Key External Documents

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Wildlife, Plant, Tree, and Recreation Management

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• Cornell Ornithology Report on Steep Losses of Migratory Birds

• Climate Change Projections For Individual Tree Species Western Allegheny Plateau (USDA Pennsylvania Subregion 1)

• DCNR Managing for Forest Resilience in a Changing Climate: A Factsheet for Forest Landowners in the Allegheny Plateau Region

• DCNR Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan 2025-2029  PDF - Scroll down.

• DCNR 2021 Penn's Parks for All

• DCNR Invasive Plant Management for Landowners

• DCNR Bureau of Forestry Strategic Plan 2025

• DCNR Wildlife Action Plan - scroll to the bottom of the page

• DCNR Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Plan - PDF - Right column

• DCNR

• Kirkland, Washington: Urban Forest and Natural Area Stewardship Planning Guide

• Pennsylvania Parks & Forests Foundation: The Legacy of Pennsylvania State Parks and Forests: The Future is In Our Hands.

• Protecting Urban Forested Natural Areas: Strategies for Conservation in Cities (2024)

• Beyond Old Growth

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Policy

• DCNR Community Conservation Partnership Program Public Participation Guide

• DCNR Project 70 Policy Guidelines (Bureau of Conservation and Recreation Conversion Guidelines)

• National Park Service Land Grant Guidelines Handbook 

• Widener University School of Law:  A Citizen’s Guide to the Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act

• Land and Water Conservation Fund:  Compliance Responsibilities and Legal Protection

• Pennsylvania Environmental Rights Amendment (Article 1; Section 27, 2001)

• Pennsylvania Project 70 Land Acquisition and Borrowing Act (document hosted by DCNR)

• PA Laws Administered by DCNR

• PA Second Class Township Code

• PA Sunshine Act​

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Articles

• Wildland- urban Fire Disasters Aren’t Actually a Wildfire Problem (2025)

• Complex interactions of deer herbivory, soil chemistry, and competing vegetation explain oak–hickory forest tree regeneration in central Pennsylvania, USA (2024)

• Forest-clearing to create early-successional habitats: Questionable benefits, significant costs (2023)

• Natural Area Forests in U.S. Cities: Opportunities and Challenges (2020)

• Pennsylvania Forests Changing from Red Oak to Red Maple

• The Role of Trees and Forests in Healthy Watersheds - PSU Extension

• John Muir’s 1897 Case for Saving America’s Forests

• Reforestration Hub: County-by-county listing

• Why Keeping Forests Intact is Key to Our Climate Fight:  Yale 360

• Protect, Manage and Then Restore Lands For Climate Mitigation, Cook-Patton, et al.

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