Tuesday PA Environmental NewsClips

Lancaster Farming: Farms Need Help If Watershed Improvement Objectives Are To Succeed

Sen. Yudichak, DEP Secretary Highlight Benefits Of Proposed Restore PA Plan To Turn Brownfield Site Into Recreation Area [PaEN]

Yudichak, DEP Secretary Tout Severance Tax Proposal To Aid Nanticoke Park Plan

Officials Say Nanticoke Land Can Be Transformed If Restore PA Passes

Litvak: Rain Drives Demand For Seeding, Erosion Controls At Pipeline Construction Projects

Fell Twp Supervisors, Residents Focus On Experimental Mine Reclamation, Wind Turbines

Lycoming Twp. Puts Proposal On Hold To Deal  With Amish Horse Manure Collectors

Carlisle Barracks Residents Warned Not To Use Water After Abnormal Readings - Site Of Fish Kill Last Week

Stroud Water Research Center Launches Its Future Of Fresh Water Initiative [PaEN]

Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Assn. Hosts 30th Anniversary Celebration Aug. 28 In Carlisle [PaEN]

Headwaters Party Supports Jacobs Creek Watershed Association Aug. 10

Southwestern PA Commission Water Resource Center Workshops: Smart Green Corridors-Aug. 27; MS4 Stormwater Refresher-Aug. 28 [PaEN]

DEP Reports Mosquitoes Have Tested Positive For West Nile Virus In Blair County Bringing Season Total To 18 [PaEN]

Letter: Bare Minimum Protections Not Good Enough For Oil & Gas Drilling

Neighbors, Officials Want Investigation Into B.Braun’s Emissions As A Cancer Risk In Lehigh County

In PA, Some VW Settlement Funds Replace Old Diesel Vehicles With New Diesel Vehicles

Legere: Why Is PA’s Gasoline Tax So High? We’ve Got A Lot Of Roads
Franklin, York County Power Line Project Goes Before PUC For Final Decision
Pittsburgh’s Industrial Evolution: From Steel City To Sustainability Pioneer

Tickets For Trashy Sidewalks Are Up 300% In Philly, But Hasn’t Fixed Litter Problem

Invasive Spotted Lanternflies Destroying Trees, Crops Leaving Behind Foul-Smelling Dew -Video

Editorial: Bumper Crop Potential - State Grant Program Promotes Urban Farms

Penn State Extension, PA Horticultural Society, Tree Pittsburgh Offer Tree Tender Training Sessions [PaEN]

PA Forestry Association Annual Wildlife & Woodlands Symposium Sept. 28 In State College [PaEN]

Haverford College Hosts Tree Canopy Conference Oct. 18 In Delaware County [PaEN]

Walk In Penn’s Woods Happening Oct. 6 To Showcase Diversity Of State’s Woodland Resources [PaEN]

Foundation For Sustainable Forests: Loving The Land-- Clarence & Deb Cleer, Spring Creek, Warren County; Erie  Gives Day Aug. 13 [PaEN]

Land Conservancy Of Adams County, Partners Preserve 144-Acre Farm [PaEN]

Heritage Conservancy Preserves 35.5-Acre Property In Bucks, Northampton Counties To Help Protect Drinking Water, Viewscape [PaEN]

The Nature Conservancy-PA Adds 175 Acres To Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge In Monroe County [PaEN]

Lancaster Conservancy Protects 49 Acres Of Wetlands; Opens Forest Garden At Conoy Wetlands Nature Preserve [PaEN]

French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Preserves Family Farm In Chester County [PaEN]

101-Acre Meng Preserve In Montgomery County Transferred To Natural Lands [PaEN]

Lebanon Valley Conservancy Preserves 172 Acres Of Farmland In Fort Indiantown Gap Buffer Area [PaEN]

Carr: Helicopters To Drop Rabies Vaccine Bait In Parts Of Allegheny County

Early-Morning Walk Revives Thoughts Of History Of Presque Isle

The World’s Most Closely-Watched Birds Are In South Philly (Not The Eagles)
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