Pennsylvania’s state parks and forestlands draw more than people. They draw jobs. Lots of jobs.

Just ask employees of the Berlin-based Darr Construction Co. Or, perhaps, workers with Leiblod Inc. in Pottsville, or K&K Plumbing Co. in Johnstown, or Keystone Lime Co. in Fort Hill.

Together, they produced a new maintenance building and ranger station that is the envy of state forest districts across the state.

DCNR Economic Impact Spotlight: State Parks & Forests Are Economic Drivers In Rural Pennsylvania. PA Environment Digest Blog, 1/13/2021.