March 17 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation

The March 17 Take Five Fridays With Pam is now available from the PA Parks and Forests Foundation featuring articles on--

-- Quest To Visit PA State Parks Complete For Union County Couple

-- Order your State Park/Forest Passport Now!

-- Click Here for this week’s photo as a jigsaw puzzle.

-- Visit the PA Parks & Forests Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events for activities happening near you.

Click Here to read the entire Take Five.

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: Kinzua Bridge State Park, McKean County by Matthew Morris.)

NewsClips:

-- Williamsport Sun: Quest To Visit PA State Parks Complete For Union County Couple

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Expand, Yet Preserve State’s Outdoor Assets

-- NextPittsburgh: Butler County Is Rebounding Thanks To Outdoor Recreation

-- NextPittsburgh: The Wheel Mill Encourages Newcomers To Try Pittsburgh’s Mountain Biking Scene

-- Post-Gazette: Connellsville Trades Coal For Bicycles In Bid For Economic Rebirth In Fayette County 

-- TribLive: Duquesne Light Donates $1 Million To Allegheny Commons Park Project 

-- Reading Eagle: Berks Nature Dedicates Ephraim Malickson Wildlife Sanctuary In Robeson Twp.

-- Marcellus Drilling News/Wellsboro Gazette: Pine Creek Headwaters Protection Group Objects To Location Of Mt. Nessmuk Shale Gas Drill Pad In Tioga State Forest  

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Recruiting Lifeguards, Aims To Open More Pools This Year

-- AURORA Outdoor Orientation Programs Take New Penn State Students ‘Into The Wild’

-- Maintain Forester Certification With Penn State Extension Offerings

-- Reading Eagle: Crews Battle 2-Alarm Brush Fire In Muhlenberg

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: E-Bikes Raise Management Concerns In Some Parks, Public Forests

Related Articles:

-- DCNR Posts FY 2023-24 Budget Proposal Documents

-- DCNR Seeking Volunteer Trail Stewards In Michaux State Forest, Cumberland County For March 26 Trail Workday  [PaEN] 

-- DCNR Blog: DCNR Building A Network Of Rural Electric Vehicle Charging Stations In State Parks, Forests 

-- DCNR Wildfire Danger Maps

-- WESA: Contest Asks PA Kids To Create Art About Tick Bite Prevention

-- Pike County Tick Borne Diseases Task Force Holds Safe Steps Children's Art Contest [PaEN]

[Posted: March 17, 2023]  PA Environment Digest