PA Environment Digest Blog: DCNR State Parks Environmental News Back To School Edition!

The DCNR State Parks Environmental News has lots of Back To School teaching ideas, a calendar of upcoming professional development opportunities and more ideas for celebrating America’s 250th birthday.

-- Section 1: Back-to-School & End-of-Summer Teaching Ideas

-- Section 2: Low Cost, In-Person Educator Professional Development (PD) Trainings

-- Section 3: Webinars & Conferences for Educators

-- Section 3: Explore the Outdoors! PA State Parks Challenge & Adventure Badges!

-- Section 4: Striving Towards Inclusion

-- Capstone: PA State Park Info. & Updates

Click Here for the entire State Parks EE News. Click Here to sign up for your own copy.

Visit DCNR’s Conservation Education Opportunities webpage for more on programs and opportunities for people of all ages in all regions.

Visit Explore PA Trails and Get Outdoors PA for recreation areas near you.

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

For more information on state parks and forests and recreation in Pennsylvania, visit DCNR’s website. Click Here to sign up for the Resource newsletter.

Related Articles This Week:

-- DCNR Honors Park Rangers, Civilian Who Helped Save Mountain Biker’s Life At Swatara State Park, Lebanon, Schuylkill Counties [Video + Photos]

-- DCNR Makes Multi-Million Dollar Investment To Improve Campground At Cook Forest State Park In Clarion, Forest, Jefferson Counties

-- PA Environmental Council Now Accepting Applications From 10 Counties For Trail Organization Capacity Building Mini Grants [PaEN]

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Invests $9.1 Million To Preserve 2,565 Acres Of Farmland On 34 Farms In 16 Counties [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: 6 PA Land Trusts Preserve 693 Acres Of Forest, Watershed, Farm Land In Adams, Centre, Erie, Lebanon, Westmoreland Counties [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Call For Presentations For 2027 PA Land Conservation Conference April 14-16; Nominations For Lifetime Conservation Leadership Award [PaEN]

-- US Forest Service Proposal To Rescind ‘Roadless Rule’ Could Open Allegheny National Forest Wilderness To Logging, Extractive Industries [PaEN]

-- State College To Host Northeastern Transportation & Wildlife Conference Sept. 27-30 [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership Announces Winners Of 2026 Photo Contest

NewsClips:

-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: 90% Of PA State Park Cabins Are Booked For Labor Day Weekend, But Here Are Tricks To Landing A Reservation