Water Recreation
Outdoor Towns
Outdoor towns bring people together through nature. They are small towns that have strong outdoor recreation assets, like trails, rivers, or proximity to state parks and forests— or all three!
The Outdoor Town Toolkit lays out steps to help towns invest in outdoor and nature- based community development.
Water Trails
PEC works in partnership with the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and the National Park Service to direct the Pennsylvania Water Trails Program.
The partnership works to develop routes and access points that promote sustainable use of natural resources, increase and improve access to Pennsylvania Water Trails, and connect water trails to land trails.
Stream Access
Through our affiliate group, the Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers, PEC supports the Pennsylvania River Sojourns program celebrating Pennsylvania’s waterways and administers grant programs to increase and improve access to water- based recreation.