September 8 Weekly PA Wilds News Digest

September 8, 2023

September 8, 2023 Weekly Digest: Recent News from the PA Wilds

The PA Wilds Weekly Digest is a roundup of news articles about the PA Wilds, the region’s public lands and its Landscapes and Journeys that have been published over the past week.

Note: some of the news websites may have paywalls that prevent you from reading their content.

Enjoy this week’s PA Wilds News Clips below.

On the PA Wilds visitor blog, the brewery and outfitter series both continue. Casey Ferry from Warren County Visitors Bureau also submitted the second part of her story of beginning to use a standup paddleboard. PA’s Native American people are highlighted in a blog from DCNR’s Forest Fridays series.

On the PA Wilds Center’s blog, the PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship celebrates Pennsylvania’s official launch of the new Office of Outdoor Recreation!

You can also find more media coverage about the Office of Outdoor Recreation as well in the news section.

Also in the news media, Kinzua Bridge State Park continues to be highlighted as part of the Mount Jewett to Kinzua Bridge rail trail that was selected at the 2023 PA Trail of the Year. Pennsylvania state parks and other outdoor recreation assets are also being touted this month as excellent places for visitors to plan to go leaf peeping as we come into fall foliage season.

OUR BLOGS

PA WILDS

Finding my peace with paddleboarding – Casey Ferry, Warren County Visitors Bureau

Brewing in the PA Wilds: John Ryan Brewery – Britt Madera

Outfitting the PA Wilds: Local Historia – Britt Madera

Pennsylvania’s ancestral peoples: Our federally recognized tribes and nations – Angie Jaillet-Wentling, Forest Fridays

WCO

Member & Partner Press Releases

Wilds Cooperative members can sign up for PA Wilds Marketplace, Makers Market

WCO Member Spotlights

PA Route 6 Alliance: Supporting a scenic heritage corridor

PA WILDS CENTER

PA Wilds Center celebrates launch of Pennsylvania’s Office of Outdoor Recreation

PA WILDS MARKETPLACE

A labor of love

IN THE NEWS

STATEWIDE – OFFICE OF OUTDOOR RECREATION
Editorial: New Pa. outdoor recreation office is government done right

Governor’s Pressroom: Governor Shapiro Launches Pennsylvania Office of Outdoor Recreation, Highlights Largest Budget Investment in State Parks and Forests in Decades

Governor’s Pressroom: This Week in the Shapiro Administration: Governor Shapiro Opens Doors of Opportunity, Highlights Work to Expand the Commonwealth’s Workforce

MENTIONING PA WILDS

Wilds Are Working program wraps up Wednesday with farewell party – Times Observer

Alcohol made from sunflower seeds?! A tour of a new distillery and educational center in Kane – The Allegheny Front

Regional Collaboration to support Southeast Ohio’s Outdoor Recreation economy – People’s Defender (“Partner Counties will become the service area for a multi-state ARC ARISE Planning Grant Application in partnership with the Pennsylvania Wilds with August 18th as the targeted application submission deadline.”)

DCNR celebrates Mount Jewett to Kinzua Bridge Trail as Pa.’s 2023 Trail of the Year – The Latrobe Bulletin

Registration open for 2023 PA Route 6 educational workshop, annual meeting, do 6 awards program – Tioga Publishing (Abbi Peters, COO of PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship, will be a speaker.)

MENTIONING PA WILDS PUBLIC LANDS

Parks, forests, rivers

Allegheny National Forest

ANF Centennial Celebration announces headliner bands – Times Observer

Allegheny National Forest’s Tracy Ridge a prime example of wilderness in the East | Opinion – The Bradford Era

Best Places in Pennsylvania to see fall foliage – ABC27

Irwin Run project in Allegheny National Forest underway – The Bradford Era

Plans set to implement Irwin Run Culvert removal – The Derrick

Fungus, Fungus Everywhere – Post Journal

[LISTEN] Arts on Fire – Thomas Annear – WRFA-LP 107.9 FM