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Loyalsock State Forest
photo by Donna Sherwood

2023 Awards Banquet

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2022 Parks & Forests Thru the Seasons Winners

 Judges' Choice. Best in Show. Jeffrey Sidle. Promised Land State Park People's Choice. Best in Show. Robert Bush. Black Moshannon State Park. Judges' Choice. Caught in the Rain. Zachary O'Neill. Susquehannock State Park. People's Choice. Caught in the Rain. Dot Monahan. Oil Creek State Park. People's Choice Runner Up. Caught in the Rain. Liz Mickley. Fowlers Hollow State Park. Judges' Choice. Forests. Mark Lucas. Gallitzin State Forest. People's Choice. Forests. Sabrina Hilpert. Beltzville State Park. People's Choice Runner Up. Forests. Derek Gilliam. Parker Dam State Park. Judge's Choice. Raindrop to River. Sabine Panzer. Ohiopyle State Park. People's Choice. Raindrop to River. Ryan Kunselman. Clear Creek State Park. People's Choice Runner Up. Raindrop to River. Angie Purcell. Ricketts Glen State Park. Judges' Choice. Reflections. Jim Murphy. Ridley Creek State Park. People's Choice. Reflections. Jessica Mitchell. Pine Grove Furnace State Park. People's Choice Runner Up. Reflections. Anna Lee Kepner. Locust Lake State Park. Judges' Choice. Water is Life. Bruce Walkovich. Canoe Creek State Park. People's Choice. Water Is Life. Amanda Wydra. Kettle Creek State Park. People's Choice Runner Up. Water Is Life. Fran Bires. Goddard State Park. Judges' Choice. Young Photographers. Ellory Potter. Ricketts Glen State Park. People's Choice. Young Photographers. Lilly Zhang. Marsh Creek State Park. People's Choice Runner Up. Young Photographers. Bella Kaminsky. Marsh Creek State Park.

2021 Parks and Forests Thru the Seasons Winners

Leave No Trace – The Basics

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Sin Dejar Huellas – los esenciales

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Volunteerism at Work

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Stewardship Success

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Educational Opportunities

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Recreation Improvements

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Friends Groups in Action

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Fan Fotos

 KyleYates My ParksForests3 CookForest Maureen Dwyer took this shot at Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area. Now that's not technically a state park or forest, but who can resist such a good picture? Washington Crossing Historic Park offers a variety of subjects for the plein air painter to enjoy (Photo by Charles Hutler) If you want wide open skies, it's hard to top Samuel S. Lewis State Park. (Photo by Charles Hutler) Says Charles, "Imagine this: a couple goes here after work on a dark sky night. They hike a bit, then have a picnic dinner overlooking the view and maybe a lawn game after dinner. Then they can relax in lawn chairs they brought and enjoy good conversation while the sky darkens and the stars come out." An informal catch and release study at Jacobsburg Environmental Education Center (Photo by Charles Hutler) Codorus State Park's lovely lake is perfect for vessels large and vessels small. (Photo by Charles Hutler) You can launch a pretty decent-sized sailboat at Codorus State Park, too. (Photo by Charles Hutler) Families celebrating National Picnic Day (or just anything else) at Caledonia State Park. (Photo by Charles Hutler) When cycling the long (25 miles) Lehigh Gorge Trail, it's wonderful to be able to just put your toes in the water. (Photo by Charles Hutler) Benjamin Rush State Park offers a model airplane field for the hobbyist. (Photo by Charles Hutler) Beltzville State Park manages the large US Army Corps of Engineers lake where boats of a larger HP can cruise about. (Photo by Charles Hutler) A hot summer day at Beltzville State Park beach means toes in the sand and some family games. (Photo by Charles Hutler) 202207 zitricks hickory run lake 202207 inlet side of lake 3

2020 Parks and Forests Thru the Seasons Winners

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2019 Parks & Forests Through the Seasons Winners

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State Forests

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State Parks

 Bald Eagle State Park DCNR Bendigo State Park DCNR Blue Knob State Park Richard Zitrick Bucktail State Park Gelnett Caledonia State Park DCNR Canoe Creek State Park DCNR Chapman State Park Marci Mowery Cherry Springs State Park DCNR Colonel Denning DCNR Colton Point State Park DCNR Cowans Gap State Park Unknown Delaware Canal State Park Joe Frassetta Denton Hill State Park Richard Zitrick Erie Bluffs State Park Marci Mowery Evansburg State Park Source Unknown Fowlers Hollow State Park Marci Mowery Frances Slocum State Park DCNR French Creek State Park DCNR Gifford Pinchot State Park DCNR Gouldsboro State Park Marci Mowery Greenwood Furnace State Park Marci Mowery Hillman State Park Richard Zitrick Hills Creek State Park DCNR Kettle Creek State Park DCNR Keystone State Park Marci Mowery Kinzua State Park DCNR Kooser State Park DCNR Lackawanna State Park DCNR Laurel Hill State Park Friends of Laurel Hill Laurel Mountain State Park DCNR Laurel Summit State Park Richard Zitrick Lehigh Gorge State Park Richard Zitrick Leonard Harrison State Park Richard Zitrick Linn Run State Park DCNR Little Pine State Park Richard Zitrick Locust Lake State Park Richard Zitrick Lyman Run State Park DCNR Marsh Creek State Park Marci Mowery Maurice K. Goddard State Park James Law McCall Dam State Park Marci Mowery McConnells Mill State Park Charlene Reinhart Memorial Lake State Park Richard Zitrick Milton State Park Unknown Moraine State Park DCNR Mt. Pisgah State Park Marci Mowery Neshaminy State Park Richard Zitrick Nockamixon State Park DCNR Nolde Forest State Park Richard Zitrick Ohiopyle State Park DCNR Oil Creek State Park Ole Bull State Park Marci Mowery Parker Dam State Park DCNR Patterson State Park Marci Mowery Penn Roosevelt State Park DCNR Pine Grove State Park Marci Mowery Poe Paddy State Park Richard Zitrick Poe Valley State Park Richard Zitrick Point State Park Richard Zitrick Prompton State Park DCNR Pymatuning State Park DCNR Raccoon Creek State Park Pam Metzger Ralph Stover State Park DCNR Ravensburg State Park Shelli Merrifield Reeds Gap State Park Marci Mowery Ryerson State Park Marci Mowery Salt Spring State Park John Quimby Sam Lewis State Park Marci Mowery Sand Bridge State Park Marci Mowery Shawnee State Park Richard Zitrick Shikellamy State Park Marci Mowery Sizerville State Park Richard Zitrick Susquehanna State Park DCNR Susquehannock State Park Marci Mowery Swatara State Park Richard Zitrick Tobyhanna State Park Richard Zitrick Trough Creek State Park DCNR Tuscarora State Park DCNR Tyler State Park DCNR Whipple Dam State Park Marci Mowery Worlds End State Park DCNR Yellow Creek State Park Marci Mowery Elk State Park DCNR Big Pocono DCNR New Little Buffalo State Park DCNR Ryerson

A Full Passport

 His September 2015 visit to Poe Valley completed the challenge for Ben Heyser. Gloria Benfer finished up in July 2016. She had some adorable company along the way. Charles Hutler (some of whose photos can be found in the Fan Fotos gallery of our website) wrapped up the challenge at Keystone State Park. Asked his favorite park, he diplomatically demurred in his answer! Eventually, he said, "Picking a favorite park is hard. One factor is proximity and what I like to do. So I’m going to say Promised Land. It’s setting is very pretty, and the lake is great for swimming, fishing and boating. In fact, if you look at the “Pennsylvania State Parks & Forest Recreational Guide & Highway Map” you’ll see something listed in every lodging and activity box . That’s impressive. Which one would I make a special trip to go back? Samuel S Lewis. I remember pulling into that park and being awed by the panoramic scenic view. I refer to it now as nature’s Imax theater. I’d go back on a dark sky night to have a daylight picnic dinner and then watch the view change into a star studded night sky." Christian Alexandersen ran at least a mile in each of the 121 state parks. The most challenging was this mud run at Allegheny Islands State Park. Read more about that and his other adventures on our News page. Check "Guest Blogs" for the deets. Susan Torrance reported visiting every state park and camping at everyone with a campground! It may have taken nearly 10 years but Mike Lipay completed the challenge in April 2021. He says his favorite parks weren't necessarily the biggest or even closest to home. But there are definitely some he'll visit again - with kayak! In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic on September 19, 2020, Abram Shaffner completed his Passport with a visit to McConnells Mill. He and his boots took a well-deserved rest along Slippery Rock Creek. Steve & Tanya Kohl completed their passport in 2019 with a visit to Jennings. They are hikers and wildflowers fans and live near Tuscarora State Park. Connie & Matt Horne finished up in November 2017. Jan & Alan Thoms' first park was Sinnemahoning in October 2012, right after they got married. Last park, Ryerson Station in June 2018. al and linda azen point Mohican Falls 2 kimberly mcginnis allegheny islands

Anti Graffiti Student Art

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Pennsylvania Beauty

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Banquet 2019

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2018 Parks & Forests Thru the Seasons Winners

 jennifer esken lackawanna peoples choice bruce walkovich susquehannock sf LindaStager.BuiltEnvironment.ColtonPointStatePark scaled RustyGlessner.FunInTheOutdoors.ForbesStateForest scaled jimmymarz.beautyallaround.presqueislestatepark2 JenniferUlmer.DogsInOutdoors3.BaldEagleSF TrentStross.Young Photographer3.Sinnemahoning stevensybert.offthebeatenpath.pymatuning scaled StevenValinski.Offthebeatenpath.LocustLake scaled PatrickFirment.Beautyallaround.BlackMoshannon scaled Phyllis Terchanik.Fun In the Outdoors. Prince Gallitzin State Park scaled JillCook.FunintheOutdoors.RickettsGlen. scaled LillyZhang.youngphotographers.MarshCreek scaled CaitlinWert.YoungPhotographers1.FortWashington KyleYates.beautyallaround.clearcreek2 lizmickley.builtenvironment.caledonia scaled crystalhuntbuiltenvironmentpinegrovefurnace1 scaled clarekaczmarek.offthebeatenpath.linnrun scaled BrianHare DogsInTheOutdoors NockamixonStatePark02 scaled JosephBove.DogsintheOutdoors2.tuscarora scaled

2017 Parks & Forests Thru the Seasons Winners

 douglas clifford best in show critics blue knob phyllis terchanik best in show people choice prince gallitzin david raymond critics choice whimsy swatara logan wein first place whimsy fort washington steven sybert second place whimsy parker dam dale yohe critics dogs ohiopyle kristin gearhart first place dogs canoe creek matt stich second place dogs canoe creek john beatty critics fun ralph stover liz mickley first place fun cowans gap carolyn anderson second place fun keystone lisa briand critics natures ridley creek jiang ming first place natures colors cherry springs jennifer eskin second place natures colors lackawanna sp clayton whitenight critics young archbald pothole karly maurer first place young ricketts glen rayna katzman second place young fort washington lilly zhang hm marsh creek tim garlick hm canoe creek

Graffiti Busters at Work

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2016 Parks & Forests Thru the Seasons Winners

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