Protect our Parks & Forests
For our health, our economy and our future
“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and aesthetic values of the environment.”
Pennsylvania’s public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.
Pennsylvania Constitution | Article 1, Section 27 | Natural Resources and the Public EstateThe Problem
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