21 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

There are 21 new stories in this week’s PA Environment Digest about advocating for resources to restore and protect the environment, environmental education, permanently preserving land and threatened plants, a celebration of helping landowners protect natural resources, wildlife conservation and project, linking senior communities with organic farming, supporting students in environmental career, promoting technical innovation and much 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!

-- Growing Greener Coalition: American Rescue Plan For Water & Green Infrastructure 

-- WeConservePA Urges Groups To Work With County, Local Govts. To Invest Federal Rescue Funds For Watershed Restoration, Land Conservation, Park & Trail Improvement Projects 

-- Guest Essay: Why Environmental Literacy Should Be Part Of Pennsylvania’s Education Standards - Anna R. Pauletta, PA Student Member, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Board Of Trustees

-- Western PA Conservancy Transfers 532 Acres To Allegheny National Forest In Elk County 

-- Cline Family Partners With DCNR To Formally Designate Windinoll Wild Plant Sanctuary In Allegheny County

-- NFWF/EPA Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund Awards $4.9 Million In Grants To Benefit PA Portion Of Bay Watershed

-- Pike Conservation District Celebrates 65th Anniversary; And Other News

-- Juniata Conservation District, Juniata Watershed Alliance Seek Volunteer Riparian Rangers, Training June 7; Riparian Rangers Needed In PA 

-- Rodale Institute, Cornwall Manor Senior Community Partner On Trailside Organic Farm In Lebanon County

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Update On Wild Waterways Conservancy, Environmental Education 

-- High-Performing Students Earn PA American Water's 2021 Stream Of Learning Scholarships 

-- PA American Water Awards Prizes To Winners Of Protect Our Watersheds Art Contest 

-- Keep PA Beautiful, The GIANT Company Invite Applications For Community Environmental Restoration, Green Spaces Improvement Grants

-- Sen. Comitta To Introduce Bill Investing RGGI Proceeds In Helping Communities & Workers In Clean Energy Transition, Environmental Justice Areas, Promote Energy Efficiency 

-- Rep. Kaufer Introduces Bipartisan Bill Authorizing Community Solar Projects; $2 Billion In Private Investment Waiting For This To Pass 

-- The Hershey Company Releases 2020 Sustainability Report 

-- Eco-Friendly Process To Convert Carbon Dioxide Back Into Fuel Offers Way To Close The Carbon Loop  

-- Ben Franklin BIG Idea Contest: Tech Innovators, Small Manufacturers In Central & Northern PA Can Win Up To $50,000

-- PUC Invites Comments On Proposal To Require Diversity Reporting By Public Utilities 

-- Game Commission Designates Warren County A Chronic Wasting Disease Management Area 

-- Fish & Boat Commission Awards $158,945 In Grants To Support Education Programs To Promote Fishing, Boating 

Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

NEW! Conservation Leadership NewsClips:

AP: Traumatized Veterans Heal Through The Power Of Nature 

Lancaster Conservancy: Water Connects Us All - Lancaster Water Week June 4-12

Appalachian Tree Planting Project - Reclaiming PA - Centralia [Video]

Lewistown Sentinel: Juniata Conservation District/Juniata Watershed Alliance Recruiting Volunteer Riparian Rangers To Monitor Stream Buffer Sites

The Record: Fmr Cong. Williams Clinger Dies At 92, Instrumental In Funding Lock Haven Flood Protection System

Don Hopey: Pittsburgh Region Leaders Press EPA On Lead Water Needs And Fixes

Reading Eagle: Berks County DA Joins Call To Prevent Lead Poisoning

MCall: Officials Say High Levels Of Childhood Lead Poisoning Is Significant Problem In Lehigh Valley

WBTimes: Cong. Cartwright Announces $848,440 Grant For Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority For Stormwater Improvements

WilliamsportS: Lycoming County Water & Sewer Authority OKs Growing Greener Grant To Retrofit Stormwater Basin

LancasterOnline: Water Street Park In Lancaster Has New Rain Garden

CourierT: Student-Led Garden In Bucks County School Sprouts STEM Learning

TribLive Editorial: Be A Caretaker For Pennsylvania Parks

Reading Eagle: COVID To Make Schuylkill River Sojourn Shorter And Later This Summer

PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers: 2021 Sojourn Schedule

Ad Crable: Along Scenic Octoraro Creek In Lancaster County, A Pop-Up Nature Preserve Readies To Open 

LancasterOnline: 78-Year-Old Kirwood ‘Gnome Man’ Ends Planned Hike To Ohio Early

AltoonaM: Mountain Bike Trail Planned By Altoona Water Authority Above Horseshoe Curve

Daily Local: Commissioners Add To Chester County Open Space

State College: Long-Awaited Pollinator & Bird Garden Will Be ‘Magical’ Addition To Arboretum At Penn State

WHYY: First Outdoor Philadelphia Flower Show Kicks Off Saturday At FDR Park

TribLive: Litter Gitters Get It Done During Monthly Trash Pickups In North Park

MCall: Balancing Taxpayer Money, Climate Change, Lehigh Valley Municipal, County Officials Plan For A Greener Future

Indiana Gazette: RGGI Supporters Say Initiative Could Provide Resources For When Coal-Fired Power Plants, Mines Close

Ohio River Valley Institute: Answering The Hardest Question Asked By Workers And Communities That Feel Threatened By Energy Transition 

Ohio River Valley Institute: Jobs And Equitable Transition: Bridging The Chasm Between Rhetoric And Action

Guest Essay: Together We Can Choose A Different Future For Appalachian Communities - Ohio River Valley Research Institute 

Inquirer: Demand For Green Home Features Continues Even In Today’s Competitive Market

Anya Litvak: Duquesne Light Names New CEO: Kevin Walker, First Black Man To Lead The Utility

ErieT: Tesla Electric Car Showed Up For A Drag Race In Rural Northwest PA

PG: Regional Leaders Push For State Support Of Promise At Hazelwood Green Brownfield Redevelopment

MCall: The Untold Story Of How 1,000 Acres Of Fmr Bethlehem Steel Land Became An Economic Powerhouse

Sustainable Pittsburgh: Meet Sustainability Insider Ash Andrews, Pittsburgh Center For Creative Reuse 

PG: Covestro To Address How Recycled Food Waste, Fashion, Mattresses Make Up Circular Economy

Dr. Nikhill Trivedi From Easton Elected To National Academy Of Engineers

ABC27: Wildlife Corridors Protect Endangered Species And Common Ones Too

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[Posted: June 6, 2021]  PA Environment Digest