The November 18 Take Five Fridays With Pam is now available from the PA Parks & Forests Foundation--

Watch for Extra-Give events coming up to support the Foundation.

Lots of events on the 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: Pinchot Trail South Loop, Pinchot State Forest, Lackawanna County by Don Simpson.)

NewsClips:

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com: DCNR Outlines Plans To Invest $100 Million In Federal American Rescue Plan Funds In State Park Infrastructure

-- NextPittsburgh: PA Outdoor Economy Experts Explain How Recreation And Job Growth Go Hand-In-Hand

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Spending On Outdoor Recreation Is Boosting PA’s Economy

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Outdoor Recreation Sees 4% Increase In Jobs, Report

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Outdoor Recreation Drives PA Economy

-- PA Environmental Council: Laurel Highlands Conservation Landscape Annual Gathering - Celebrating Transitions

-- Warren Times: North Country Trail Chapter Has Ambitious 2023 Planned In Allegheny National Forest

-- TribLive: Allegheny Twp. Ink Fracking Lease With Olympus Energy For 27.7 Acres Of Tredway Trail In Westmoreland County

-- WESA: McKeesport Will Move Section Of Great Allegheny Passage Trail To Riverfront, Expanding Scenic Views

-- Bicycle Coalition Of Greater Philadelphia: Recap Of 2022 Circuit Trails Semi-Annual Meeting

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Regional Development Corp Donates Land At McKeesport Park For Use In Great Allegheny Passage Trail

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Pennsylvanians See Improved Wildlife Habitat As Important Result Of Prescribed Fire, Study Says

Related Articles:

-- DCNR Announces A Total Of $5 Million In Funding To Help Close Gaps In D&L Trail

-- MCall: New State Funding Will Help Close Lehigh Valley Gap In D&L Trail

-- DCNR Discusses Carbon Capture, Utilization, Storage Efforts, Announces $6 Million Investment In New Carbon Capture Research Facility  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: Core Samples Get A New Home To Help DCNR Understand How PA’s Geology Could Support Carbon Capture, Sequestration Efforts

-- DCNR: Fish Passage Construction To Begin At Shikellamy State Park Dam On Susquehanna River In Shamokin Dam

-- DCNR Seeking Public Comments On ATV Regional Trail Connector Pilot Study  Deadline Nov. 18  [Background]

[Posted: November 18, 2022]

11/21/2022