Obscenities and other graffiti were spray painted on popular natural overlook Beam Rocks in the last couple weeks. Volunteers are being sought to help clean up the vandalism June 24, about three years after a similar undertaking at the sandstone outcroppings along the border of Westmoreland and Somerset counties in
A large and smoky wildfire broke out on the Blue Mountain in Lehigh Township just before 2 p.m. Sunday.
The fire brought crews from close to 20 emergency response agencies and resulted in the shutdown.
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Apr 23, 2021 3:24 PM UTC
WASHINGTON and OTTAWA, April 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) The Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc. (SFI) is pleased to announce Karla Guyn, CEO of Ducks Unlimited Canada, as the new Chair of the SFI Board of Directors, and the election of three new board members. The SFI Board of Directors provides leadership that helps SFI fulfill its mission to advance sustainability through forest-focused collaboration. Guyn will serve a one-year term. The three new board members, Catherine Grenier, President and CEO, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Ellen Shultzabarger, State Forester and Director, Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, and Don Kayne, CEO, Canfor Corporation and Canfor Pulp, will serve three-year terms.
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Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc.April 23, 2021 GMT
WASHINGTON and OTTAWA, April 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) The Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc. (SFI) is pleased to announce Karla Guyn, CEO of Ducks Unlimited Canada, as the new Chair of the SFI Board of Directors, and the election of three new board members. The SFI Board of Directors provides leadership that helps SFI fulfill its mission to advance sustainability through forest-focused collaboration. Guyn will serve a one-year term. The three new board members, Catherine Grenier, President and CEO, Nature Conservancy of Canada, Ellen Shultzabarger, State Forester and Director, Pennsylvania Bureau of Forestry, and Don Kayne, CEO, Canfor Corporation and Canfor Pulp, will serve three-year terms.
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STATE COLLEGE ClearWater Conservancy and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Bureau of Forestry have partnered to add 1,271 acres of land in Huntingdon and Centre counties to Rothrock State Forest.
ClearWater Conservancy acquired the land, formerly owned by Dry Hollow Hunting Club, then transferred the property to the Bureau of Forestry to be added to Rothrock State Forest, where it will be permanently conserved and accessible to the public.
“Never has the value of our state forest system shined brighter than during these most trying times and DCNR is proud to partner with Clearwater Conservancy in this addition to Rothrock that brings so much to so many,” DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn said. “State forest visitors have gained a new appreciation of their surroundings during the pandemic and in these 1,271 acres there are so many features to be enjoyed by those who will come the hunters, hikers, local historians