25 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

There are 25 new stories in this week’s PA Environment Digest about securing our environmental rights in the state constitution, volunteers planting trees, cleaning up illegal dumps and litter, urging Congress to help coal country workers and communities, setting a new direction in Chesapeake Bay funding, recognizing solar energy pioneers, advocating for land conservation and protection of wildlife corridors.

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!

-- PA Environmental Defense Foundation: A Review Of Where We Are Today On The 50th Anniversary Of PA's Environmental Rights Amendment 

-- DCNR Blog: Celebrating 50 Years Of The People's Right To A Clean Environment

-- PEC Podcast: Celebrating 50th Anniversary Of PA’s Environmental Rights Amendment With Franklin Kury

-- Guest Essay: Will Congress Help Coal Country? By Joseph Pizarchik, Fmr Director, federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, and Fmr Director, DEP Bureau of Mining and Reclamation 

-- Gov. Wolf Joins Chesapeake Bay Watershed Governors, Officials Urging Congress To Support ‘Billion For The Bay Initiative' To Jumpstart Final Restoration Efforts  

-- PA Senate Passes Bill To Control Overuse Of Fertilizer On Turf 

-- Landowners Partner With Stroud Center On Stream Restoration Across Red Clay Creek Watershed In Chester County

-- Lebanon Valley Conservancy Volunteers Plant 1,000 Trees, Native Plant Gardens, Award College Scholarship

-- Student Project Brings Trees And Music To Water Quality Cleanup Efforts In Lancaster County; June 5 ‘The Big Do’ Celebration 

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Student Leaders Continue To Carry The Torch In Pennsylvania 

-- Penn State College Of Earth & Mineral Sciences Offsets Carbon Emissions One Tree At A Time 

-- Conservation Districts: Need Technical Assistance With Watershed Monitoring?  Check Out C-SAW

-- Trout Unlimited, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers New R.I.S.E Webinar Series - Introduction To Trout Fishing May 14, 21, 28 

-- Educators Workshop: Sustainable Choices, Sustainable Watersheds: Applying The MWEE Framework To Food And Fiber June 14-15

-- PA Solar Center To Recognize Solar Energy Leaders In Beaver, Washington Counties In Special May 20 Virtual Event 

-- Keep PA Beautiful Recognizes Tim Arnold, Richland Twp. Supervisor, With Community Pride Award In Bucks County

-- 390 Volunteers Clear 11,000 Pounds Of Trash. During ClearWater Conservancy's 25th Watershed Cleanup Day In Centre County 

-- New Addition At Kings Gap Environmental Ed Center Protects Amphibian Habitat, Provides More Accessible Hiking Opportunities In Cumberland County 

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy:  Green Lodging Partners Raise Funds For Conservation 

-- North Branch Land Trust Executive Director Paul Lumia Retiring; Executive Search Underway 

-- Heritage Conservancy President Jeffrey L. Marshall To Retire After 40 Years Of Service And Advocacy 

-- Wild Excellence Films Wins Waterwalker Film Festival Award For Paddleboarding Film 'A Quiet Excitement' Showcasing SW PA Lakes and Creeks

-- Temple Student Kyle Chin Promotes Inclusion In Recreation 

-- Duquesne Light Now Accepting Community Impact Grant Applications For Projects/Programs In Allegheny, Beaver Counties 

-- Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Conservation Corridors & Ecological Connectivity By Deborah Woodard, Deborah Woodard, Anthony Bastian and Sally Sims, Pennsylvania Habitat Connectivity 

Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

NEW! Conservation Leadership NewsClips:

AP: Flight 93 Families Hope Heroism Award Helps Keep Story Alive

Mary Ann Thomas: CNX Grant To Reclaim ‘Burgundy Discharge’ And Boney Pile Along Roaring Run Trail In Armstrong County

TribLive: Protect PT In Westmoreland County Will Appeal Fracking Decision To PA Supreme Court

TribLive: Citizen Group Appeals To Commonwealth Court To Overturn Murrysville Fracking Ordinance

WHYY: ‘Our Tree Canopy Is Under Attack’: Lower Merion Climate Activists Rebuke School District’s Latest Development Plan In Montgomery County

PA Environmental Council: 2021 Climate Impacts Assessment Highlights Challenges And Opportunities For PA

Rachel McDevitt: Clean Energy Advocates Say Industry Will Slow If Lawmakers Fail To Increase Renewable Energy Goals

Guest Essay: PA Can Do Right By Fossil Fuel Workers While Tackling Climate Change

LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Waste Authority Gets State Grant To Make Its Vehicle Fleet Greener

ErieT: Erie-Built Electric Locomotive Proved Itself In California Desert; Could It Be Headed To Market Soon?  

PG Editorial: Approving Abandoned Oil & Gas Well Cleanup Would Aid The Environment, Protect Jobs

Inquirer Editorial: How Many Violations Will Be Enough For Gov. Wolf To Pull The Plug On Mariner East Pipeline? 

Guest Essay: PA’s Public Lands Should Be Protected For Everyone, Not Drilled Into Oblivion

TribLive: Penn State Master Gardeners Use Trial Gardens At North Park To Test Plants For Hardiness In Allegheny County

Marcus Schneck: Endangered Butterflies Reintroduced At Secret Sites In PA 

MCall: ‘Another Kind Of Epidemic’: Tired Of Trash, Whitehall Launches Initiative To Curb Its Litter Problem

TribLive: 35,000 Pounds Of Medication Collected In PA During Drug Take Back Day

Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Hold Hickory Creek Wilderness Trail Stewardship Days May 15 & 16, Warren County 

Sean Sauro: Rail Trail Bridge Destroyed In Arson Closer To Repairs After New Funding, Search For Builders In Lancaster County 

Inquirer: Residents Turned Vacant Lot Into Park, But Philly Wants To Build Affordable Housing There

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[Posted: May 16, 2021]  PA Environment Digest