Press Releases
April 22, 2008 -- Proposed Allegheny National Forest Wilderness Receives National Spotlight
January 18, 2008 -- Allegheny Wilderness Protection Presentation at Shenango Valley Community Library
October 4, 2007 -- Wilderness Designations to Provide Benefits to Local ANF Economy
August 16, 2007 -- FAW Observes Passing of Howard Zahniser Sibling
July 30, 2007 -- Clearwater Conservancy endorses ANF Citizens’ Wilderness Proposal
July 20, 2007 -- Crary Art Gallery to Exhibit Art Inspired by Proposed ANF Wilderness
March 30, 2007 -- Congress, not Forest Service, is Decider on Wilderness
March 27, 2007 -- Pennsylvania Ikes endorse ANF Citizens’ Wilderness Proposal
March 8, 2007 -- Sportsman and Former Journalist Joins Friends of Allegheny Wilderness Team
November 30, 2006 -- Pennsylvanians Favor Citizens' Wilderness Proposal Over Draft Plan
October 19, 2006 -- Volunteers Needed to Complete Hickory Creek Wilderness Trail
June 15, 2006 -- Article on Proposed Morrison Run Wilderness Area Wins Prestigious Award
May 19, 2006 -- Conservationists Dissapointed With Lack of Wilderness Offered in Allegheny Plan
April 3, 2006 -- Friends of Allegheny Wilderness to present Wilderness Documentary at Clarion University
February 16, 2006 -- Tionesta Native Howard Zahniser to be Celebrated
November 6, 2005 -- Support for Friends of Allegheny Wilderness Continues to Grow
October 28, 2005 -- Tionesta Native Howard Zahniser Subject of New Biography
April 25, 2005 -- Keystone Trails Association Endorses Wilderness Proposal
September 28, 2004 -- Friends of Allegheny Wilderness Travels to Nation’s Capital
October 13, 2003 -- Potential Wilderness System Additions Identified in Commonwealth’s Only National Forest
August 13, 2001 -- Howard Zahniser Historical Marker to be Designated in Tionesta
East Fork Run in the Tionesta Research Natural Area.
Photo by Dean Wells.
Calendar
Updated 4.6.08
Below are volunteer opportunities and activities for those interested in being involved in the Friends of Allegheny Wilderness campaign to protect Pennsylvania's wilderness. Please contact FAW for further information about any of these activities, or to suggest others. Thanks for your help and support, and please keep checking back for new activities!
Ongoing -- Hikes within areas of the Allegheny National Forest that FAW has proposed for wilderness designation. Ideally, what each proposed wilderness area needs is a dedicated individual or small group of individuals to "adopt" the area -- explore, study, photograph, and advocate for its protection as wilderness independently of the broader FAW campaign. If you would like to schedule a hike into a potential wilderness, or for information on areas of the Forest you might adopt and advocate wilderness protection for yourself, please contact FAW.
May 21 -- The Citizens' Wilderness Proposal presented at the Allegheny Center Alliance Church (Union Place Building, Room 307) located on Pittsburgh’s Northside. Contact John Bartlett at jbartlett@pawild.org for more information.
April 11-13 -- Friends of Allegheny Wilderness activist training, Parker Dam State Park. Contact John Bartlett at jbartlett@pawild.org for more information.
February 14 -- "A Date With Wilderness": the Citizens' Wilderness Proposal presented at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14th at the Shenango Valley Community Library in Sharon, PA (Mercer County). Contact John Bartlett at jbartlett@pawild.org for more information.
October 21 -- Friends of Allegheny Wilderness "Wild Picnic." Millbrook Marsh Nature Center, State College, 1:30 to 3:30. Come find out what you can do to help advocate for wildenress designation in the Allegheny National Forest! Contact John Bartlett at jbartlett@pawild.org for more information.
September 23 -- Friends of Allegheny Wilderness "Wild Picnic." Callahan Park, Bradford, 1:30 to 3:30. Come find out what you can do to help advocate for wildenress designation in the Allegheny National Forest! Contact John Bartlett at jbartlett@pawild.org for more information.
September 16 -- Friends of Allegheny Wilderness "Wild Picnic." Buckaloons Campground, Allegheny National Forest, 1:30 to 3:30. Come find out what you can do to help advocate for wildenress designation in the Allegheny National Forest! Contact John Bartlett at jbartlett@pawild.org for more information.
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News Archive
The FAW campaign has been extensively covered by local and statewide news media. Below are links to PDF files of a selection of archived articles. (You'll need a pdf reader like Adobe Acrobat to view these.)
Here's an opportunity for state's U.S. forest
February 21, 2008, Patriot-News (194 K)
Wild at Heart
December 16, 2007, Tribune-Review (589 K)
More wilderness, more jobs, says advocates' study
October 5, 2007, Warren Times Observer (642 K)
A 'Wilderness Hero'
May 8, 2007, The Titusville Herald (870 K)
Saving a forest
April 29, 2007, Harrisburg Patriot-News (147 K)
Preserve more wilderness
April 6, 2007, The Buffalo News (240 K)
Allegheny needs wilderness areas
February 6, 2007, Erie Times-News (244 K)
Keep it real: Allegheny National deserves more
January 30, 2007, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (216 K)
Wild Allegheny
January 21, 2007, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (342 K)
Allegheny National Forest: Let More Grow Wild
September 30, 2006, Philadelphia Inquirer (217 K)
Revise Forest plan to protect state's wilderness
August 3, 2006, Harrisburg Patriot-News (530 K)
Local author recieves award
June 21, 2006, Warren Times Observer (450 K)
Pennsylvanian made Wilderness Act happen
February 24, 2006, Erie Times News (276 K)
Embrace all needs in new forest plan
December 19, 2005, The Meadville Tribune (353 K)
Additional groups endorse ANF citizen proposal
November 17, 2005, The Bradford Era (172 K)
Tionesta native subject of new biography
November 4, 2005, The Titusville Herald (616 K)
Forest folly
Sept. 28, 2005, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (450 K)
Planners rule out forest roadless areas
September 13, 2005, Erie Times-News (452 K)
Bureaucrats 1, Nature 0
July 28, 2005, The Buffalo News (240 K)
FAW raps buffer zone directive
June 15, 2005, Warren Times Observer (484 K)
Letter to editor from PA Trout Unlimited
May 25, 2005, The Forest Press (336 K)
Winter brings beauty, challenges to Morrison Run
March 4, 2005, Warren Times Observer (768 K)
Friday Forum by Jay Turner
February 25, 2005, Erie Times-News (484 K)
A wondrous act of man
September 6, 2004, Philadelphia Inquirer (324 K)
FAW canoe trip to mark 40th anniversary...
August 20, 2004, Warren Times Observer (484 K)
Allegheny group working to save wilderness
January 25, 2004, The Buffalo News (728 K)
Group Wants More Land Designated as Wilderness
March 14, 2003, The Bradford Era (460 K)
Forest's future
December 12, 2002, Patriot-News (225 K)
Our opinion: Merit in wilderness
Feb. 19, 2002, Warren Times Observer (200 K)
Green vs. green
Dec. 27, 2001, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (225 K)
Group wants to turn clock back on parts of forest
October 15, 2001, Erie Times-News (608 K)
Historical Marker being dedicated
August 7, 2001, Titusville Herald (185 K)
Large woody debris in the Tionesta Scenic Area as a result of a tornado that swept the region in May of 1985. Photo by Scott MacDonald.
Philipsburg Run, proposed Clarion River Wilderness Area. Photo by Bob Stoudt.
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