{"id":268611,"date":"2026-08-20T04:02:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T04:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/268611\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T04:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T04:02:17","slug":"nearly-3000-pounds-of-trash-was-removed-from-forest-in-pennsylvania-see-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/268611\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 3,000 pounds of trash was removed from forest in Pennsylvania. See photos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 3,000 pounds of trash was removed from the Michaux State Forest in Pennsylvania last week, officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Michaux Forest District said in a Facebook post that its staff pulled 2,900 pounds of trash illegally dumped along the road in the state forest. The trash included mattresses, couches, televisions and tires.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not only does this utilize valuable resources and time away from our daily tasks, but it also uses funds out of our district budget to dispose of other people&#8217;s trash,&#8221; the Facebook post said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Michaux Forest District, located in south-central Pennsylvania, is asking the public&#8217;s help in identifying the people who dumped the trash. If anyone spots trash dumping or other illegal activities, they can contact the district forest at 717-352-2211 or fd01@pa.gov.   <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you do see somebody dumping trash on the state forest, we ask that you please do NOT approach them but instead take a picture of a license plate or take note of the make and model of the vehicle to help our rangers investigate,&#8221; the Facebook post closed with.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Michaux State Forest, according to the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, is considered Pennsylvania&#8217;s &#8220;cradle of forestry.&#8221; It covers more than 85,500 acres in the South Mountain area in Cumberland, Franklin and Adams counties. The state said the forest is named for Andre Michaux, a French botanist who discovered and named many plants in the 18th century.<\/p>\n<p>Photos of the dumped trash can be found below.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/777854202-2496836484153445-1341927097107311206-n.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"777854202-2496836484153445-1341927097107311206-n.jpg \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Nearly 3,000 pounds of trash was removed from the Michaux State Forest in Pennsylvania, officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                (Photo Credit: Michaux Forest District)<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/777867413-2290603018422338-5521440689173805599-n.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"777867413-2290603018422338-5521440689173805599-n.jpg \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Nearly 3,000 pounds of trash was removed from the Michaux State Forest in Pennsylvania, officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                (Photo Credit: Michaux Forest District)<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/778767458-1314837827183820-8125046663403749350-n.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"778767458-1314837827183820-8125046663403749350-n.jpg \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Nearly 3,000 pounds of trash was removed from the Michaux State Forest in Pennsylvania, officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                (Photo Credit: Michaux Forest District)<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/777801142-1043591938272702-7884953645423429411-n.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"777801142-1043591938272702-7884953645423429411-n.jpg \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Nearly 3,000 pounds of trash was removed from the Michaux State Forest in Pennsylvania, officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                (Photo Credit: Michaux Forest District)<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/776040607-1701620487781806-3192265307289903808-n.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"776040607-1701620487781806-3192265307289903808-n.jpg \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Nearly 3,000 pounds of trash was removed from the Michaux State Forest in Pennsylvania, officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                (Photo Credit: Michaux State Forest)<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nearly 3,000 pounds of trash was removed from the Michaux State Forest in Pennsylvania last week, officials said.\u00a0&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[28,73,75,74],"class_list":["post-268611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}