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Outdoor times essential to Pennsylvanians during pandemic, survey says
Updated Jan 27, 2021;
Posted Jan 27, 2021
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn, left, and Insurance Department Policy Director Megan Barbour demonstrate proper social distancing of at least six feet while hiking on a Cumberland County trail.
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Nearly all Pennsylvanians who have visited parks, trails and other open spaces during the coronavirus pandemic rate their experiences as essential to their mental and physical health.
In a survey of 1,001 Pennsylvanians by the Center for Survey Research at Penn State Harrisburg, 86 percent of respondents said time in the outdoors over the past year has been essential to their mental and/or physical health.
As part of a consolidated schedule made necessary by COVID-19, trout season will begin on April 3 this year. Mentored youth fishing will be held March 27.
All-terrain vehicle and snowmobile projects advance with state grants
Updated Jan 26, 2021;
The grants, totaling $339,060, went to:
Rock Run Recreation Area Inc., $67,700, to construct a comfort station at the Rock Run Recreation Area facility in Chest Township, Cambria and Clearfield counties.
Tri-County Snowblazers Inc., $49,700, to purchase equipment to construct and maintain approximately 60 miles of snowmobile trails in Erie, Crawford and Warren counties.
Indian Creek Valley ATV Club, $54,900, to purchase equipment to construct and maintain approximately 42 miles of ATV trails in Saltlick Township, Fayette County
Friends of the Bantam Jeep Association, $40,760, to prepare a trail study to explore the feasibility of a 235-acre ATV and OHV facility in Slippery Rock and Muddy Creek townships, Lawrence and Butler counties.