May 5 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation

The May 5 Take Five Fridays With Pam is now available from the PA Parks and Forests Foundation featuring articles on--

-- If it’s Tuesday, there must be snow in Somerset!

-- See examples of State Park & Forest volunteers at work all over PA!

-- What is a PA State Parks and State Forests Passport?

-- May is national Lyme Disease Awareness Month!  Take precautions!

-- Reminder: May 16 Awards Banquet

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.

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: Laurel Mountain State Park, Somerset County by Eric Knopsnyder.)

NewsClips:

-- Spotlight PA: How To Provide Feedback On Plan For Maryland National Guard To Lower Fighter Jet Training Over PA Wilds 

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: 500 Voices Helping Set Agenda For PA’s Outdoor Recreation Industry

-- Courier Times: See What’s New In Bucks County On Growing Circuit Trails Network

-- Centre Daily Times: The Bike Roost, A New Bike Sales, Repair Shop In Boalsburg Is ‘All About Community’

-- Scranton Times Blog: After Losing 200 Pounds, Hiker Takes On 2,200-Mile Appalachian Trail

-- York Dispatch: New Trails Open At Wizard Ranch Nature Preserve

-- York Daily Record: Wizard Ranch Nature Preserve In Hellam Twp Opens To Public

-- TribLive: Pine Community Park Master Plan Update Unveiled

-- Scranton Times: Greenfield Twp. Looking To Develop First Township Park

-- PA Firefly Festival: Enter The Glamping With The Fireflies Raffle  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Outlines 5 Prescribed Burns This Spring

Related Articles:

-- DCNR Highlights How Governor’s Budget Would Help With Infrastructure Needs At Bald Eagle State Park, Centre County

-- PA Environmental Council: Making This Place Better - Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Snowmobile & ATV Advisory Committee Meets May 10

-- DCNR To Begin Spraying Forests In Spongy [Gypsy] Moth Suppression Effort 

[Posted: May 5, 2023]  PA Environment Digest