August 2 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

The August 2 Take Five Fridays With Pam is now available from the PA Parks and Forests Foundation featuring articles on-- 

-- Sept. 6-8: Women In The Big Woods, French Creek State Park

-- Sept. 28 - Oct. 6: Pennsylvania Healthy Lands Week Coming Up Fast!

-- YouTube: Health & Economic Benefits Of PA Parks & Forests [Spanish]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Invites Spanish Speaking Volunteers

-- New Trail Brewing Company Launches Ohiopyle State Park In Westmoreland County

-- Much More!

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 by Brian Berchtold at Presque Isle State Park, Erie.)

Related Articles:

-- Registration Open! Western PA Trails & Greenways Summit Sept. 4-5 In Clarion [PaEN]

-- Call For Presentations! PA Recreation & Park Society Accepting Proposals For The 2025 Conference & Expo March 16-19 In Hershey  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Announces First Round Of Improvements To Revitalize Denton Hill State Park In Potter County

-- DCNR, Labor & Industry Secretaries Visit PA Outdoor Corps Crews At Codorus State Park In York County  [PaEN]

-- August 2 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- PA Wilds Center: 2024 PA Wilds Champion Award Winners Receive Recognition At July 25 Dinner

-- Western PA Conservancy Adds 122 Acres To State Game Lands In French Creek Watershed, Crawford County  [PaEN] 

-- TreeVitalize Pittsburgh Now Accepting Applications For Street, Park, Trail Tree Planting Grants In Pittsburgh + Allegheny County; Resources Also Available Outside The County  [PaEN] 

-- North Branch Land Trust Hosts Hiking Tour Of The George & Lillian Picton Wildlife Sanctuary South Aug. 11 In Luzerne County  [PaEN] 

-- Brodhead Watershed Assn. Hosts Guided Walk Thru The Tannersville Cranberry Bog Preserve Aug. 17 In Monroe County  [PaEN]

-- Aug. 23 In-Person Managing Invasive Plants Full-Day Penn State Extension Workshop In State College  [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Sept. 6 Webinar On Classic Biological Control Of PA Invasive Species  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Sept. 24 Webinar On Community Forestry - TreeKeeper - A Tool For Tree Canopy Management  [PaEN] 

NewsClips:

-- TribLive - Patrick Varine: Find A ‘Cooler Weather’ Road Trip In Western PA

-- Erie Times: Presque Isle Trail Extension Will Be Shorter Than First Planned

-- Williamsport Sun: Volunteers Help Immensely Throughout 867-Acre Rider Park 

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair County Commissioners Favor Trail Authority

-- York Daily Record: New Bridge, Updated Trail Access Offers Fresh Hiking Experience Around Lake Williams 

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Excessive Levels Of Chromium, A Toxin, Were Found Along Now-Closed Part Of Bartram’s Mile Trail, Tests Show 

-- KDKA: Spillway Swim Beach At Youghiogheny River Lake Closed Due To Algae Blooms

-- Pike County Conservation District: Harmful Algal Blooms - What Are They And What Can We Do?

[Posted: August 2, 2024]  PA Environment Digest