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Here’s what
#PAFallFoliage
🍂🍁 looks like right now at Lake Jean in
#RickettsGlenStatePark
. It looks like it is approaching best color!
#FallInPA
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Summer rain and moderate temps helped green the canopy of
#PennsWoods
, setting the stage for a very colorful autumn display. Fall temps arrived earlier, compelling noticeable changes throughout
#PaStateForests
. Week 1
#PaFallFoliage
report ➡️ .
#FallinPa
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This bull elk was recently seen through the thick morning fog, bugling loudly in a clearing in
#ElkStateForest
.
@thePAWilds
#PaElk
#WildlifeWednesday
#PaWildlife
#OutdoorsInPa
#FallInPa
🔊 Elk making long high-pitched sound.
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The recent warm spell has slowed the transition of color in the state. The cooldown expected over the weekend should kickstart a strong progression of color throughout
#PennWoods
. 🍂🍁 More in the Week 2
#PaFallFoliage
report ➡️ .
#FallinPa
#PaStateForests
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Peak color has arrived 🍂🍁 in the northern tier, Allegheny Plateau,
#LaurelHighlands
and Poconos. The cooldown that is expected to arrive this weekend should drive a vibrant bloom of additional color throughout the state. Week 3
#PAFallFoliage
report ➡
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Fall arrived on time and seasonable temps should compel steady changes throughout Penn’s Woods. The drier summer means fewer leaf fungi observed, setting the stage for what could be a notably vivid fall season. 🍂🍁 More in first
#PAFallFoliage
report ➡️ .
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It’s beginning to look a lot like winter ❄️ at
#CucumberFalls
in
#OhiopyleStatePark
!
#PAStateParks
#GetOutdoorsPA
#PAWaterfalls
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With increase of visitors to
#PAStateParks
last weekend, we saw an increase of trash, dog waste & graffiti for limited staff to deal with. Be respectful of our natural resources. Whatever food, drinks or dog waste bags you take in, please take out.
#LeaveNoTrace
📷
#NoldeForestEEC
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Beautiful photos of the
#FallsTrail
and
#GanogaFalls
at
#RickettsGlenStatePark
. As a reminder, the Falls Trail is closed. To hike the trail at this time, ice gear is required and you must sign in and out at the park office before and after going on the trail.
#PAWinter
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Chilly nights have continued, coaxing forest canopies in
#PennsWoods
to a crescendo. Fall color is now widespread in the Commonwealth. Expect impressive color just about anywhere in the state! 🍂🍁 Week 4
#PaFallFoliage
report ➡️ .
#FallinPa
#PaStateForests
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Don’t miss this week’s full moon! It’s the biggest and brightest supermoon of the the year! There are some other things to see in the July night sky. Looking to the East/Southeast predawn, you can catch a glimpse of four planets in a row: Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. 🦌🌕🔭
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Although rain and wind stripped many colorful leaves from maples, exciting color can still be found across PA. Best color this week 🍂🍁 will be in central/southern Appalachians and southwestern corner. More in fourth
#PAFallFoliage
report ➡️ .
#FallInPA
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DCNR announces changes to operating procedures for
#PAStateParks
and
#PAStateForests
facilities that will require out-of-state visitors to comply with orders intended to prevent the spread and mitigate the impacts of
#COVID19
. Learn more ➡️
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With seasonable temps expected, fall color transition should follow a steady trend throughout
#PennWoods
. Best color can be found in northern half, but vibrant hues are making their way south. 🍂🍁 Week 3
#PaFallFoliage
report ➡️ .
#FallinPa
#PaStateForests
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What was
@smokey_bear
doing at the Pennsylvania State Capitol today? It must be important business! Stay tuned...
#OnlyYou
#PaWildfire
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This handsome fella was recently spotted in
#ElkStateForest
showing off for the ladies (sound on to hear his bugle).
#PAElk
#PAWildlife
#PAStateForests
#WildlifeWednesday
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Signs of fall abound in
#PennsWoods
, but a few northern tier counties will enter peak color this week. Consistent cool temperatures with some cold nights this weekend should accelerate leaf change throughout state. 🍂🍁 Second
#PAFallFoliage
report ➡️ .
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Fall is here & some northern counties show up to 50% color in maple/cherry/birch. 🍁🍂Week 1
#PAFallFoliage
report ➡️
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Happy Valentine's Day to all nature lovers!
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Besides providing outdoor recreation access close to large populations, the new
#PAStateParks
are steeped in cultural history, centered around important water resources and represent fantastic natural resource value. Learn more about the new parks ➡️ .
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Fall color continues to build! 🍂🍁 With beautiful
weather expected across Pennsylvania this weekend, travelers won’t need to go far to see the gorgeous fall foliage colors adorning
#PennsWoods
. Learn more in the third
#PAFallFoliage
report ➡️ .
#FallInPA
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A recent poll found that 79% of likely voters would support the creation of a CCC-like program to plant trees, fight fires, and perform other conservation work ⤵️
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Ellen Shultzabarger, a veteran of DCNR’s Bureau of Forestry, takes over reins of
#PAStateForests
system — one of the largest in the nation — to ensure its future health. She is the first woman to hold the position of state forester in 125 years →
#PAProud
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Happy
#EarthDay
! Let's celebrate by choosing to live like it's Earth Day every day.
#EarthDayEveryDay
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We are really proud of the conservation work that we accomplished in 2022! Here are some of the top highlights ⤵️
#PAStateForests
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The entire state of Pennsylvania is at a heightened danger of wildfire this week! Please don’t start any outdoor fires except when the fire danger is low. Learn more about when it is a bad time to burn with our daily wildfire danger maps 🔥🌲➡️ .
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Deep-green foliage is the norm for PA, but areas are showing signs of the season. 🍂🍁 Black gums, birches & maples are sprinkling reds & yellows in
#PennsWoods
. Recent frosts/cool nights are pushing development of color. Week 1
#PAFallFoliage
report ➡️
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Here is a
#PaFallFoliage
update from
#OhiopyleStatePark
yesterday, the colors are peaking! 🍁🍂
📍 Cucumber Falls
📍 Ohiopyle Falls
📍 Meadow Run Waterslides
📍Youghiogheny River from High Bridge
#PaStateParks
#GetOutdoorsPa
#FallInPa
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There’s no need to rake up all the leaves in your yard! 🍃🍂 Leaving some on the ground is not only good for wildlife, but your yard and garden as well.
Check out some more fall yard conservation tips ⤵
#iConservePA
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The
#elk
at
#SinnemahoningStatePark
seem to like to greet visitors to the park's Wildlife Center.
#PAWilds
#PAWildlife
#WildlifeWednesday
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A very chilly ❄ and beautiful view of
#CucumberFalls
in
#OhiopyleStatePark
today!
#PAStateParks
#PAWaterfalls
#PAWinter
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The wildfire danger is still high today for parts of central Pennsylvania! 🔥🌲 Please do not start any outdoor fires in these counties today. Learn more about when it is a bad time to burn with our daily wildfire danger maps ➡ .
#PaWildfire
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Although statewide peak has passed, color still adorns
#PennsWoods
. Northern oak forests have just begun to peak offering late season sights. Best color can be found in southeast part of state. 🍂🍁 Week 5
#PaFallFoliage
report ➡️.
#FallinPa
#PaStateForests
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#PennWoods
are green but recent cooldown has spurred changes in north tier. Forecast indicates temps that should compel changes. Rainfall throughout growing season has primed PA forests for a fantastic fall foliage season! Week 1
#PAFallFoliage
report ➡ 🍃
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Help scientists learn about the geographic distribution of fireflies (our state insect) through the Firefly Watch Community Science Project. Learn more about what to look for and how to submit observations ➡ .
#CommunityScience
#iConservePA
#FireflyWatch
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Central PA forests stealing the show! 🍂🍁 Color can be found from NW PA through Alleghenies and central Appalachians, to Poconos. Seasonable temps should help color transition in southern PA for late Oct. viewing. Week 3
#PAFallFoliage
report ➡️
#FallinPA
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These red foxes were caught horsing around their den at
#LaurelHillStatePark
! After foxes emerge from their den for the first time, they will stick around with their parents for a few of months before venturing out on their own.
#WildlifeWednesday
#PAStateParks
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While not a native plant, dandelions are an early food source for pollinators and have some other benefits that make it worth a mention on
#NationalWeedAppreciationDay
. Dandelions don't pose any real threats to native plants or wildlife, so enjoy them or not!
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If you are looking for something fun and educational to do without leaving your house, head out into your yard, balcony, or just gaze out your windows tomorrow night to view the biggest and brightest
#supermoon
of the year! 🌕⤵
#ProtectTheNight
#PinkSupermoon
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It’s starting to look like fall at
#PrinceGallitzinStatePark
!
#FallinPA
#PAFallFoliage
#GetOutdoorsPA
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How much snow did
#ElkStateForest
get? Why, up to an elk’s belly! ❄️🤷♀️
#PAStateForests
#PAWildlife
#PAWilds
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A pretty winter 🌲❄️ view of Black Moshannon Lake from this morning in the
#PAWilds
.
#BlackMoshannonStatePark
#PAStateParks
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🍂🍁 Dazzling autumn scenery can be found from the central and southern Appalachians to south-Pocono region. Fall hues are also on display from Lehigh Valley to South Mountain, extending into lower Delaware Valley. Week 5
#PAFallFoliage
report ➡️
#FallinPA
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Bald eagles in PA right now are making renovations to their nests, hunting for food, and laying eggs. Non-nesting eagles will congregate at open water for fishing. Keep an eye out for these magnificent birds at
#PAStateParks
!
#WhatsHappeningWednesday
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These cedar waxwings, eastern bluebirds, and yellow bellied sapsuckers were seen at
#KingsGap
Environmental Education Center gobbling up berries to prepare for winter. Winterberry holly is a great native food source for Pa birds.
🐦
#PAWildlife
#PAStateParks
#GetOutdoorsPA
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Shrubs may not be the first thing you think of when planting for pollinators; however, native flowering shrubs can provide more food for pollinators than a single, flowering plant. More on native plants ➡ .
#NationalPollinatorWeek
#PollinatorWeek
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The wildfire danger is high today for most of Pennsylvania! 🔥🌲
Please do not start any outdoor fires in these counties today.
Learn more about when it is a bad time to burn with our daily wildfire danger maps ➡️ .
#PaWildfire
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First snow of the season at
#BlackMoshannonStatePark
in the
#PAWilds
. 🌨❄️
#PAStateParks
#PASweaterWeather
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Fall foliage inching closer to peak statewide. 🍁🍂 Temps continue to slow transition. Week 3
#PAFallFoliage
report ➡️
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Cold, frosty nights and dry conditions have ushered in changes across the northern tier, where foliage is at peak. Sugar and red maples are stars, contrasting with the still-green oak canopies. 🍂🍁 Learn more in week 2
#PAFallFoliage
report ➡️
#FallinPA
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50
On behalf of the commonwealth’s turtle population, just a reminder to be careful right now as you are stepping, cycling and driving around PA state parks/forests! Some are as tiny as this baby painted turtle that was found crossing
#DelawareCanalStatePark
's towpath this week!♥🐢
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The cooldown failed to deliver foliage changes, likely due to late production of chlorophyll during the abnormal late warm weather. Continued below-average temps should push foliage toward peak in many areas. 🍁🍂 Week 4
#PAFallFoliage
Report ➡
#FallinPA
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🎉🎂Help make
@smokey_bear
’s 73rd birthday wish come true by preventing wildfires with these 3 tips.
#WildfirePrevention
#OnlyYou
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21
49
The recent temperature drop has pushed widespread transition to fall forest colors. 🍁🍂 Areas showing early color last week appear primed for peak, which could be only a week or so away in many parts of the state. Learn more ➡
#PAFallFoliage
#FallinPA
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31
50
The green of PA’s foliage is largely unchanged. Foresters have noted some indications of the fall foliage season, observing some early color in black gum, birches, poplars, maples, sumacs, dogwoods, and sassafras.🍁🍂Learn more ➡
#PAFallFoliage
#FallinPA
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Do you hear that? 🔊
#SpringPeepers
in
#MichauxStateForest
are singing for the weekend!
#ForestFriday
#PAStateForests
#SignsofSpring
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8
48
The
#easternhellbender
– an aquatic salamander that can grow to more than 2 feet in length – is one signature away from becoming Pennsylvania’s
#stateamphibian
⬇
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51
Warm spell this week slows foliage, but cooler temps next week to set stage for peak🍁🍂Week 2
#PAFallFoliage
report➡️
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41
#ElkStateForest
in the
#PAWilds
is a great place to
#wildlifewatch
for more than just elk! Check out this
#bobcat
that was spotted recently in the Sinnemahoning area.
#PAwildlife
#GetOutdoorsPA
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In a declining
#boxturtle
population, one 70-year old turtle shines a light on its species. Learn more about box turtles 🐢⬇
#WildlifeWednesday
#PAWildlife
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19
43
Report from
#MoshannonStateForest
today: “Moshannon bandits caught red handed…”
#PAStateForests
#wildlifeWednesday
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9
45
Happy
#FirstDayOfFall
Pennsylvania! 🍂🍁 In case you are wondering, our first
#PAFallFoliage
report will be published next Thursday, September 29. Stay tuned!
#PAStateParks
#PAStateForests
#FallInPA
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16
47
A beautiful
#baldeagle
visited
#snow
covered
#BlackMoshannonStatePark
yesterday! ❄️
#GetOutdoorsPA
#PAWildlife
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10
42
Reflections of yesterday's sunset at Memorial Lake State Park. 🌞
#PAStateParks
#MemorialLakeStatePark
#GetOutdoorsPA
#PAWinter
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Last weekend’s view of the Tohickon Creek Gorge from the High Rocks Overlook at
#RalphStoverStatePark
. 🍂🍁
#PaStateParks
#GetOutdoorsPa
#FallInPa
#PaFallFoliage
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5
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Help celebrate
#EarthDay
every day by:
🌱 Planting and caring for trees at home or in your community
💚 Volunteering on public lands
♻ Making changes at home to conserve energy, water, and waste
#iConservePA
#GoGreenPA
#EarthDay2019
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.
@GovernorShapiro
is proposing the greatest investment in infrastructure in
#PAStateParks
and
#PAStateForests
in a generation!
#PABUDGET
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11
45
We’re loving this winter scene from
#OhiopyleStatePark
today!
#PAStateParks
#PASweaterWeather
#LaurelHighlands
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3
44
What does the stay-at-home order mean for outdoor recreation? It’s OK to go out, but only locally. Learn more ⤵️
#FlattenTheCurve
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29
43
#PAFallFoliage
was putting on a great show on the ridgetops of
#SproulStateForest
this last weekend. 🍂🍃🍁
#FallInPA
#PAWilds
#GetOutdoorsPA
#PAStateForests
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7
47
Cooler temps prompted a noticeable change across PA’s southern half. Although colors are fading in the north, central Appalachians are beginning to burst with color. This week will be optimal for widespread fall color. 🍂🍁 Week 4
#PAFallFoliage
report ➡️
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23
45
Mountain laurel is blooming at
#PaStateParks
and
#PaStateForests
across the Commonwealth! Our state flower can be seen on trails at
#PromisedLandStatePark
pictured here.
#GetOutdoorsPa
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14
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There was lots of yellow and red
#PaFallFoliage
lighting up the Pine Creek Gorge in
#TiadaghtonStateForest
this past weekend! 🍁🍂
#PaStateForests
#GetOutdoorsPa
#FallInPa
#PaFallFoliage
#PaWilds
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8
46
November’s Beaver Moon 🦫🌕 will be joined by the longest partial lunar eclipse of the century, which can be viewed here in Pennsylvania -- weather permitting, of course! Learn more ⤵️
#ProtectTheNight
#NightSkyWatching
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We're finally experiencing the most vivid colors to be seen across most of Pa. this season. 🍁🍂 Yellow is the dominant theme, originating from birches, maples, hickories, oaks, and beech. Learn more in the Week 6
#PAFallFoliage
Report ➡
#FallinPA
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17
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A thin layer of ice on Black Moshannon Lake this morning.
#BlackMoshannonStatePark
#PAStateParks
#PAWilds
0
2
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Happy Halloween! 👻🕷Don't throw your pumpkins in the trash after today! Check out these pumpkin recycling tips to help your garden and
#PAWildlife
! ⤵🎃♻
#iConservePA
#GoGreenPA
Happy
#NationalPumpkinDay
🎃! After Halloween, don't trash your pumpkins: there are several ways to recycle them with wildlife and your garden in mind. Learn more:
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The tufted titmouse is a year-long resident in Pennsylvania, with gray and white plumage, head crest, and black eyes. You may see them at
#PAStateParks
searching for seeds and storing caches of food for winter.
#WhatsHappeningWednesday
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4
46
Even on dreary, cold, and wet days,
#PAStateParks
are still stunning places to be!
📷 Spring Run,
#HickoryRunStatePark
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9
39
DCNR and
@PAHealthDept
will host
#COVID19
vaccine clinics at some
#PAStateParks
in September:
🌲
#BeltzvilleStatePark
(Pavilion 3)
🌲
#ShikellamyStatePark
(Pavilion 3)
🌲
#CodorusStatePark
(Bandshell)
🌲
#KeystoneStatePark
(Pavilion 1)
🌲
#NockamixonStatePark
(Pavilion 5)
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19
41
Long-lived color remains in much of PA! Many leaves are fading or are on the ground -- but peak autumn shades adorn the state’s southeastern forests. 🍂🍁 Week 6
#PAFallFoliage
report ➡️
1
16
39
Spring is always busy in
#MoshannonStateForest
. One of the much anticipated tasks is road grading & maintenance. While it's often a welcome sight to forest users, apparently it is appreciated by some of its residents as well.
#PAStateBird
#RuffedGrouse
#PAWildlife
#PAStateForests
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8
38
Weather has slowed transition, leading to lengthening of peak conditions through part of PA. PA’s southern Appalachians are awash with color. Fall scenery persists in western half, while southeast is just beginning to shine. Week 5
#PAFallFoliage
report ➡️
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Great work and many thanks to
#GiffordPinchotStatePark
,
@PAGameComm
, and local volunteer fire rescue who spent several hours Saturday assisting
#deer
that fell through ice at the park.
#PAWildlife
#GoodNaturedPA
⤵
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17
37
Peak week is here! No need to travel far to view awesome autumn displays. 🍁🍂 Week 4
#PAFallFoliage
report ➡️
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36
Impressive color has persisted into this week! 🍁🍂 Areas bursting with color include central & southern reaches, especially in Bald Eagle, Rothrock & Weiser state forests. We are blessed with an extended peak season! Learn more➡
#PAFallFoliage
#FallinPA
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23
35
Majestic
#bullelk
recently spotted in
#ElkStateForest
in
@ThePAwilds
. 🌲📷
#ForestFriday
#GetOutdoorsPA
#PAWildlife
#PAStateForests
#OutdoorsinPA
1
7
37
🍁🍂 The best
#fallfoliage
viewing is this weekend for our northern counties!
#FallinPA
#GetOutdoorsPA
🍂🍁
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39
31
DCNR releases poll results indicating 4 out of 5 Pennsylvanians who visited parks and trails during the pandemic believe that time spent outdoors is essential to their physical and mental health. Learn more ➡️
#PAStateParks
#PAStateForests
#ExplorePATrails
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With 6,753 miles of PA hiking trails, we think every day should be
#NationalTakeAHikeDay
! Hike when you can!
#ExplorePATrails
#TrailTuesday
1
17
35
What’s that stuff in the water? If you are passing by wetlands this spring you may see frog, toad, and salamander eggs. Amphibians, like
#WoodFrogs
, use small, seasonal wetlands called
#VernalPools
to safely live and lay eggs in the spring.
#SignsofSpring
#SpringinPA
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16
42
Would you rather stand in long lines or explore a long trail this
#Thanksgiving
holiday? Make some time to
#OptOutside
!
#ExplorePATrails
#TrailTuesday
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