Pa. students win at national envirothon
A team of five students from North East High School in North East, Erie County, captured 2001 Canon Envirothon honors late last month at Hinds Community College, Raymond, Miss.

Multi-state greenways conference slated
Being billed as the “premier open space event on the East Coast this fall,” the Mid-Atlantic Governor’s Conference on Greenways, Blueways and Green Infrastructure will be held Sept. 16-19, in Arlington, Va.

Teamwork recognized in bi-county success
A total of 5,500 acres and five water reservoirs acquired for public access and enjoyment. Quite a feat for folks in Cambria and Somerset counties.

Helping hands shape community center
With plastic hard hats askew, and armed with just about every digging implement imaginable, some 50 Ebensburg area youngsters broke ground for an investment in their future.

Board adopts new academic standards
The Pennsylvania State Board of Education voted in July to adopt in final form rigorous, new academic standards in the subjects of science and technology, and the environment and ecology.

Park gifts, service for very special visitor
Will they think of Barbara A. Campbell while enjoying the cool shade of the spreading red maple at Clear Creek State Park?

ATV owners asked to complete forms
In early August, all residents holding a title to an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) should have received a one-page letter from DCNR regarding recent changes to the ATV law.

Annual Keystone Ride to ‘peddle’ Pa. tourism
Gov. Tom Ridge will lead the seventh annual Keystone Ride, a two-day bicycle trip beginning Sept. 24 to promote travel, tourism and safe bicycling in Pennsylvania.

Park intern says ‘auf weidersehen’ to U.S.
Five months ago, Greenwood Furnace was a state park of which she knew absolutely nothing. It was located in a state of which she knew little, in a country that she had visited briefly only once.

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