October 8 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation

The October 8 Take Five Fridays With Pam is now available from the PA Parks & Forests Foundation.

Lots of information about what happened last week in state parks and forests and what’s coming up this week for you to enjoy!

Click Here to read the entire Take Five.

Visit the Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events for activities happening 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 46 chapters mobilize 65,000 volunteers annually to steward YOUR state parks and forests.

(Photo: Kinzua Bridge State Park, McKean County by Courtney Fedalen.)

NewsClips:

-- ReadingE: People Continue To Find Refuge From COVID In The Outdoors

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Insider Foliage Leads From PA’s Visitors Bureaus

-- Inquirer: Fall Foliage In Philly Area May Suffer From Unusually Warm, Wet Weather

-- CentreDT: Get Your Cameras Ready: Fall Foliage Is Creeping Toward Its Peak In Centre County

-- ScrantonT: Five Miles At Lackawanna State Park

-- MCall: Beltzville State Park Has A Friend In Volunteers 

-- StateCollege.com: Friends Of Rothrock State Forest Are Enhancing The Trail System At Musser Gap  

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Fall Wildfire Season Arrives With Low Risk Across PA

-- ErieT - Brian Whipkey: Looking For A ‘Magical Root’ In PA?  Here’s What You Need To Know About Ginseng

-- WilliamsportS Editorial: Small Investment In City Trees Would Be Wise

-- TribLive: Westinghouse Park In Pittsburgh Designated As Nationally Recognized Arboretum

Related Articles:

-- House Hearing On Recreation, Hunting & Fishing During Pandemic Highlights Importance Of Investments In Green Infrastructure, Clean Water

-- DCNR’s: 2nd Fall Foliage Report: North Of I-80 Has Best Colors So Far

-- DCNR: Seeking New Members For 2022 Trails Advisory Committee 

-- In Memoriam - Dr. Jim Finley, Fmr. Director Of The Center For Private Forests At Penn State  

-- PA Wilds Center: Announces 2021 Champions of the PA Wilds Award Winners 

-- Bay Journal: Pennsylvania Launches Renewed Attack On Invasive Species 

-- EPA: Awards Nearly $500,000 To DCNR To Enhance Wetlands On State Parks, Forest Land  

-- State Auditor General: Begins Audit Of PennVEST Nonpoint Source Project Funding Prompted By $51 Million Loan To Purchase Forest Land  

-- Delaware RiverKeeper, Partners: Call On DCNR To Increase Water Releases To The Lower Tohickon Creek In Bucks County 

[Posted: October 8, 2021]  PA Environment Digest