 

NewsClips:

-- DCNR Invests Total Of $5.2 Million In PA Wild’s Growing Outdoor Recreation, Tourism Sectors In Recent Round Of Grants 

-- TribLive: PA Pledges $3.4 Million To Upgrade Point State Park Ahead Of NFL Draft  

-- NextPittsburgh: How Venture Outdoors Is Breaking Barriers To Nature In Pittsburgh 

-- Wildlands Conservancy Nature Preserves Offer People With A Variety Of Abilities Access To Nature: ‘Being Able To Bring My Mom Here Has Just Changed My Life And Her Life’

-- TribLive: 1-Mile Leechburg Trail Finished, Open To Public; Other Sections To Come In Armstrong County  

-- Discover NE PA: Preventing Wildfires With The DCNR Bureau Of Forestry  

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: In Pennsylvania, Researchers Hope Forest Farming Will Help Save Wild Leeks (Ramps)

-- Penn State Research Offers Guidance On Forest Farming Wild Leeks (Ramps)

-- The Nature Conservancy PA News: Landmark Year For Conservation In PA; Protecting PA Forests; Plan Your Adventure At Hauser Nature Center 

-- Living Landscape Observer Spotlights: Parks Stewardship Forum - Politics, Practice, Management Of Living Landscapes, Edited By Brenda Barrett and Eleanor Mahoney 

-- Courier Times: With The Drought, Will Washington Cross The Delaware This Year? 

[Posted: December 6, 2024]  PA Environment Digest