Welcome!
Well, autumn is winding down and so is the Gold Medal tour, with only one event left in late November. What an exciting tour it was! We had the opportunity to meet with friends and volunteers, hear from elected officials at the local, county and state level, and to celebrate with park enthusiasts like you. We visited some new parks, hiked new trails, and enjoyed being in our great outdoors.
If you weren’t able to visit us, you can file our tour on both our Facebook account as well as the link on our homepage. Identify where we are in the pictures with Flat John (our good natured Director of the Bureau of State Parks), and win your own Gold Medal Pin.
Visit one of our Goddard Legacy Parks and take your picture with one of the new Goddard interpretive panels (above). Email it to Pam Metzger and you could win a $25 state park gift card!
Have a favorite state park or forest? Consider nominating it for our 2011 Awards Banquet. If you would like to see pictures from this year’s banquet, click HERE. To download the nomination form, click HERE.
As you know, the Foundation worked studiously to create a series of informational sheets to help us all better understand the value our parks and forests bring. Yes, I know, you are visiting our website so you KNOW and LOVE our parks and forests. Kudos to you! Unfortunately, not everyone sees the value that we know intrinsically. Health, economics, quality of life—all these factors improve when we have access to parks and forests. Follow the links below to learn more. Have a new elected officials? Consider introducing yourself and sharing a set of fact sheets, letting them know how much you appreciate our park and forest system.
Health Benefits Fact Sheet
Economics Fact Sheet
Quality of Life Fact Sheet
Maurice K. Goddard Fact Sheet
Just how much DO you love your state parks and forests? Let us know! We are always interested in hearing your stories.
Yours in the Outdoors,
Marci Mowery
President
Pennsylvania Parks and Forests
P.S. Betcha Didn't Know! Click HERE to watch a video about some unusual things that you may not know about state parks & what they have to offer.
P.P.S. Its great to be free! Click HERE to watch a video celebrating how wonderful it is to be able to enjoy PA state parks absolutely free.
We encourage your feedback, stories, and enthusiasm.
