18 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

There are 18 new stories in this week’s PA Environment Digest that show environmental and conservation leadership from anglers, farmers, forestland owners, RiverKeepers, parks and forests enthusiasts, colleges and universities, forest professionals and more.

There are many, many more people just like these working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

Thank you for your leadership!

-- Gov. Wolf Recognizes DEP’s Jill Whitcomb, Heidi Kunka For Their Efforts To Restore Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Combat Climate Change 

-- Turkey Hill Clean Water Partnership - Three Scoops Of Water Pollution Reduction

-- Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper, EIP File Complaint In Federal Court Over City Of Harrisburg 800 Million Gallon Sewage Overflows 

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Celebrate The Innovative, Amazing Work Of 19 COVID Champions May 12 Virtual Awards Ceremony

-- 50 PA Forest Landowners Enroll Over 7,000 Acres In Family Forest Carbon Program, Over 700 More Landowners Interested 

-- Natural Lands Preserves Vulnerable 12 Acre Section Of East Branch Brandywine Creek In Chester County

-- Thomas & Marjorie Seibert Partner With French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust To Protect Nearly 20 Acres Of Woodlands 

-- Pike County Task Force Releases Results Of First-Of-Its-Kind Baseline Tick-Borne Illness Study  

-- Forbes Trail Chapter Of TU Recognizes Monty Murty With The Don Robb Memorial Chapter Service Award In Westmoreland County

-- Senators Santarsiero, Collett To Reintroduce Bills To Give Attorney General Direct Jurisdiction Over Prosecuting Environmental Crimes

-- Earth Conservancy Holds Info Sessions On Environmental Workforce Training Program; Now Accepting Sign Ups In NE PA 

-- Keep PA Beautiful: The Consequences Of Illegal Dumping Trash, Tires - Abandoned Mine Fire In Northumberland County

-- Washington County Volunteers Conquered Trash Mountain! 

-- SEEDS, The Highlights Foundation Virtual Update On Sustainability Initiatives At Boyds Mill Retreat Center In Wayne County May 11 

-- Northampton Community College ETAC Offering Energy Assessments To Agricultural Producers, Rural Small Businesses & Manufacturers In PA 

-- Join PennTAP's Free PA Industrial Energy Readiness Cohort To Develop An Energy Management System For Your Business

-- Solar Energy Industries Assn. New Traceability Protocol Allows Solar Companies To Ensure Ethical Supply Chain; Updated Standards For Recycling 

-- PA Forestry Assn. Discovering PA's Forest Heritage Video Series: Civilian Conservation Corps Video Now Available 

Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

NEW! Conservation Leadership NewsClips:

Pocono Record: Sen. Franklin Kury Deserves Recognition For Environmental Rights Amendment

TribLive: Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Plant Completed In South Fayette

Sean Sauro: Plants To Capture Water On New Green Roof Of Nearly Complete Lancaster Fire Station 

Ad Crable: Conservationists Hope To Boost Hammer Creek’s Wild Trout Potential With $5.2 Million Pollution Mitigation Plan In Lancaster County

NextPittsburgh: Meet UpstreamPgh: New Name, Same Dedication To The Nine Mile Run Watershed

YorkDR: Protecting Waterways: Slogan And Logo Contest For Lebanon Countywide Clean Water Action Plan

Mary Ann Thomas: Free Recommendations To Improve Properties In Buffalo Creek Watershed Allegheny, Armstrong, Butler Counties

Chesapeake Bay Program Blog: 5 Sustainable Vineyards In The Chesapeake Bay Watershed [Happy Valley Vineyard & Winery, State College]

Wellsboro Gazette: Scouts Plant Trees At Veteran’s Maple Farm In Tioga County

CitizensV: Blight Committee Aims To Buy Vacant Wilkes-Barre Lot For Garden

TribLive: Jack Sedlak Cleanup In Monroeville Makes A Comeback In 2021

PG: Pittsburgh Likely To Consider Single-Use Plastic Bag Ban This Summer

WPVI: PA ‘Climate Reality Leader’ Dissects Climate Change In Philadelphia Region

PennEnvironment: How A  Zero-Emission Vehicle Program Would Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions And Air Pollution In PA

Inquirer: Electric Cars Are Coming, And Gas Stations Will Have To Adjust

Anya Litvak/Laura Legere: Project To Plug 1,600 Wells Almost Ready To Launch In Allegheny National Forest Faces Delays, Doubt, Even An Arrest Warrant

Farm & Dairy: Town Hall Showcases Opportunities For Reclaimed Mine Land

AAAS: Penn State To Lead Critical Minerals, Rare Earth Elements Consortium Powered By $1.2 Million Grant From DOE

PG: Fmr Hazelwood Coke Works Being Considered For Green Manufacturing Plant

NextPittsburgh: Public Plaza Opens Saturday With Celebration At Hazelwood Green Redeveloped Steel Mill Site In Allegheny County

ScrantonT: New Stretch Of Lackawanna River Heritage Tail Slated For Completion By Year’s End

ScrantonT: Anthracite Bicycle Coalition Gears Up For Next Chapter

WilliamsportS: City Parks Survey For Accessibility Under Development

LancasterOnline: Kirkwood’s Gnome Man Plans To Walk 380 Miles To A Type 1 Diabetes Camp; Here’s Why 

TribLive: Kayakers Take To The Water For 7th Annual Loyalhanna Sojourn In Westmoreland

TribLive: Paddling Sojourn On Conemaugh, Kiski Rivers Returns After Pandemic Hiatus

Inquirer: Drive Up To A Paddling Film Festival In Pottstown

YorkDR: Man Repels Off Susquehanna River Bridge To Save Osprey Hanging By Fishing Line - Video 

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[Posted: May 9, 2021]  PA Environment Digest