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Allegheny National Forest

April 4, 2023

BELLEFONTE, Pa. –The Maryland Air Force National Guard on Monday opened a public comment period for residents to voice their opinion regarding a proposal to conduct low-altitude military training flights over portions of North Central Pennsylvania.

March 7, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Representatives Glenn "GT" Thompson (R-Pa.) and Jared Golden (D-Maine) and U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Angus King (I-Maine) reintroduced the Future Logging Careers Act.

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Allegheny National Forest sign
The ANF is special for many reasons. The forest is multi-use, meaning that it successfully combines forestry, recreation, tourism, timber harvesting, and energy production.

April 7, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Representative Glenn "GT" Thompson today announced that Jenks Township, in Forest County, is the recipient of a $117,440 Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) grant for the Jenks Township Trail Hub Visitor Center.

February 4, 2022

WASHINGTON, D.C.U.S. Representative Glenn "GT" Thompson, and members of the Pennsylvania Congressional Delegation, are pushing for more transparency surrounding the proposal to conduct low-altitude military training over portions of North Central Pennsylvania.

July 27, 2021

Washington, DC — Today, Congressman Glenn "GT" Thompson announced a $100,000 grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission to the Warren County Development Association to complete two additional miles of the Grouse Trail as part of the Jakes Rocks Project, a 45-mile mountain bike trail system in the Allegheny National Forest.

October 26, 2018

WARREN, Pa.U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT' Thompson welcomed U.S.Forest Chief Vicki Christiansen today to the Allegheny National Forest (ANF), and they underscored the need to keep the forest healthy and build upon past successes in the region.

October 2, 2017

Bill protects energy production, private mineral owners in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny National Forest

WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson’s bill that protects oil and gas production in the Allegheny National Forest (ANF).

May 9, 2017

Reinforces Federal Rulings Ensuring Access and Production in the Allegheny National Forest

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Glenn ‘GT’ Thompson recently reintroduced a bill that will ensure the rights of private mineral owners in the Allegheny National Forest (ANF).

April 5, 2017

Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a legislative hearing on H.R. 1731 (Rep. Hal Rogers, R-KY), the “Revitalizing the Economy of Coal Communities by Leveraging Local Activities and Investing More Act of 2017” or “RECLAIM Act.”