1,198 New Stories In 2021 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA - Is Your Story Being Told?

Here are 1,198 articles published in local news media and in the PA Environment Digest during 2021 that tell the stories of thousands of individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

The diversity, creativity and just the sheer number of projects and programs is truly amazing!

This kind of leadership deserves our respect and the support by state lawmakers.

Thank you one and all for your conservation leadership!

Thank you to local news media for publishing these stories!  Support Local Journalism!

Is your story being told?

-- In Memoriam: Louise Dunlap A Leading Force Behind Coal Mine Reclamation, Regulation 

-- In Memoriam - Dr. Jim Finley, Fmr. Director Of The Center For Private Forests At Penn State  [PaEN]

-- In Memoriam: Dr. Edward Bellis, Penn State Professor, Conservationist

-- In Memoriam: Bay Journal: Happy Water Trails, Allan Quant, You Will Be Missed 

-- In Memoriam: DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: John Eastlake, Conservationist, Outdoorsman, Fmr DCNR Forester

-- Gov. Gifford Pinchot On Leadership: Collaboration And Honesty Are The Foundation Of Effective Leadership In Public Office

-- Mira Lloyd Dock On Leadership: The Old Selfish Minds Must Go. Obstructive Reactionaries Must Move On. The Young Are At The Gates!

-- Ralph W. Abele On Leadership: Do Your Duty And Fear No One!

-- Rachel Carson On Leadership: The Human Race is Challenged More Than Ever Before To Demonstrate Our Mastery, Not Over Nature, But Of Ourselves

-- Gov. Dick Thornburgh On Leadership: People Living In The Chesapeake Bay States Should Not Have To Wait Another 30-Plus Years For Clean Water

-- Gov. Robert P. Casey On Leadership: Our Problems Have Taught Us That We Cannot Continue The Mindless Practices Of The Past

-- Gov. Tom Ridge On Leadership: I Call For Pennsylvania To Be A Showcase Of Well-Reasoned And Inspired Environmental Leadership

-- Op-Ed: New Year's Resolutions For Pennsylvania Legislators - Fair Districts PA, PA League Of Women Voters

-- Lebanon Valley College's Commitment To The Environment

-- Pronio Family, Manada Conservancy Partner To Preserve 12 More Acres Of Farmland

-- Piper VanOrd Of Allegheny Outfitters In Warren County Reflects On 2020 - Challenges, Opportunities, Inspiration, Beauty

-- 'Up Stream’ Project Brings Bold Colors And Clean Water Message To Elk County

-- DCNR Faced Never Imagined Challenges In 2020, And Helped 45.3 Million People Use Outdoor Recreation As Refuge From A Global Pandemic

-- PA Environmental Council: The Next 50 - Pennsylvania's Evolving Legacy

-- Fish & Boat Commissioner Charles Charlesworth Honored As 2021 Conservationist Of The Year By Fly Fisherman Magazine 

-- Allegheny County Community College Approves Installation Of 540-Kilowatt Solar Energy Array

-- City Of Philadelphia Commits To Carbon Neutrality By 2050, Releases Climate Action Playbook, Hires First Chief Resilience Officer 

-- Thouron Family Partners With Brandywine Conservancy, Oxford Area Foundation To Protect 577 Acres along Octoraro Creek In Chester County 

-- Reclaiming Appalachia Coalition Highlights Projects To Restore Old Coal Sites, Including EPCAMR Solar Energy Redevelopment Of Abandoned Mine Sites

-- Mountainhome United Methodist Church Partners With Brodhead Watershed Assn. To Install 2 Green Infrastructure Projects In Monroe County 

-- Delaware & Hudson Rail-Trail Named 2021 Pennsylvania Trail Of The Year 

-- New Paradise Discovery Nature-Play Park Now Open In Monroe County

-- 26 More Counties Take The Lead In Developing Local Clean Water Action Plans In PA Portion Of Chesapeake Bay Watershed

-- CNH Industrial-New Holland Ag Partners With Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay On Riparian Buffer Project In Lancaster County 

-- Miller Family, Mountain Watershed Assn. Partner To Protect 21 Acres Of Land In Fayette County

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission To Mark 50th Anniversary Of Basin Compact In 2021

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: Small Communities Becoming More Desirable In COVID Pandemic

-- DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Joe Graci, Fmr DCNR Director Of Legislative Affairs 

-- PA Environmental Educators Issue Call To Restore Environment, Ecology & Agriculture Education Standards; Town Hall Set For Feb. 3

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

-- Landowners, Watershed Group Partner With Wildlands Conservancy To Help Restore Oughoughton Creek In Northampton County

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA, DCNR Partner To Add 1,068 Acres To Delaware State Forest In Monroe County 

-- Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Recognizes Outstanding 2020 Volunteers Of The Year

-- Allegheny County Announces Commitment To Locally-Generated Renewable Hydropower

-- TribLive Editorial: It Isn’t Pittsburgh vs. Paris On Environmental Policy

-- Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Foundation President Will Baker Retiring After 40 Years

-- Franklin Kury Previews Upcoming Book Celebrating 50th Anniversary Of PA’s Environmental Rights Amendment

-- Hollow Oak Land Trust Celebrates 30 Years Of Protecting & Connecting Greenspace In Western PA

-- Buck Hill Conservation Foundation Helps Protect Forests For The Future In Monroe County 

-- Western PA Conservancy Protects 119 Acres, Expands Recreation In Buchanan State Forest, Bedford County

-- PA Forestry Assn. Exploring Climate Change Impacts On Penn’s Woods Symposium Presentations Now Available 

-- PA/NJ Chapter American Chestnut Foundation Posts Chestnut Week Presentations From The Virtual PA Farm Show

-- DCNR Receives Favorable Audit Of Sustainable Management Practices In 4 State Forest Districts

-- Shenango River In NW PA Named Pennsylvania 2021 River Of The Year

-- Diverse Group Of Agriculture, Conservation Partners Launch Project To Help Farmers Install Conservation Practices In 3 Watersheds In Lancaster, Dauphin & Lebanon Counties

-- Forbes Trail Chapter Of Trout Unlimited, Partners To Study Fish, Habitat Health In Linn Run Watershed, Westmoreland County

-- State, Local Partners Made Record Progress In 2nd Year Of Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan 

-- York Daily Record/USA Today Special Report: PA’s Polluted Susquehanna River Is Poisoning The Chesapeake Bay - What Can Be Done

-- Good Samaritan Proposal To Plug Orphan Oil & Gas Well In Bradford County

-- DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Tributes To Patrick J. Solano From DCNR 

-- DCNR Rangers Answered The Call To Help Protect PA Capitol Buildings

-- Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Study Shows Use Of Digitized Museum Data And Citizen Science Results Are Launching Biodiversity Research Into A New Era

-- Piping Plover From Presque Isle State Park In Erie Spotted At Honeymoon Island State Park In Dunedin, Florida 

-- PA Solar Center To Recognize Solar Energy Leaders In Central PA On Feb. 11

-- PA Environmental Council Renews Call For Pennsylvania To Lead On Climate Change And Reducing Carbon Pollution

-- PUC Chair Dutrieuille Honors Strength & Impact Of Black Families As PA’s Black History Month Celebrations Begin 

-- John Hoover: My Experience With The Family Forest Carbon Program That Pays Landowners To Implement Sustainable Forest Practices

-- Lightsource bp 17.5 Megawatt Solar Farm Now Operational In Franklin County 

-- The Philadelphia Energy Co-op Expands Services

-- Lebanon County Dairy Farmer Matt Bomgardner Adopts Rotational Grazing, Other Techniques To Improve Water Quality And His Bottom Line

-- Capital RC&D Grazing Advisors Hold March 2, 9 Grazing Webinars

-- Lebanon Valley Conservancy: Applications Due For College Scholarship; Volunteer For Tree Plantings; March 14 Migratory Bird Presentation

-- PA American Water Accepting Applications For 2021 Environmental Grant Program 

-- Brodhead Watershed Assn. Offering Free Training For Streamwatchers In Monroe County 

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Delivering Watershed Education Programming To Girls' Doorsteps; Summer Internships Available 

-- Greene County Student One Of National Conservation District Assn. Poster Contest Winners - Where Would We BEE Without Pollinators?

-- Diakon Lutheran Social Ministries, Central PA Conservancy Partner To Permanently Protect Wilderness Center, Native Plant Nursery

-- The Conservation Fund Donates 528-Acre Addition To Pinchot State Forest In Lackawanna County 

-- South Mountain Partnership Recognizes Dr. Claire Jantz With Spirit of South Mountain Award

-- Landforce Now Accepting Applications For Crew Positions In Pittsburgh & Surrounding Neighborhoods; Need Help With A Green Infrastructure Project?

-- Natural Lands, Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Host Feb. 24 Organizing Black Birders Week Webinar With Tykee James

-- Keep PA Beautiful Local Affiliates Recycle 1.1 Million Pounds Of E-Waste, 11,800 Tires In Special Collection Events In 2020

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Files To Intervene In PA Senate Republican Lawsuit To Overturn Moratorium On Drilling In Delaware River Watershed

-- Lebanon Valley Conservancy, Landowners Worked Together To Plant 1,500 In 2020 As Part Of Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership 

-- Members Of PA Veteran Farming Project Adopt Sustainable Farming Methods, Including Planting Forested Stream Buffers In Tioga, Wyoming Counties 

-- Allegheny County Master Watershed Stewards Prep For 3-Year Stream Assessment Project 

-- Family Farmers, Agriculture Partner To Protect 2,638 Acres Of Farmland On 30 Farms For The Future

-- Dry Hollow Hunting Club, ClearWater Conservancy Partner To Add Over 1,200 Acres To Rothrock State Forest In Centre, Huntingdon Counties

-- DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Mickayla Poland, Artist, Business Owner In PA Wilds 

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Volunteers Across Pennsylvania Have Collected Over 1 Million Waste Tires For Recycling, Proper Disposal 

-- PA Solar Center Recognizes 10 Solar Energy Leaders In Central PA

-- Op-Ed: Climate Change And Clean Energy - A Veteran's Perspective 

-- PA Society For Ornithology Announces Inaugural Breeding Bird Blitz For Conservation - June 18-21 

-- PA Conservation Districts Highlight Vital Services That Kept Pennsylvania Running In 2020 

-- Donegal Trout Unlimited Climber's Run Stream Restoration Preserves Magic Of Retreat Center In Lancaster County

-- PACD Building For Tomorrow 2020 Conservation District Education Video Award Winners 

-- Frye Family Farm Video Wins Westmoreland County First Place In PA Assn. Of Conservation Districts Contest

-- Giant Food Company, Rodale Institute Announce New Partnership On Regenerative Organic Farming

-- Keep PA Beautiful Kicks Off Pick Up Pennsylvania Litter Cleanup, Beautification Program March 1 

-- Pennsylvania Master Naturalist Program Trained 609 Volunteers, Improved 1,160 Miles Of Streams, Reached 104,000 People Over 10 Years  

-- PA Environmental Defense Foundation Asks PA Supreme Court To Stop Unconstitutional Diversions Of Revenue From Gas Drilling On State Forest Land That So Far Has Taken Over $829 Million

-- PA Association Of Environmental Educators Announced 2021 Education Award Winners

-- Natural Lands President Oliver Bass Featured In Philadelphia Business Journal's 'Power 100'

-- DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: In Memoriam John Eastlake, Conservationist, Outdoorsman, Fmr DCNR Forester

-- Bay Journal Forum: Muddy Creek Chapter Trout Unlimited's Many Hands Make Light Work Of Tree-Planting In York County

-- Chestnut Ridge Trout Unlimited, Western PA Conservancy Partner To Cleanup Mine Drainage In Dunbar Creek, Fayette County

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Looking Forward To A Year Of Growth 

-- PA Nature Conservancy Adds 1,058 Acres To Cove Mountain Preserve In Perry County

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper, Talen Energy Agreement To Close Montour Power Plant Coal Ash Disposal Site, Donate 805 Acres, $1.2 Million For Conservation Efforts

-- Central PA Conservancy Protects 233 Acres Of Farm, Forest Land Containing Rare Plant Community In Franklin County

-- Jane McCartney, A Sister Of Mercy, Donates Easement To Western PA Conservancy To Permanently Protect Forest Land In Clearfield County

-- Hershey Company Announces Goal To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 25% By 2030 From 2018 Baseline

-- Op-Ed: Pennsylvania Agriculture Is Vulnerable To Climate Change - Pasa Sustainable Agriculture

-- Op-Ed: We Are All Stewards Of God's Creation - PA Interfaith Power & Light

-- Pittsburgh Shade Tree Commission Introduces Equitable Street Tree Investment Strategy

-- Pike County Commissioners Begin Lackawaxen River Corridor Trail Feasibility Study

-- Votes Are In For 3 Pennsylvania Trails In USA Today 10Best Recreational Trails Competition!

-- Penn Power Partners With Erie Bird Observatory For 2nd Year To Protect Osprey, Birds Of Prey

-- Middle & Lower Susquehanna RiverKeepers, File Notice Of Lawsuit Over Fish & Wildlife Service Decision To Deny Endangered Species Protection For Eastern Hellbenders

-- David Wise, Stroud Center, Recognized With Watershed Forestry Leadership Award

-- Land O’Lakes Dairy Farmers Working With The Hershey Company, Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay On Water Quality, Climate Initiatives

-- PA Members Of Congress Introduce Bipartisan Bills To Reclaim Abandoned Mine Lands, Create Jobs 

-- Bay Journal: What Will It Take To Clean Up Abandoned Mine Land In Chesapeake Bay Watershed? - Part I 

 -- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Hosting HERYN - Helping Engage Our River's Youth With Nature Program This Summer

-- Keep America Beautiful Recognizes DEP And PennDOT With National Partnership Awards 

-- PA Resources Council Recycled Paper Co-op Offers Consumers 100% Recycled Paper At Significant Savings In Pittsburgh

-- DMI Companies President & CEO Raymond Yeager Appointed CEOs For Sustainability Co-chair 

-- PennDOT New Scenic Byway Designation For The Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway In Chester, Delaware Counties  

-- PA Historical & Museum Commission Approves 23 Historical Markers, Including 2 Related To PA's Environmental Heritage 

-- Senators Laughlin, Haywood Announce Bipartisan Bill To Increase AEPS Solar Share To 5.5% 

-- Penn State's Solar Energy Partnership Recognized By National APPA Leadership In Educational Facilities 

-- PA Township News: Solar Farming: The Next Big Thing?  Rural Communities On The Front Lines Of Solar's Growth

-- Sen. Mensch Introduces Bill To Encourage Development Of Clean Vehicle Infrastructure- Electric, Natural Gas, Hydrogen 

-- 35 Senate, House Democrats Urge Gov. Wolf To Investigate Health Impacts Associated With Natural Gas Fracking

-- EPA Honors Energy-Efficient Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc. In Reading With ENERGY STAR Certification 

-- PUC Chairman Gladys Brown Dutrieuille Honored As Part Of Women’s History Month

-- DEP Finishes One Year Working Remotely Thru Pandemic: 703 More Permits, 2,062 More Inspections Since Last Week

-- Environmental Groups Petition PA Supreme Court To Overturn Ruling Denying Attorney’s Fees In Successful Challenge To Mariner East Pipeline Permit

-- U.S. House Hearing On Reauthorizing Federal Abandoned Mine Lands Program: We Don’t Deserve To Wait Any Longer For Clean Streams, Diversified Economies

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership: Returning Forests To Reclaimed Abandoned Mine Lands 

-- Trout Stocking On Ten Mile Creek In Greene County With Izaak Walton League Members 

-- DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Alysha Trexler, Biologist

-- Celebrating Women In Forestry: Nancy Baker - Women & Their Woods; Holly May - DCNR Forester

-- Natural Lands Permanently Preserves 103-Acre Seidel Hill In Berks County

-- Chester County Commissioners Host April 29 Open Space Summit

-- Citizen Scientists Help Penn State Identify What Eats Spotted Lanternflies-- Chickens, Praying Mantises, Birds Leading

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets March 24 On Land & Water Trail Network Plan; Equity In The Outdoors

-- 18-Year Old Peregrine Falcon Nesting On Rachel Carson Building Perishes, Sired 65 Falcons In His Lifetime

-- Bay Journal: Floodplain Restoration Earns Dover Twp., York County Its Dream Park 

-- Cub Scouts Help Improve Streambank While Learning About Erosion Issues From Snyder County Conservation District

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Provides Updates On Rehab Of 2 Passive Mine Drainage Treatment Systems In Butler County 

-- PA Sustainable Agriculture Hosts April 2 Webinar On Unearthing Soil Trends - Insights From Our Study Of 100+ Farms 

-- PA County Conservation Districts Seek Farmers In Ohio, Delaware Watersheds For Farmer Focus Groups 

-- DCNR Blog: Forested Stream Buffers Grow Clean Water And Local Businesses

-- Mom & Pop Shop Success Linked To Proximity To PA State Parks & Forests; Mom & Pop Business Owners Day March 29

-- Wildlife For Everyone Awards 5 Scholarships To Conservation-Focused Students 

-- Sign Up Now For PA Master Naturalist Training This Fall In 7 Counties

-- Unruh Turner Burke & Frees Assists Brandywine Conservancy In Preserving 577 Acres In Chester County As A Public Nature Preserve 

-- Wild Excellence Films Releases Documentary About ‘The Last Prairie’ At Jennings Environmental Ed Center In Butler County

 -- USGS Releases First-Of-Its-Kind Sampling Data For 33 PFAS Compounds, Including PFOS+PFOA In PA Surface Waters 

 -- Gov. Wolf Announces Major Commitment To Solar Energy To Supply Nearly 50% Of State Government's Electricity Needs

-- Senate Committee OKs Bill To Encourage Development Of Clean Vehicle Infrastructure- Electric, Natural Gas, Hydrogen

-- Sen. Scavello Reintroduces Legislation To Enable Community Solar Projects 

-- Federal Court Grants Request For 16 PA Senate Democrats To Intervene In PA Senate Republican Caucus Legal Challenge To Delaware River Basin Commission Natural Gas Fracking Ban

-- Academy Of Natural Sciences Hosts April 8 World Premier Of A River Reborn Documentary About the Little Conemaugh River

-- A Faith-Based Farm Renews The Spirit Of The Land In Lancaster County

-- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, Trout Unlimited: Preserving PA Streams - Brodhead Creek, Monroe County

-- Audubon Society Of Western PA Workshop Series With Free Trees, Native Plants For Buffalo Creek Watershed Residents 

-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Announces Award Of 12 Grants Totaling $70,000 For Stream Habitat Restoration

-- Finding Fun In The Brodhead Watershed Now Available For Earth Day Fun In Monroe County 

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Studies Highlight Reality Of Microplastics In Region's Waterways

-- DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Claire Jantz, Chair, Friends Of Michaux State Forest 

-- Potential Design Options For Hazelwood Green Riverfront In Pittsburgh To Be Unveiled During April 7 Virtual Meeting 

-- PA Wilds Blog: PA Outdoors Corps: Investing In The Next Generation And Our Public Lands

-- PA Resources Council 2021 Schedule Of 23 Household Chemical, Hard-To-Recycle, Electronic Waste Collection Events In Western PA

-- PUC Proposes New Rules On Replacement Of Consumer-Owned Lead Service, Damaged Wastewater Service Laterals Cost Recovery

-- Coalition Of Groups Announces Support For Bipartisan Senate Bill To Increase AEPS Solar Share To 5.5%

-- Harrisburg University, PA Environmental Resource Consortium, Partners To Co-Host Environmental Justice In PA Summit April 6

-- Coming For Earth Day! New Book By Franklin Kury Makes The Case For A Constitutional Right To A Healthy Environment

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Announces Haiku Poetry Contest On Natural Preservation To Honor PA Environmental Rights Amendment 

-- Council Of State Environmental Agencies Works To Encourage Lifecycle Product Stewardship To Minimize Health, Safety, Environmental, Social Impacts

-- In Memoriam: Dr. Edward Bellis, Penn State Professor, Conservationist

-- Tioga County Sugar Maple Farmer Plants Trees For The Next Generation, To Protect Water Quality

-- Join People Of Faith Throughout Lancaster County In Planting Trees Of Peace

-- Lebanon Valley Conservancy Needs Volunteers For April 16-17 Tree Plantings

-- PA Forestry Assn. Tells House Committee About Importance Of  Sustainability, Forest Stewardship 

-- Penn State Extension: Introduction To Forests, Carbon Sequestration & Markets April 21 & 28 

-- SBN Green Stormwater Infrastructure Partners Announce Finalists For Excellence In GSI Awards; Celebrating 10 Years Of Philadelphia's Green City, Clean Waters Plan

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Songs Of The Susquehanna Project CDs Are Available, Order Your Copy Now!

-- Lackawanna College Environmental Ed Center Offers Early Explorers Outdoor Program For Children 

-- Wildlife, Environmental Groups Unveil New Underfunded and Polluted: Solutions to Fund Clean Water In PA Report 

-- Farm, Conservation Groups Applaud Bipartisan Senate Bill Setting Up Cost-Share Program To Support Clean Water Efforts By Farmers - If Funded 

-- Agriculture, Conservation, Wildlife Groups Advocate For Robust Funding For Federal USDA Conservation Programs 

-- DCNR's Conservation & Natural Resources Council Holds April 29 Equity In The Outdoors Conversation

-- We Conserve PA: May 17 - Attempting To Understand The Disconnect Between African Americans And The Outdoors 

-- Potter-Tioga Counties’ Cherry Springs State Park Ranked One Of Nation’s Finest Stargazing Spots

-- Allegheny Land Trust Finalizes Acquisition Of 155 Acres In Girty's Woods, Allegheny County 

-- Natural Lands: PECO Green Region Grants Awarded To 19 Southeast PA Municipalities, Nonprofits 

-- Senate, House Democrats To Introduce Bill To Transition PA To 100% Renewable Energy By 2050 

-- New Report: Electrifying Buildings Could Reap Major Health, Climate Pollution Reduction Benefits In PA 

-- Op-Ed: Pennsylvania's Environmental Protection Must Be Strengthened - Rep. Vitali 

-- Morton Family Partners With French Valley Conservancy To Donate 340 Acres In Crawford County 

-- Farm Families Partner With Dept. Of Agriculture To Protect 26 More Farms, 2,370 Acres From Future Development

-- Westmoreland Land Trust Protects 96-Acre Farm Near Greensburg For Nature & Art Park

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators: 2021 Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience Award Winners

-- DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Rachel Reyna, Chief, DCNR Rural & Community Forestry Section

-- Penn State Environmental Resources Management Program Alumni Wayne Kober Celebrating 50 Years Of Impact, Inspired By First Earth Day 

-- Bay Journal: It Takes Coal To Heal Coal's Scars On The Landscape; Future Funding In Doubt - Part II 

-- Bradford White Water Heater Manufacturer, 5 Other PA Companies Receive 2021 EPA ENERGY STAR Partner Of Year Awards

-- PA Conservative Energy Forum: Harvesting Pennsylvania Clean Energy 'Land & Liberty Coalition' Grassroots Initiative

-- Talen Energy Announces $2 Billion Joint Venture With Pattern Energy To Grow Renewable Energy Generation Portfolio 

-- Sen. Scavello Introduces Bill Authorizing Community Solar Projects; $2 Billion Worth Of Projects Waiting For It To Pass

-- Business, Environment, Energy Groups Praise Introduction Of Bipartisan Bills Increasing Solar Energy Mandate From 0.5% To  5.5% In PA

-- Penn State Wind Energy Club Prepares To Compete In DOE Collegiate Wind Competition 

-- PA Environmental Council: Reassessing Our Climate Footprint As An Organization

-- Project Canary, Chesapeake Energy Announce Partnership To Produce Certified Responsibly Sourced Natural Gas 

-- EQT Natural Gas Announces Commitment To Seek Independent Natural Gas Certification Under Equitable Origin, MiQ Standards For 200 Wells In Greene, Washington Counties 

-- Bucks, Montgomery Counties Join Opposition To PA Senate Republican Caucus Court Challenge To Delaware River Basin Commission Fracking Ban 

-- Bipartisan Congressional Delaware River Watershed Caucus Formed To Protect Delaware Ecosystem

-- PA Council Of Churches To Join Interfaith Partners In Special April 20 Observance Of Earth Day

-- Ned Smith Center For Nature & Art Celebrates 50th Anniversary Of PA Environmental Rights Amendment 

-- Communities Celebrate Earth Day With KPB's Pick Up Pennsylvania Volunteer Cleanups 

-- Independence Conservancy To Hold Tire Collection Events In Allegheny, Beaver Counties 

-- PA Resources Council To Host Spring Electronics Recycling Collections In Delaware, Allegheny Counties 

-- Bill Introduced To Allow Citizens To Exercise The Power We Have To Directly Amend The State Constitution, Make New Laws, Repeal Laws 

-- In Memoriam: Louise Dunlap A Leading Force Behind Coal Mine Reclamation, Regulation 

-- South Fayette Conservation Group, DEP To Dedicate Gladden Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Plant In Allegheny County; Federal AML Funding To Expire

-- Appalachian Voices, EPCAMR, Other Partners: RECLAIM Act Mine Reclamation Town Hall April 28 

-- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, Trout Unlimited: Preserving PA Streams - Jose DeJesus & Holly Sheisley & Nate Fronk

-- Green Stormwater Infrastructure Partners Announce Winners Of 5th Annual Green Stormwater Infrastructure Awards In SE PA

-- DEP Teaching Green: 4 PA Schools Receive National, State Green Ribbon Schools Recognition 

-- University Of Pennsylvania, University Of Pittsburgh Student-Led Projects Win EPA Campus RainWorks Challenge 

-- Penn State Extension: Take A Walk With A Master Watershed Steward And Learn About Your Watershed

-- Gov. Wolf, Chesapeake Conservancy & Partners Announce Initiative To Restore 30 Agriculturally Impaired Streams By 2030; Recognized Champions Of Chesapeake 

-- PA Lake Management Society Accepting Applications For Lake, Reservoir Water Quality Improvement Mini Grants 

-- DCNR, Fish & Boat Commission Highlight Stream Buffers For Role In Protecting Water Quality At Planting In Juniata County

-- Game, Fish & Boat Commissions Push For Dedicated Federal Fish And Wildlife Conservation Funding

-- Stroud Water Research Center To Study PFAS Contamination In Biosolids Used As Soil Amendments

-- Citizen Science Opportunity: Penn State Looking For 60 Volunteers For Endocrine Disrupter Study In Susquehanna River Watershed

-- First Lady Frances Wolf Recognizes Earth Day In Virtual Celebration Honoring 50th Anniversary Of PA Green Amendment 

-- Earth Day 2021: Celebrating Our Constitutional Right To A Clean Environment In Pennsylvania - By Patrick McDonnell, DEP Secretary

-- Now On Sale!  New Book By Franklin Kury Makes The Case For A Constitutional Right To A Healthy Environment

-- Chester County District Attorney Files Civil Complaint Against Sunoco/Energy Transfer On Mariner East Pipeline To Address Environmental Violations 

-- Congregation Beth Shalom In Pittsburgh Holds April 22 'Flip The Switch' On Solar Energy Initiative Celebration

-- The Hershey Company Announces New Renewable Energy Agreements Aligned With 2030 Goal To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions By More Than 50% 

-- Weis Markets Issues Sustainability Report Showing 27.4% Reduction In Carbon Emissions, Reducing Food Waste Going To Landfills, Refrigerant Use 

-- Allegheny College Calls On Higher Education Community To Accelerate Climate Action, Address Intertwined Social, Economic Issues

-- The GIANT Company, Keep PA Beautiful Partner On Healing The Planet Grants, Applications Accepted Starting June 1

-- Reist Family Partners With Lancaster Conservancy To Protect 270 Acres In Susquehanna Riverlands In York County

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Invites All Pennsylvanians To Celebrate Joseph T. Rothrock Week April 24-30

-- FirstEnergy Partners With Wildlife For Everyone Foundation To Plant 300 Trees In Soaring Eagle Wetland, Centre County

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Announces Sojourn Grant Awards; Sojourn Schedule 

-- Carmichaels H.S. Envirothon Team Partners With Izaak Walton League To Plant Trees For Earth Day; Wins Greene County Envirothon 

-- Honesdale H.S. Team Wins Pike/Wayne County Envirothon, Represents Wayne County; Wallenpaupack H.S. Team Wins To Represent Pike County At State Envirothon 

-- Norwin High School Wins 2021 Westmoreland County Envirothon

-- PA Farm Bureau Calls On Senate, House To Pass And Fund Legislation To Support On-Farm Conservation Efforts To Improve Water Quality

-- DEP: 16 Counties Begin Countywide Clean Water Action Plans To Improve Water Quality In PA Part Of Chesapeake Bay Watershed

-- Girl Scouts Kick-Off 5 Million Trees Campaign, Fun Patch Unveiled At Tree Planting In Dauphin County 

-- Capital RC&D Hosts Pasture Walks May 20, July 13 In Adams, Franklin Counties To Showcase Spring Cover Crop Grazing

-- South Fayette Conservation Group, DEP Dedicate Gladden Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Plant In Allegheny County; Federal AML Funding To Expire

-- Reclaiming Appalachia Coalition Now Accepting Proposals For Innovative Abandoned Mine Reclamation, Economic Development Project Funding 

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Lancaster Water Week June 4-12; MS4orum On Stormwater June 7

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Intern Gets His Feet Wet In Data Logger Project 

-- Good Samaritan Proposal To Plug Orphan Oil & Gas Well In Allegheny County 

-- Beiler Family Partners With Lancaster Farmland Trust To Preserve 85 Acre Farm 

-- Neighborhood Gardens Trust Permanently Preserves Emerald Street Community Farm In Philadelphia

-- Historic Barn Preservation Program A Success In Adams County Thanks To Mini-Grant; Mini-Grant Round Open

-- Susquehanna Greenway River Towns Mobilize Hundreds Of Volunteers For Community Cleanups 

-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Collects 38,300 Pounds Of Household Hazardous Waste At Weekend Event

-- Register Now! 11th Annual (Virtual) Pittsburgh Sustainability Conference May 6-7

-- PA Master Naturalists Celebrate Arbor Day In Spring Field Notes Newsletter; May 11 - Bringing Nature Home

-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests: Wildflower Walk May 2; Foundation Dinner Sept. 17; Loving The Land Thru Working Forests Conference Sept. 18

-- Native Fish Coalition Of PA Urging Fish & Boat Commission To End Stocking Of Nonnative Trout Species Over Wild Native Brook Trout 

-- New York Times Best Selling Author, Ornithologist Scott Weidensaul To Speak At Wildlife Gala In State College May 21 

-- National Deer Assn., Game Commission To Hold 6 Regional Online Chronic Wasting Disease informational Programs Starting May 5

-- DCNR Blog: A Periodical Wonder - Cicadas - Opportunity For Citizen Science 

-- Registration Opening May 1 - 9th Annual PA Firefly Festival June 25 & 26 In Forest County + Glow & Know Campouts

-- StateImpactPA, PA Parks & Forests Foundation Set May 18 Viewing, Panel Discussion On WITF PA’s Environmental Rights Amendment Documentary

-- 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 

-- 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 

-- Now On Demand: StateImpactPA, WITF, PA Parks & Forests Foundation Panel Discussion On 50th Anniversary Of PA’s Environmental Rights Amendment 

-- Pennsylvania Envirothon To Announce 2021 State Competition Winners Live Online May 27 

-- Registration Open For Dive Deeper Environmental Education Summit Set For Sept. 23-24 

-- WeConservePA: Water & Green Infrastructure - A Good Fit For PA American Rescue Plan Funding 

-- Cooks Run Watershed Recovering After 43 Years Of Work In Clinton County 

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership: Donegal Trout Unlimited Devoted To Repairing Streams In Lancaster County

-- Penn State Extension: New Research & Education Buffer Planting In Dauphin County 

-- Webinar Participants Complete Backyard Stream Repair Project In Western PA 

-- PA American Water Awards Over $45,000 In Local Watershed Project Grants 

-- Chesapeake Bay Commission Proposes $737 Million USDA Clean Water & Climate Resiliency Initiative In Federal Infrastructure Bill For Bay Watershed

-- Bay Journal: Susquehanna River Basin Commission Marks 50 Years 

-- Presentation Proposals Now Being Accepted For 2021 Virtual Watershed Congress Sept. 20-24 

-- Carnegie Mellon, Richard King Mellon Foundation Announce Historic Partnership To Accelerate CMU’s Science & Technology Leadership And Transformation Of Hazelwood Green 

-- 4 DEP Advisory Committees Express Their Support For DEP’s Final Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulation Covering Power Plants [RGGI] 

-- PA Solar Center Recognizes Solar Energy Leaders In Beaver, Washington Counties 

-- Federal Court Approves DEP, EPA, DOJ Settlement With Chesapeake Appalachia For Failure To Identify, Protect Wetlands At 76 Gas Well Drilling Sites, $1.9 Million Penalty 

-- PA Resources Council Sets June Traveling Glass Recycling Bin Sites In Allegheny County 

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Celebrates Women In Conservation 

-- DCNR Celebrates Induction Of White Clay Creek Preserve In Chester County Into The Old-Growth Forest Network

-- Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Complete Successful Hickory Creek Stewardship Weekend; Join Them July 9-11

-- PA Envirothon Executive Director Lorelle Steach To Retire After 30 Years Of Service To Envirothon Student Competitions 

-- DEP Highlights Local Water Quality Improvement Projects Cleaning Up Chesapeake Bay Watershed; Updates On Other County, Partner Accomplishments

-- Lancaster County Clean Water Partners Highlight Local Work; Lancaster Water Week June 4-12 

-- DCNR Highlights Many Benefits Of Streamside Buffers In Visit To Geisinger Health System In Montour County

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Staff Teach Students About Aquatic Life In The Watershed

-- Brodhead Watershed Assn. Releases Schedule Of Summer Hikes, Volunteer & Education Events In Monroe County

-- The Conservation Fund Announces Addition Of 254 Acres To First State National Historic Park In Brandywine Watershed Delaware County

-- U.S. House Committee OKs Bipartisan Bills To Prevent Expiration Of Federal Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program, Expand Economic Development Opportunities  

-- EPA Mid-Atlantic Region Recognizes Children’s Hospital Of Philadelphia With First Asthma Community Champion Award 

-- Keep PA Beautiful, The GIANT Company, Community Groups Complete Improvement Projects In Dauphin County & Philadelphia 

-- Pittsburgh 2030 District Partners Purchased Over 196,000 MWh Of Renewable Energy In 2020 

-- 81 Groups, 3,342 Individuals Express Opposition To Bill Rolling Back Environmental Standards On Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling, Legalizing Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater 

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Celebrate #BlackBirdersWeek May 30 to June 5 

-- Game Commission Wildlife Futures Program Recognized By Fish & Wildlife Agency Association

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Network Hosting June 5-6 Women's Camping Adventure 

-- DCNR Blog: Restoring A Forest Devastated By Lymantria dispar (Gypsy Moth)

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Launches Drinks For The Delaware - Local Businesses Supporting Conservation

-- 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 

-- PennFuture: Names Winners Of Celebrating Women In Conservation Awards In NE PA, Lehigh Valley

-- DCNR: Celebrates Park & Recreation Professionals For Efforts Keeping Parks And Recreation Areas Open To The Public

-- PG: On The Shenango: A Relaxing Paddle On PA’s River Of The Year

-- EQB Approves Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulation Covering Power Plants [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh International Airport Operates First Microgrid With Natural Gas & Solar Energy To Power The Entire Facility  [PaEN]

-- WITF: Biden Administration Officials Eye More Money For Mine Land Restoration, Oil & Gas Well Plugging Projects In PA

-- DEP Blog: Susquehanna County Farm Goes To The Mat For Healthy Local Waters [PaEN]

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Action: Horn Farm Center For Agricultural Education, York County

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Action: Lancaster Clean Water Partners

-- GettysburgT: Partnering For Water Quality Protection In Adams County

-- AP: Meet 7-Year-Old Lancaster County Beekeeper Whose Hive Has 50,000 Bees

-- Allegheny County, PA Resources Council Partner For Glass Recycling Collection Events Thru December [PaEN]

-- PittsburghNEXT: RK Mellon Foundation Launches $1 Million Competition For For-Profit Companies Making A Big Social Impact [Including Conservation]

-- WeConservePA: Walter & Ligaya Russell Partner With Heritage Conservancy To Preserve Over 29 Acres In Northampton County

-- WeConservePA: Westmoreland Conservancy Announces Preservation Of 52-Acre Thompson Reserve

-- WeConservePA: Natural Lands Announces The Protection Of 39 Acres In Chester County

-- PennLive: DCNR Wildfire Fighting Crew Rerouted To Minnesota To Combat Wildfires In Superior National Forest

--DCNR: Designates 35 Sites On State Forest Lands As Wild Plant Sanctuaries

-- WESA: Brownfields To Green Destinations: The History Of Pittsburgh’s Riverfront Trails

-- Bay Journal: Happy Water Trails, Allan Quant, You Will Be Missed 

-- ErieT: Erie Botanist, Birder Evelyn Anderson Leaves Legacy Of Curiosity About, Love For Nature

-- PennLive: They ‘Never Gave Up’: Quecreek Mine Rescue Of 9 Coal Miners In 2002

-- Lancaster Farming: Volunteer Riparian Rangers Check On Newly Planted Stream Buffer In Lancaster County

-- Growing Greener Coalition: Ducks Unlimited Restoring Historic Celery Swamp Wetland In Mercer & Lawrence Counties

-- Growing Greener Coalition: Planning Restoration In Indian Creek Watershed, Fayette County

-- Growing Greener Coalition: Poorhouse Run Stream Restoration A Home Run For York And Chesapeake Bay

-- Growing Greener Coalition: Edible, Effective Streamside Forest Restoration Work Continues With Local Families, ClearWater Conservancy In Centre County

-- Western PA Conservancy: Planning Conservation Efforts In Cush Creek Watershed, Indiana County; Inviting Public Input

-- Land Health Institute Blog: Watershed Citizenship: Exploring My Backyard Watershed - Brielle McQuiston, Delaware County

-- TribLive/Mary Ann Thomas: Couple Marries In First-Of-A-Kind Ceremony Along Kiski Township’s Roaring Run Stream 

 -- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Partner Tim Danehy Elected President Of American Society Of Reclamation Sciences [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Lancaster Farmland Trust Preserves The Wittel Farm

-- WeConservePA: Lancaster Farmland Trust Preserves King Farm In Mount Joy Township

-- WeConservePA: Western PA Conservancy Protects 152 Acres of Forestland In First fork Sinnemahoning Watershed For State Forest System In Cameron County

-- MeadvilleT: French Creek Valley Conservancy Permanently Preserves 126 Acre ‘Cussewago Meanders’ Property 

-- WeConservePA: A Lasting Legacy: Celebrating The Brandywine Conservancy’s David Shields

-- YorkD: Follow One York City Man’s Dream Of Cleaning Up Trash From The Susquehanna River [Photos]

-- Mack Trucks, 30 Other Businesses Call On Pennsylvania To Accelerate Electrification Of Trucks And Buses [PaEN]

 -- South Mountain Partnership: Solar Energy Development Survey In Adams, Cumberland, Franklin, York Counties  [PaEN]

 -- ReImagine Appalachia Coalition: Applauds New Civilian Conservation Corps Proposal From Senator Bob Casey [PaEN]

-- Audubon Society Of Western PA: Is Offering Discounted Pollinator Seed Mix For Agricultural Properties In PA [PaEN]

-- Squad Of Chesapeake Bay Foundation Students Sets Out To Squish Spotted Lanternflies [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: Meet The Philly Kid Who Helped Solve The Strange Case Of A Missing Bee And A Rare PA Plant 

 -- Audubon Society Of Western PA: Is Offering Discounted Pollinator Seed Mix For Agricultural Properties In PA [PaEN]

-- DCNR: Announces New Conservation Measures In State Forests To Protect Bats [PaEN]

-- BCTV: DCNR Parks & Forests Ambassador Margarita Caicedo Encourages People To Get Outside And Enjoy PA’s Beautiful Recreation Areas [Video] 

-- TribLive/Mary Ann Thomas: Nesting Success At U.S. Steel Irvin Plant: 2 Juvenile Bald Eagles Take Playful Flights

-- TribLive: New Leechburg Angling Club Promotes Fishing On Kiski River, Its Tributaries

-- Pennsylvania’s Envirothon Team Places 7th In International Envirothon Competition!  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Scouts From Pack 184 Create Project To Increase Bird Population In Heritage Park In Monroeville 

-- EPA: Eastwick Lower Darby Creek Area Community Advisory Group Wins Superfund Community Excellence Award  [PaEN]

-- SW PA Environmental Health Project: Siri Lawson, Warren County, And Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater - Part 2

-- SW PA Environmental Health Project: Siri Lawson, Warren County, And Her Story Of Dealing With Health Impacts From Drilling Operation, Wastes - Part 1 

-- Pittsburgh Magazine: This Week In Pittsburgh History: The Quecreek Miners Are Rescued 

 -- CourierT/Brian Whipkey: PA Trout Unlimited Volunteers Improve, Protect Waterways

 -- PennLive/Marcus Schneck: Kids Who Pushed For Hellbender To Be PA State Amphibian Have New Target: Squashing Spotted Lanternfly

 -- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Susquehanna University Stream Ecology Institute; Building The Next Generation Of Ecologists 

-- Fish & Boat Commission: Awards Grants For Sinnemahoning Watershed Restoration Projects In Cameron, Elk, Potter and McKean Counties 

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Newsletter Provides Summer Update On Actions To Implement County Clean Water Plan 

-- Audubon: Braided Meadows At John James Audubon Center In Mill Grove, Montgomery County 

-- Fox43: Green Infrastructure In Harrisburg Combats Flooding, Pollution

-- HuntingdonDN: Huntingdon County Farmers Contribute To Ag Water Quality Action Plan

-- Shippensburg NC: Stream Of Consciousness: Cumberland County Master Watershed Stewards

-- PennLive: Army Reservists To Rescue Game Commission Project By Removing Earthen Levee As A Training Exercise In Lycoming County

-- Sen. Comitta, Rep. Herrin: Discuss RGGI Investments Act, Climate Change During Online Program [PaEN]

-- StateCollege.com: A Year And A Half In, Solar Array Showing Its Worth For Centre County

-- WHYY: Solarize Delaware County Completes Largest Project To Date As County Takes Fresh Approach To Sustainability

-- PG/Anya Litvak: Getting Paid To Reduce Methane Emissions From Old Coal Mines, CNX Shows How

-- PennLive: Third Crew Of DCNR Wildfire Fighters Heads West, This Time To Idaho

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Being A Park Ranger - Brian Price, DCNR Ranger, French Creek State Park 

 -- Foundation For Sustainable Forests: Conserves 528 Acres Of Forest Along Caldwell Creek, Warren County  [PaEN]

-- Allegheny Land Trust: Protects Kincaid Street Garden In Pittsburgh’s Garfield Neighborhood  [PaEN]

-- ReadingE: Runners, Hikers, Mountain Bikers Give Back By Cleaning Up Mount Penn In Reading

-- Alliance For Watershed Education Of The Delaware River: Art Thru The Lenapehoking Art Project [Video]

-- PA Wilds Center: Abbi Peters Graduates As Fellow Of Appalachian Regional Commission’s Appalachian Leadership Institute

-- Patch: New Hope Man Is Next Director Of Friends Of The Delaware Canal

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: Announces Winners Of 10th Annual Photo Contest [PaEN]

-- PA Society For Ornithology: Inaugural Breeding Bird Blitz Raised $10,645 For Bird Conservation, Doubling Fundraising Goal  [PaEN]

-- TribLive/Mary Ann Thomas: State To Remove Peregrine Falcon From Threatened Species List 

-- PA Environmental Defense Foundation: Files Petition In Court To Order Commonwealth To Return $1.3 Billion In Revenue From State Forest Drilling Unconstitutionally Transferred From Oil & Gas Lease Fund  [PaEN]

-- Dangers Posed By Oil & Gas Drilling Wastes, Abandoned Wells + Siri Lawson’s Story From Warren County  [PaEN] 

-- 7 Western PA Students Win National Garden Club Contests, Receive Prizes, College Scholarship  [PaEN]

-- 5 PA Winners Of National Assn. Of Conservation Districts 2021 Healthy Forests Healthy Communities Student Poster Contest Announced  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Update On Chesapeake Bay Implementation Plan Activities From Healthy Waters Partnership  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: ‘Hands-On In Nature’: Millersville U., Penn Manor School District Partner To Study Local Streams

-- Philadelphia Green City, Clean Waters: How Private Partners Boosted Philly’s Green Stormwater Growth

-- PEC Podcast: Walking The Walk - Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership

-- Philly Voice: Delaware River Fellows Raise Environmental Awareness In Their Communities

-- Watershed Alliance Of Adams County: Proposed Community Septic System Threatens Exceptional Value Stream; Dissolved Nitrates Could More Than Double  [PaEN]

-- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy: New Floating Classroom To Host Single-Day Educational Adventures, Floating Lecture Series  [PaEN]

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Students Studied Snakes, Sang Songs And Learned About River’s Resources On Floating Classroom In Williamsport - Click Here For Other Stories

-- Exelon Utilities: Announces Goal To Achieve Net-Zero Emissions By 2050  [PaEN]

-- MCall: PPL Now Wants To Reduce Its Carbon Emissions By 80% In 2040

-- Pittsburgh Earth Day: Giant Eagle To Spend $100 Million To Go Net Zero Carbon By 2040

-- PPG: Recognized For Environmental, Social And Governance Practices; 2020 Sustainability Report  [PaEN]

-- DGS: PA Nationally Recognized For Excellence In Sustainable Electronics Purchasing For 2nd Year

-- French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust: Partners With Nancy Long and Tom Baldwin To Preserve Old Growth Forest In Chester County [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: 35  Wild Plant Sanctuaries Being Created In State Forests To Save Rare, Endangered Species

-- Land Health Institute: Abandoned Lot Revitalization At The LandHealth Native Plant Nursery In Philadelphia

-- Central PA Conservancy/Game Commission: August 20 - Celebrating Preservation Of 404 Acres Along Peters Mountain, Dauphin County. State Game Lands 211, Dauphin, PA. 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.

-- Natural Lands: Transfer Of Delaware River Waterfront Parcel Represents Progress For Delaware River Trail  [PaEN]

-- State Conservation Commission, Dept. Of Agriculture: Recognize Champions Of Soil, Water Resources  [PaEN]

-- Save The Date: Nov. 4 Stroud Water Research Center Water’s Edge Gala Honoring Freshwater Excellence Award Recipient Dr. Melissa D. Ho

-- Rodale Institute:  Recognizes 2021 Organic Pioneer Award Winners

-- Feature: How One Lancaster County Farm's Forested Riparian Buffers Have Been A Crucial Conservation Effort  [PaEN]

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Moshannon Creek Watershed Assn. Makes Big Impact, Just Getting Started

-- Bay Journal Forum: Chesapeake Conservation Corps: ‘Foot In The Door’ And More

-- Farm And Dairy: Groups Want To Create Organic, Grassfed Dairy Supply Chain In Southeast PA

-- PA Sustainable Agriculture, Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Forage & Forest Fiddle Creek Dairy Farm Tour In Lancaster County Aug. 27  ​[PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center: What If We Tried?  Refining Buffer Restoration Methods

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership: Partnership In Action - Girl Scout USA Tree Promise  In The Heart Of PA

-- TribLive: Duquesne Light Grant Helps Complete Pitcher Park Rain Garden In Carnegie

 -- PA Resources Council: Partners Complete Drexel Gardens Park Streambank Restoration In Delaware County  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: PA Group Wants $1.3 Billion In State Funds Returned For Conservation Use

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Environmental Advocates Call On Legislature To Put More Money Toward Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

-- ErieT Guest Essay: Time Is Running Out, PA Must Act To Save The Chesapeake Bay - Chesapeake Bay Foundation

-- Bipartisan Legislation Introduced In Senate To Create Clean Streams Fund For Pennsylvania To Deal With Non-Point Water Pollution  [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Teachers Bring Home Lessons From The Amazon

-- SEEDS: Selects Jacob Mohring 2021 Student Scholarship Winner For Best Sustainability Essay  [PaEN]

-- New Erie 2030 District: Report Details Progress Toward Reducing Building Energy Use By 50% By 2030  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Navy Yard Adds Battery Storage System With A Goal Of Sustainability

-- PA Conservative Energy Forum: Hosts National Clean Energy Week Events Thru Fall  [PaEN]

-- Sen. Muth, Rep. Friel Otten: One Year After Mariner East Pipeline Spill 33 Acres Of Marsh Creek State Park Lake Is Still Off Limits, No Remediation Done  [PaEN]

-- PUC: Chief Counsel Hicks Tapped For Judicial Nomination Advisory Panel For U.S. Middle District Court Of PA

-- WeConservePA: Jegla Family, Lebanon Valley Conservancy Partner To Protect 16 Acres In Lebanon County  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Magazine: How Pittsburgh Residents Worked Together To Convert The Churchill Valley Country Club Into Protected Green Space

-- WilliamsportS: PA Outdoor Corps Inventory Of Brandon Park A Valuable Tool For Preserving Tree Canopy

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Laurel Highlands Nominated To Be Among Best For Fall Leaf-Peeping

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: PA Is At The Beginning Of A Public Lands Renaissance

-- Carnegie Museum Of Natural History: Powdermill Nature Reserve Records 800,000th Bird Banding  [PaEN]

-- Straight Talk About A PA Conservation Hero: Ralph Abele And The Environmental Rights Amendment  [PaEN]

-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining: Recognizes Stineman Refuse Pile Reclamation Project Along Path Of The Flood Trail, Cambria County  [PaEN]

-- York Conservation District: Announces Winners Of Annual Conservation Awards [PaEN]

-- ReadingE: Berks Conservation District Honors Bethel Twp. Farmer And Others For Conservation Work

-- NorthcentralPA: Lycoming Conservation District Celebrates 65 Years Of Service, Countless Land Preservation Efforts

-- Schuylkill Action Network: Schuylkill River Restoration Fund Project Showcase, Grant Announcement Sept. 17 In Philadelphia  [PaEN]

-- PG: Who Knows What They’ll Fish Out Of The Connoquenessing During Annual Creek Cleanup Aug. 29, Sept. 11

-- IndianaG: Indiana County Agency Joins Tree Planting Program To Curb Water Pollution

-- Dept. Of Agriculture: Celebrates 600,000 Acres Of PA Farmland Preserved [PaEN]

-- WESA: Conservation Nonprofit Purchase Of Garfield Community Garden Ensures Its Protection For Agricultural Use

-- WHYY: North Philadelphia Grower Planting An Orchard On Vacant Lot

-- ScrantonT: Beekeepers Spread The Word

-- MCall: Bethlehem Neighbors Rallied To Save Century-Old Trees That Binds Them Together; The City Put Their Fears To Rest

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Wild Trout Man Dr. Joseph Simons On Fly Fishing, Conservation And Educating Others Thru His Video Series

-- Pocono Record: She Grew Up On The Delaware River, At 88, She’s Still Committed To Its Annual Cleanup

-- AP: Diver Takes You On His Adventures In The Delaware River

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Award Scholarships To Isaac Nulton, Poppy Northing; Conference Starts Oct. 1 [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: PA Outdoor Corps Helps Connect Young People To Opportunities In DCNR And Beyond  [PaEN]

 -- Delaware Public: Delaware River Basin Commission Celebrates 60 Years Of Protecting The Watershed

-- PA Master Naturalist: Field Notes From Summer 2021, Success Stories Across PA

-- WESA: After Sighting Black Smoke, Flames, Environmental Groups Ask Authorities To Address Air Pollution At U.S. Steel Plant In Braddock, Allegheny County

-- Now On Demand: Webinar- Radioactivity In Fracking - Too Hot To Handle With Scientist/Author Justin Nobel  [PaEN]

-- New Penn State Study: Shows Road Dumping Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater Has Little Dust Suppression Benefit, Contains Pollutants Harmful To Human Health, Agriculture, Aquatic Life    [PaEN]

 -- WITF Smart Talk: PA Environmental Defense Foundation Takes Lawmakers To Court For Money Meant For Conservation Efforts 

-- PA Environmental Council: Now Is The Time For Sustainable Investments To Address Climate Change

-- Scranton Mayor: Calls On Congress To Pass Biden Infrastructure & Climate Plan During Virtual Roundtable

-- PG: PA Democrats Promote Big Infrastructure Bill: ‘Something We Must Do’

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Clean Energy Promises Great Opportunity For Pennsylvania

-- ErieT Guest Essay: Raise The Solar Goal And Keep PA An Energy Leader

-- Green Building Alliance: What We Learned On Our Tour Of The Hazelwood Green Roundhouse Redevelopment In Allegheny County

-- Pittsburgh-Based Koppers: Issues 2020 Corporate Sustainability Report

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: As Kestrel Population Plummets, Local Residents Fight To Save Raptor

-- PA Heritage Magazine: The Man For The Moment: Tom Ridge And The 9/11 Inflection Point

-- PA Heritage Magazine: PA State Police Col. Paul J. Evanko’s Field Notes From 9/11

-- PG: 15 Miles From Flight 93 Crash, Visitors Find A Happy Ending At Quecreek Mine Rescue Site

-- DCNR: Celebrates Grand Opening Of Kury Point, Recognizing The Legacy Of PA's Environmental Rights Amendment At Shikellamy State Park [PaEN]

-- Crawford County Dairy Farmer Shares Ways To Control Energy Costs, Boost Efficiency In New Podcast  [PaEN]

-- ​​DEP Chesapeake Bay Implementation: 7 Conservation Districts Awarded $2.98 Million In Conservation Excellence Grants; Juniata County Farm Wins Sustainability Award  [PaEN]

-- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay: Hosting Faithful Green Leaders Online Training Starting Oct. 14  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council: Smarter Yards, Cleaner Streams [PaEN]

-- WBTimes: Luzerne County Draft Clean Water Action Plan Unveiled

-- CitizensV: Procter & Gamble Hosts Susquehanna River Health Checkup

-- WESA: Stormwater Infrastructure Hidden Beneath The Grass Of 2 New East End Parks In Pittsburgh

-- CentreDT: A Major Stream Habitat Project Is Underway In Bald Eagle Creek, Centre County

-- Lehigh Valley News: Restoration Plan Aims To Improve Bushkill Creek, Monroe County

-- Penn State Center For Dirt & Gravel Roads: Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Wastewater To Control Dust Is Environmentally Unsound Practice  [PaEN]

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: 47 Podcast Episodes And Counties, Shared Passion For The River

-- Appalachian Region Independent Power Producers Assn. Highlights Partnership With Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Plans To Add 36 Electric Vehicles To Its Fleet Using American Rescue Plan Funding

-- PUC: Chair Gladys Brown Dutrieuille Joins Executive Leadership Board For National Utility Regulators’ Association

-- Courier Express: Jefferson County Solid Waste Authority Taking Action Against Recycling Fund Transfers [By General Assembly]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: For 30 Years She Has Fought A Waste-To-Energy Plant In Chester City: ‘We Don’t Have A Choice’

-- Environmental Groups Appeal Air Permit Extension For Proposed Liquefied Natural Gas Plant In Bradford County That Would Emit 1 Million Tons Of Greenhouse Gases A Year  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Mayor Introduces ‘Dark Sky’ Legislation To Reduce Light Pollution

-- TribLive: Eagle Scout Project Improves Entry At North Huntingdon Park

-- ScrantonT: Girl Scout Fundraising To Bring Labyrinth To Hillside Park

-- CitizensV: Harvesting Neighborhood Pride: Blight Committee Garden A Success

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Central PA Man Runs A Mile In Every PA State Park - All 121

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission: River Walk 50th Anniversary Celebration Sept. 17  [PaEN]

-- ScrantonT: Lackawanna River Heritage Trail Receives Great Greenway/Trail Designation

-- SunburyDI: Friends Group Formed For R.B. Winter State Park

-- Audubon Society Of Western PA: Free Backyard Habitats, Pollinator Gardens Available For Residents In McKeesport, Glassport, Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- We Remember Sept. 11, 2001- DEP’s Betsy Mallison, One Of Thousands To Respond [PaEN]

-- Groups Gathering Support For Letter Urging DEP, Gov. Wolf, AG Shapiro To Support A Total Ban On Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater; 240.4 Million Gallons Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater Dumped On PA Roads 

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Update On Clean Water Plan Implementation  [PaEN]

-- 19th Annual York Watershed Week Set For September 16 to 25  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Partners Seek Input On Diversity, Inclusion  [PaEN]

-- Independent Regulatory Review Commission: Votes To Approve The Final RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulation Covering Power Plants  [PaEN]

-- ErieT Guest Essay: Coal Country AFL-CIO Presidents Agree - Federal Climate Action Must Create Good Union Jobs  [ReImagine Appalachia]

-- CCG PACE Funding: Closes On $15 Million In C-PACE Financing For Building 57 In Philadelphia's Navy Yard  [PaEN]

-- MCall: Mack Trucks To Soon Start Producing Electric Garbage Trucks At Lehigh Valley Facility

-- PPL: On Track To Achieve 70% Reduction In Greenhouse Gases By 2035, 80% Reduction By 2040 On The Way To Net-Zero Carbon Emissions By 2050  [PaEN]

-- Penn State: Creates Task Force To Significantly Reduce University's Carbon Emissions  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News: Riverkeeper’s Quest To Protect The Delaware Watershed As The Rains Fall, Sea Level Rises

-- PG: We Built A Room, And Connections, With Recycled Slate

-- PG Editorial: Time To Cut Back On Single-Use Plastic Bags

-- Natural Lands: Adds Nearly 70 Acres To State Forest Lands In Berks County [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: Walk With A Doc-- Advancing Wellness Through Nature

-- Pike County Conservation District: Good Health And Nature By: Devan George, Communications Coordinator 

-- New Report Outlines Key Ways To Reconnect Nature Through Wildlife Corridors  [PaEN]

-- PG - John Hayes: Researchers Celebrate The Return Of Native Lake Trout To Lake Erie 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Record Number Of American Eels Moved To Spots Above Dams In Susquehanna River

-- ErieT: Fmr. Gov. Tom Ridge Recalls Tragedies Of 9/11, But Also The Compassion

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Fmr Gov. Schweiker Reflects On 9/11 And His Role In Helping People Heal

-- PennFuture: Honors 11 Women From NE PA During 7th Annual Celebrating Women In Conservation Awards Event  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: DCNR Incident Management Team Helps Manage Response To Western U.S. Wildfires; Six 20-Person PA Crews Directly Fought Fires  [PaEN]

-- Sand County Foundation: Announces 3 Finalists For Pennsylvania Leopold Farm Conservation Award  [PaEN]

-- Gov. Wolf: Calls On U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture To Implement $737 Million Chesapeake Bay Resilient Farms Initiative [PaEN]

-- Schuylkill River Greenways, Partners: To Announce Schuylkill River Restoration Fund Grants For 7 Projects Totaling $330,000 On Sept. 17  [PaEN]

-- BCTV: Master Watershed Stewards Of Berks & Schuylkill Counties: Hold Sept. 25 Riparian Buffer Planting In Reading

-- Allegheny College: Research Team Helps Statewide Effort In Stream Monitoring And Trout Assessment  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council: Middle School Students In Delaware County Become Summer Stream Stewards  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Center Pittsburgh: Urban Sustainability Inspires Student Contributions To Pittsburgh  [PaEN]

-- Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper: Groundbreaking Pilot Project Helps Restore Eastern Hellbenders To Susquehanna River Watershed - Part I [PaEN]

-- Heralding The Eastern Hellbender - Severing Stereotypes Offers A Step Toward Savoring The Salamander’s Significance - Part II  [PaEN]

-- Green Building Alliance: Recognizes Green Building, Sustainability Excellence In Pittsburgh Region  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: Why Is The Pittsburgh-Based Green Building Alliance Honoring A Steel Company?

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Cumberland County Seeks Input On Climate Action Plan

-- WESA: Pittsburgh-Based Wabtec Unveils First Battery-Electric Train

-- PPL Utilities: Subsidiaries Louisville Gas & Electric, Kentucky Utility Company And University Of Kentucky Form Partnership To Study Capture Of CO2 Emissions From Natural Gas Combined Cycle Power Plants

-- National Fuel Gas: Announces Target Of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 25% By 2030  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: Beaver County Kids Make A Video Celebrating ‘Litter Gitters’ In Their Community

-- PA Resources Council: Pop-Up E-Waste Collection Events In Allegheny County During October  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Celebrate The Legacy Of Maurice K. Goddard By Investing In Free And Accessible State Parks & Forests  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Harrisburg's Christian Alexandersen Tells About His Quest To Visit All 121 State Parks In 224 Days  [PaEN]

-- WITF Smart Talk Monday: Lancaster-Area Animal Rehabilitation Center Treats An Alarming Number Of Animals With Lead Poisoning

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front: Teaching Machines To ID Bird Songs To Help Save Imperiled Species

-- Penn State's Fly Fishing Virtual Institute To Feature Legendary Angler Joe Humphreys  [PaEN]

-- CentreDT: PA Parks & Forests Foundation: More Funding Needed For State Parks, Forests

-- PA Chapter American Planning Assn.: Recognizes 2021 Pennsylvania Great Places  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Forest Preservation Efforts To Benefit From $10,000 Gift To Lancaster Conservancy From Lancaster County Grocer

-- DEP Blog: Cambria County Coal Waste Reclamation Project Wins National Award [Federal Mine Reclamation Fee Expires This Month]  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Pennsylvania Counties Take The Lead In Water Quality Cleanup Plans  [PaEN]

-- The Progress: Clearfield Conservation District Applauded For Work On Countywide Clean Water Action Plan

-- CBF Blog: A Tree Grows In Dairy Land To Improve Land And Water  [PaEN]

-- Tree Canopy Network: Connecting Schools With Riparian Forest Buffers In Pennsylvania

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Engages English Language Learners In Watershed STEM  [PaEN]

-- Times Observer: Youth Explore Streams, Fishing As Part Of Trout Unlimited STREAM Program In Warren County

-- Partnership For The Delaware Estuary: 2021 Experience The Estuary - Celebrating 25 Years Oct. 7  [PaEN]

-- Independence Conservancy: Hosts 4 Waste Tire Collection Events In Beaver County  [PaEN]

-- MeadvilleT: 13+ Tons Of Trash Removed From French Creek, Crawford County, In Weekend Cleanup

-- PA Environmental Council: Celebrating PA’s 2021 River Of The Year - The Shenango River

-- AltoonaM: Volunteer Greg Williams Is ‘Heartbeat’ Of Rail Trail

-- DCNR: Statewide ‘Walk With A Doc’ Campaign Promotes Health And Nature

-- WBTimes: PA Environmental Council’s Rachael Stark Recognized By Wyoming Valley Young Professionals

-- Inquirer: On 9/11 Anniversary, Veterans, Refugees Seek Healing Thru Nature At Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education

-- PA Environmental Council: Getting Their Feet Wet - First Waves River Surfing Program

-- DEP Blog: 'The Pollinators' Environmental Education Mural Has City Of Harrisburg Buzzing  [PaaEN]

-- PA Bipartisan House/Senate Legislative Climate Caucus: Lists Climate Week Events Sept. 20-26  [PaEN]

-- PA Cap-Star: As Nation Grapples With Climate Disasters, PA Members Of Congress Look To Resurrect Civilian Conservation Corps

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Officials Urge Action On Climate Change As They Sift Thru Hurricane Ida’s Damage

-- Environmental Groups Submit Rulemaking Petitions To Environmental Quality Board Asking For Full-Cost Bonding For Oil & Gas Well Plugging  [PaEN]

-- PPL: PA's Largest Municipal Solar Project Inaugurated To Supply Chambersburg With Electricity In Franklin County  [PaEN]

-- LebTown Guest Essay: Solar Farms Are Family Farms In North Annville Twp., Lebanon County

-- The Guardian: World’s First Battery-Electric Freight Train Unveiled [PA’s Wabtec]

-- PG - John Hayes: State Moves To Expand Lists Of Trout Streams With Special Protections

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Peregrine Falcon’s Resurgence Gives Reason To Look Up

-- Doc Fritchey Chapter Trout Unlimited: Volunteers Breathe Life Into Broken Trout Waters In Dauphin County [PaEN]

-- More Than 60 Environmental Groups, Green Party Of PA Oppose Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater On Rural PA Roads  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council: To Honor Franklin Kury, Andrew Johnson, Bartram’s Garden Nov. 3 In Philadelphia  [PaEN]

-- Northeast PA Environmental Partners Announce 2021 Award Recipients  [PaEN]

-- Great Lakes Protection Fund: Announces 2021 Leadership Award Winners, Including 2 From Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council: To Honor Former DEP Secretary David Hess With The Fox Calhoun Award At Virtual Awards Celebration Oct. 14  [PaEN]

-- Presidents Of PA Farm Bureau, Farm Groups: In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Call For USDA To Create $737 Million Resilient Farms Initiative  [PaEN]

-- NFWF: Announces $11.5 Million In Conservation Grants To Restore Delaware Watershed; PA Grants Total $4.5 Million  [PaEN]

-- Well Done Foundation, Seneca Resources Partner On Orphaned Well Plugging Project In McKean County  [PaEN]

-- Water4Ag Groups In Potter, Tioga, Mifflin Counties Share Accomplishments   [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Saw Mill Run Stream Stabilization Project Breaks Ground

-- Penn State Extension: Help Celebrate Riparian Buffer Month In October!  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: Welcomes 2 New Master Watershed Stewardship Coordinators: Lake Erie, Lower Susquehanna  [PaEN]

-- Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay: Virtual Taste: Celebrate 50 Years!  Sept. 23

-- WHYY: PECO Sets Up $250,000 Storm Recovery Fund For PA Communities Affected By IDA

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front: Young People Take To The Streets Of Pittsburgh Demanding Climate Action 

-- Gov. Wolf: Releases 2021 Update To PA Climate Action Plan, Calls For Statewide Action Now On Climate Change  [PaEN]

-- Senate, House Members Call For Early Action On Bills To Require State To Reach 100% Renewable Energy Generation By 2050  [PaEN]

-- DCNR: Announces Climate And Sustainability Plan Will Take Presque Isle State Park To Net Zero In Erie  [PaEN]

-- Philadelphia Energy Authority: Completes First Rooftop Solar Program For Low- And Moderate-Income Homeowners  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Fox Chapel Makes Its Mark With Municipal Solar Energy Project In Allegheny County

-- Sen. Casey, Others Reintroduce Bill To Extend Black Lung Disability Trust Fund

-- Allgyer Family Partners With Lancaster Farmland Trust To Preserve 92-Acre Farm in Salisbury Township  [PaEN]

-- Timothy & Amanda Maxwell Partner With French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust To Protect Over 57 Acres In Chester County  [PaEN]

-- Stephanie Noberini & Brent Meyer Partner With Heritage Conservancy To Preserve 34 Acres In Bucks County  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farmland Trust Preserves 130-Acre Stoltzfus Farm in Drumore Township [PaEN]

-- New Kensington, Westmoreland County: Launches Downtown Sustainability Stroll To Show Connection To History, U.N. Sustainable Development Goals  [PaEN]

-- WilliamsportS: Bicycle Recycle In Pajama Factory Pedals Through Pandemic

-- Pisces Foundation: Now Accepting Applications For Environmental Education & Outdoor Learning Infrastructure Grants  [PaEN]

-- DEP/DCNR/DCED Brownfields To Playfields Program: Celebrates Opening Of Ira Reynolds Riverfront Park, Susquehanna County  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy’s 25th Anniversary Shines A Light On Green Spaces

-- U.S. Endowment For Forestry & Communities: Seeking Proposals To Promote Sustainable Change In Working Forests  [PaEN]

-- Join The 5th Annual Walk In Penn's Woods On October 3  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Pennsylvania Creates 35 Secret Sanctuaries To Protect Rare Plants  [PaEN]

-- Allegheny County Conservation District: Wildflower Meadow, Rain Garden Coming To Boyce Park

-- ErieT: Giant Eagle Recognized For Its Bee-Saving Efforts

-- Richard King Mellon Foundation: Now Accepting Applications For Grants To Encourage The Recruitment, Retention Or Reactivation Of Hunters, Anglers And Outdoor Enthusiasts  [PaEN]

-- Game Commission: 2 Piping Plover Chicks Took Flight From Presque Isle State Park Marking 5th Year Of Nesting Success  [PaEN]

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: 60+ People Participated In Raptors On The River Floating Classroom Program

-- WPCAMR: Federal Mine Reclamation Fee Expired Sept. 30 - Congress Considers The Future Of Mine Reclamation Program  [PaEN]  [PA’s #1 Water Pollution Problem - Mine Drainage] 

-- Appalachian Voices: Congress Fails To Reauthorize Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program; People In Pennsylvania Have Worked For 5 Years So Far To Get Their Members Of Congress And General Assembly To Act On This Critical Issue  [PaEN]  [PA’s #1 Water Pollution Problem - Mine Drainage] 

-- DEP, Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation: Highlight Acid Mine Drainage Issues For Inside Climate News Reporter

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Bay Executive Council Fails To Hold Pennsylvania Accountable For Its Water Pollution Cleanup Commitments [PaEN]  [PA’s #2 Water Pollution Problem - Agricultural Runoff]

-- Senate Committee Reports Out Bipartisan Bill Allocating $500 Million In American Rescue Fund Monies For Local Environmental Improvement, Recreation Projects [PaEN]

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership: Enters Fourth Fall Season;  3 Million+ Trees Planted So Far  [PaEN]

-- Water Science Institute, Partners: Celebrated Big Spring Run Legacy Sediment Stream Restoration Project In Lancaster County Sept. 30  [PaEN]

-- Westmoreland Conservation District: Announces 2021 Conservation Award Winners 

-- Middle Spring Watershed Assn. Stream Restoration Project In Shippensburg Working Well After Hurricane Ida  [PaEN]

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: Highlights Passive Acid Mine Drainage Treatment System Rehab Project, NW PA GIS Conference, Hunting Opportunities  [PaEN]

-- CentreDT: Centre County PA Senior Environment Corps Seeks New Members Of All Ages

-- Patch: Newtown Township Establishes Rain Gardens In Delaware County

-- Brandywine Conservancy: Receives $400,000 NFWF Delaware River Restoration Fund Grant

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission: Releases Sediment & Nutrient Pollution StoryMap  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission’s Our Shared Waters Program Hosts Experiential Learning Aboard The Kalmar Nyckel Tall Ship

-- Call For Abstracts: Bucknell University’s 16th River Symposium Nov. 5-6  [PaEN]

-- PA Keystone Coldwater Conference + PA Chapter Of American Fisheries Society Meets Feb. 25-26 In State College  [PaEN]

-- ABC27: PA American Water Company Employees Helped Plant 300 Trees, Shrubs On York Twp. Farm

-- PA American Water: Systems Recognized For Excellent Tap Water Quality

-- Allegheny County Council: Honors Outgoing Group Against Smog And Pollution Executive Director Rachel Filippini

-- Keep PA Beautiful’s Surveillance Cameras Catch Illegal Dumping In Michaux State Forest, Franklin County  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council: Sets October Schedule For Traveling Glass Recycling Collection Locations In Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- Allegheny Front: Dumpbusters Clear A Ton Of Trash From A Pittsburgh Hillside

-- CentreDT: Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority’s Green Business Partnership Applications, Tours Available

-- DEP: Potential For Environmental Impacts From Spills Or Leaks Of Radioactive Oil & Gas Waste Materials Is Real; Health Dept. Not Aware Of All Chemicals In Oil & Gas Wastewater Making Risk Assessment Difficult  [PaEN]

-- Health Advocacy Groups Meet With State Dept. Of Health, DEP To Discuss Residents Impacted By Shale Gas Emissions [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: 100+ PA Landowners Get Class Action Lawsuit OK’d Against EQT Over Natural Gas Storage Area 

-- DEP: Terminates Proposed Beech Hollow Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant's Air Quality Permit In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- United Nations Committee On Sustainable Energy: Recognizes Pittsburgh’s Green Building Alliance; Dr. Jim Freihaut At Penn State  [PaEN]

-- Senate Committee OKs Bill Expanding C-PACE Clean Energy, Energy Conservation Program  [PaEN]

-- American Fisheries Society: 112 World Aquatic Scientific Societies Call For Urgent Action Against Human-Caused Climate Change  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Editorial: Why Do Pennsylvanians Have To Pay A Higher Price For Natural Gas? For Producing Energy?  [PaEN]

-- Martha and Richard Coyle Partner With Berks Nature To Preserve 94.5 Acre Farm In Berks County [PaEN]

-- Western PA Conservancy: Protects 50 Acres Along Great Allegheny Passage Trail, Casselman River In Somerset County  [PaEN]

-- DCNR: Celebrates D & H Rail-Trail In Northeast PA As Pennsylvania’s 2021 Trail of Year  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: A Philly Teen Commemorates 1,500 Migrating Birds Killed Hitting City Buildings

-- Daily American: Windber Teen Builds Trail Signs To Earn Girl Scouts’ Gold Award

-- Independence Conservancy: Walk In Penn’s Woods Oct. 3 At Rocky Bend Nature Preserve Beaver County  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: 6 Pittsburgh Parks To Shine During Parks Conservancy Celebration

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary’s Todd Bauman Receives Prestigious Warden Award

-- PECO/Natural Lands: Green Region Open Space Grant Program Now Accepting Applications  [PaEN]

-- Western PA Conservancy: Begins Accepting Applications For Canoe Access Grants Oct. 18  [PaEN]

-- PG: Allegheny County Couple Gives Monarch Butterflies The Royal Treatment

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Hellbender Comeback Effort Releases State Amphibian Into Susquehanna River Tributary

-- Gov. Wolf: Honors 13 Projects With 2021 Governor's Awards For Environmental Excellence  [PaEN]

-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership: Announces Watershed Milestones Award Winners; Awards Ceremony Oct. 20  [PaEN]

-- From ‘Red and Dead’ To Class A Fishery, West Branch Susquehanna River Rebounds - But We’re Not Done Yet  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Watch A River Reborn About The People Along The Little Conemaugh River And Their Fight To Overcome Acid Mine Drainage - Video

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal Film: Water's Way - Thinking Like A Watershed  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: After 10 Years, Stream Restoration Strategy Still Shows Merit At Big Spring Run In Lancaster County

-- Allegheny College: Receives $1.25 Million Mellon Foundation Grant To Establish Watershed Conservation Research Center  [PaEN]

-- Audubon Society Of Western PA, Buffalo Creek Watershed Coalition: Host 6 Educational Programs At Buffalo Creek Nature Park In Butler County  [PaEN]

-- The Almanac: Bethel Park Embarks On Stream Stabilization Project In Allegheny County

-- Pennsylvania Lake Erie Virtual Environmental Forum Set For Oct. 26 - Harmful Algal Blooms & Climate Change [PaEN]

-- 80 Organizations, 1,800+ Concerned Citizens To DEP: Ban Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater; Dept. Of Health Unaware Road Dumping Is Occurring [PaEN]

-- 65+ Groups Ask Biden Administration To Reclassify Oil & Gas Drilling Waste As 'Hazardous' To Prevent Road Dumping Of Wastewater And Other Practices  [PaEN]

-- AG Shapiro: Charges Mariner East Pipeline With 48 Counts Of Environmental Crimes In 11 Counties  [PaEN]

-- Sen. Comitta: Calls For Halt To Mariner East Pipeline Construction In Light Of Criminal Charges By Attorney General  [PaEN]

-- Sen. Comitta: Calls For Hearings On The Failure Of Pennsylvania To Invest In Clean Energy Infrastructure  [PaEN]

-- ErieT: Solar Energy Project Planned In Girard, Another Still Planned In Southern Erie County

-- PG: Pittsburgh Mayor, Other Cities, U.S. Labor Secretary Talk About Future Of $600 Billion  Clean Energy ‘Marshall Plan’

-- Sen. Casey, Colleagues: Introduce Bill To Empower Fossil Fuel Workers To Train, Find Jobs In Changing Energy Industry  [PaEN]

-- Patch.com: Chester County Commissioners Adopt New Climate Action Plan

-- ReadingE: Muhlenberg Twp. Installs Electric Vehicle Charging Station

-- PG: RIDC Preparing To Do More Development Work At Hazelwood Green Brownfield Redevelopment

-- PG: Trulieve To Build Large Medical Marijuana Facility At Fmr McKeesport Steel Plant

-- PennEnvironment: 100_ Businesses, Organizations Sign Letter Supporting A Plastic Bag Ban In Pittsburgh

-- PG: Ask Me About… Starting An All-Boys School To Prepare Black Students For STEAM Professions

-- Boy Scouts Partner With Natural Lands To Preserve Nearly 400 Acres In Lancaster County  [PaEN]

-- Zook Family Partners With Lancaster Farmland Trust To Preserve 100 Acre Family Farm  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: Luzerne County Preservation Program Reaches 3,343 Acres Of Farmland

-- In Memoriam - Dr. Jim Finley, Fmr. Director Of The Center For Private Forests At Penn State  [PaEN]

-- DCNR: Discusses Infrastructure Needs At Shikellamy State Park, Across State Parks And Forests  [PaEN]

-- House Hearing On Recreation, Hunting & Fishing During Pandemic Highlights Importance Of Investments In Green Infrastructure, Clean Water [PaEN]

-- Vote Now! For PennDOT Multimodal Project Improving Accessibility At Ohiopyle State Park In Fayette County  [PaEN]

-- PA Wilds Center: Announces 2021 Champions of the PA Wilds Award Winners [PaEN]

-- MCall: Beltzville State Park Has A Friend In Volunteers 

-- StateCollege.com: Friends Of Rothrock State Forest Are Enhancing The Trail System At Musser Gap  

-- MyPhillyPark.org: Mows To Meadows Project Will Bring 5 Acres Of Meadows To Fairmount Park

-- TribLive: Meet Winners Of 2021 Sustainable Gardening Awards From Phipps Conservatory

-- TribLive: Westinghouse Park In Pittsburgh Designated As Nationally Recognized Arboretum

-- Forbes Trail Trout Unlimited: Veterans Enjoy Day Of Fly Fishing In Westmoreland County  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Some Democrats Call For Halt To Mariner East Pipeline Following Charges, But Don’t Expect Action From Legislature

-- Coalition Launches Initiative To Promote Safer Setback Distances From Oil & Gas Drilling, Infrastructure  [PaEN]

-- Proposed DEP Regulation Would Require 22% Of Passenger, Light Duty Vehicle Fleet Offered For Sale In PA Be Zero Emission Vehicles Starting In 2025  [PaEN]

-- WESA: DEP Gives McKeesport Company Money To Convert Buses To Cleaner Fuel

-- DOE's Roosevelt Project Case Study Shows How Southwestern PA Can Thrive In A Low-Carbon Energy Future  [PaEN]

-- CONSOL Energy Sets Goals Of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 50% By 2026, Achieve Net Zero Emissions By 2040; Coal Mining Produces More GHG Emissions Than Natural Gas Production In PA  [PaEN]

 -- Allegheny Front: New Documentary Chronicles The Rebirth Of The Little Conemaugh River In Cambria County

-- Ohio River Valley Institute: New Report - Repairing The Damage, Cleaning Up Hazardous Coal Ash Can Create Jobs And Improve The Environment

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Over 60,000 Volunteers Participated In Spring Pick Up PA Cleanup Program  [PaEN]

-- Independent Conservancy Hosts Last Waste Tire Collection Event In Beaver County Oct. 23  [PaEN]

-- 10th Annual SEEDS Free Book Swap In Wayne County Attracts Over 30,000 Books, Breaks Records  [PaEN]

-- CitizensV: Environmentally-Friendly Dry Cleaning Business Opens In Wilkes-Barre

-- Inquirer: Fighting Climate Change Down On The Farm In Pennsylvania; State Seeks $737 Million Chesapeake Bay Resilient Farms Initiative

-- WHYY: Boosting Northeast Philly’s Green Canopy By Planting Trees And Giving Them Away

-- ReadingE: Volunteers Plant Trees To Spruce Up Reading’s City Park

-- ​​Lancaster Cemetery Community Tree Planting & Clean Up Set For Nov. 6  [PaEN]

-- Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Assn: Fall 2021 Newsletter - Greenway Trail Study, Tree Plantings This Fall Pollinator Festival In Cumberland County  [PaEN]

-- WESA/Allegheny Front: Don’t Rake Those Leaves, New Group Wants To Help You Make Your Yard More Wild

-- DEP Teaching Green: Will Education Standards Still Eliminate EE? Radon Poster Contest, Education Grants, Success Stories [PaEN]

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Preserves 1,999 Acres Of Farmland On 21 Farms In 13 Counties [PaEN]

-- CitizensV: Luzerne Preservation Program Keeps Development Off Farmlands

-- MainLine Today: Preserving A Piece Of The Brandywine Battlefield In Chadds Ford

-- LancasterOnline - P.J. Reilly: Game Commission Deserves Praise For 12,000 Acres Of Unbroken Furnace Hills Hunting Ground

-- WBTimes: North Branch Land Trust Holds Fundraiser, Honors Retiring Executive Director Paul Lumia

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy’s Van Scott Nature Reserve Opens in Beach Lake, Wayne County, PA  [PaEN]

-- ScrantonT: Lackawanna River Heritage Trail Celebrates 30 Years, Looks To The Future

-- AltoonaM: PSU Altoona Alum Angie Spagnoli Makes Global Mark In Conservation

-- WITF Smart Talk: The 2021 ‘Great Places In PA’ Award Winners

-- TribLive: Smart Growth Partnership Marks 20 Years Of Community Planning Efforts In Westmoreland

-- Public News Service: Report - How COVID, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Impact Pennsylvanians' Relationships With Parks [PaEN]

 -- Penn State Extension Master Gardeners Support Bee-Monitoring Project In PA  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - P.J. Reilly: Hunters Sought For Study To Identify Contaminants In Local Ducks And Geese

-- PAEP Recognizes Marci Mowery With Karl Mason Award; The Wildlife Leadership Academy With Walter Lyon Award  [PaEN]

-- WilliamsportS: County Clean Water Action Plan Aims To Address Flooding, Pollution Across Lycoming County

-- DelcoTimes: Chester Ridley Crum Watersheds Presents 2021 Environmental Awards

-- Appalachian Voices Blog: How Acid Mine Drainage Fits Into Pending Federal Mine Cleanup Legislation - A Conversation With Joe Pizarchik  [PaEN]

-- Nov. 4 Susquehanna River Basin Commission Hearing On Proposed Fee Schedule Change To Encourage Use Of AMD Impacted Waters, SRBC/DEP Letter Of Understanding  [PaEN]

-- Rep. Webster Resolution To Study Use Of Abandoned Underground Mines As Geothermal Energy Source  [PaEN]

-- Knouse Foods Cooperative, Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay, DCNR Partner On Riparian Buffer Planting In Adams County  [PaEN]

-- Chapman State Park Hosts Local Master Watershed Stewards In Warren County  [PaEN]

-- Green Infrastructure: Religious Institutions & Clean Water For Healthy Communities Webinar Nov. 15  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority: Joins October 21 Imagine A Day Without Water Education, Advocacy Initiative  [PaEN]

-- EPA, USDA Announce Winners Of Next Gen Fertilizer Innovations Challenge - 2 From PA  [PaEN]

-- Allegheny Land Trust, Partners: 120-Acre Tract Of Woodlands/Meadows Preserved In Butler County  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: Donors Honor Promise Of Farmland Preservation In Lancaster County

-- TribLive: Environmental Advisory Group Formed In Tarentum, Allegheny County To Focus On Green Space, Stormwater, Parks  [What’s An Environmental Advisory Council?]

-- TribLive: Officials Toast Jeannette Glass Site’s Transformation To Cryogenic Testing Facility

-- NextPittsburgh: Scenic Pittsburgh Honors Ligonier For Protecting, Preserving Its Small Town Charm

-- Wellsboro, Tioga County Named A Bird Town By National Audubon Society [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Penn State Master Gardeners Launch PA Bee-Monitoring Effort

-- PA Resources Council: 2021 Virtual Awards Celebration And Program Booklet

-- TribLive: Penn Hills Anti-Litter Group Wins Award For Picking Up The Most Trash  During Pittsburgh Garbage Olympics

-- Westmoreland Cleanways & Recycling: Fall Newsletter Includes Article By Retiring Executive Director Ellen Keefe

-- Coalition For Community Solar Access Honors PA Individuals Dedicated To Passing Bipartisan Legislation Enabling REAL Community Solar Energy  [PaEN]

-- Outdoor Industry Urges Congress To Act On Climate Proposals, Including L.L. Bean, REI Co-op, Orvis, Eddie Bauer  [PaEN]

-- DCNR: Since 2015 Green Energy, Sustainability Initiatives Will Save $30 Million, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 5,110 Tons A Year  [PaEN]

-- CONSOL Energy Sets Goals Of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 50% By 2026, Achieve Net Zero Emissions By 2040; Coal Mining Produces More GHG Emissions Than Natural Gas Production In PA [PaEN]

-- Penn State’s Dr. Michael Mann To Receive Leo Szilard Lectureship Award From American Physical Society

-- AP: Nun Imprisoned Over Peace Activism Dies In Montgomery County At 91

-- PA State Parks Offer Dozens Of Ideas For Using Halloween As A Teaching Opportunity For Students  [PaEN]

-- ReadingE: Sensory Trail At Blue Marsh Lake 25 Years Old

-- LehighValleyLive: Moving The Appalachian Trail, How Volunteers Finished A Lehigh Valley Job Long In The Making

-- DCNR Dedicates Trail Connector Project At Canoe Creek State Park In Blair County  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council: Critical Connection For Circuit Trails Nearing Completion In SE PA

-- CourierT Guest Essay: Newtown Rail Trail A Win-Win For Its Users, Neighbors

-- WESA: New Trail Connects Etna To Allegheny River For First Time In Nearly A Century

-- Landforce Crews Help Restore Trails, Remove Invasive Plants In The Hazelwood Greenway In Allegheny County [PaEN]

-- Sinnemahone Ultra Trail Run Participants Braved Weather To Finish Triple Crown In Cameron County [PaEN]

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Winners Of Confluence - Land, Water, Wildlife Photo Contest, Gallery Exhibition [PaEN]

 -- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Eels In The Susquehanna - A Surprising Success Story

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Patience, Persistence, Collaboration - All Lessons Learned In The Successful Resurgence Of Bald Eagles, Osprey

-- Penelec Installs Equipment On Power Lines To Protect Eagles In Crawford County [PaEN]

-- Ed Wytovich Discusses Catawissa Creek's Unique Potential, Threats It Faces, What's Needed  [PaEN]

-- Clearfield Conservation District, Trout Unlimited, DEP Potts Run Passive Mine Drainage Treatment - Video

-- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Announces 2021 Environmental Award Winners; Nov. 1-8 Celebration  [PaEN]

-- Adams County Conservation District: Carroll Valley Park Riparian Forest Buffer

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Host Tree Planting In Manheim Township Park [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Lancaster Conservancy Targets 90 Acres In Elizabeth Twp For New Nature Preserve

-- DEP: Healthy Waters Newsletter Highlights Profiles Of 40 Clean Water Funding Programs, Local Clean Water Leadership  [PaEN]

-- DRBC Posts Draft Regulations Covering Discharges Of Wastewater From High Volume Hydraulic Fracking Oil And Gas Drilling Operations; Bans Road Dumping Of Wastewater & Co-Products  [PaEN]

-- The Science Says: Spreading Conventional Drilling Wastewater On Dirt & Gravel Roads Can Harm Aquatic Life, Poses Health Risks To Humans - And It Damages The Roads  [PaEN]

-- ReImagine Appalachia: Updated Build Back Better Framework Sets Stage For Job-Creating Investment in Healthier, More Prosperous Future for Appalachia  

-- PA Solar Center Hosts Nov. 4 Online Lancaster County Lodestar Awards Program [PaEN]

-- Stourbridge Project Solar Installation In Wayne County Wins Environmental Award [PaEN]

-- PA Business Report: Legislation Would Expand Solar Power Access Thru Subscriber Programs

-- PG: State College Solar Energy Company Targets Fmr Westinghouse Plant For Expansion

-- PG: RIDC Gets Approval To Develop More Land At Hazelwood Green, Fmr Steel Plant Site

-- PG: Pittsburgh Native Michael Keaton Talks About Making Green Investments In His Hometown

-- Philadelphia, Partners Open Solar Training Lab At Frankford H.S. To Launch Young People Into Clean Energy Careers [PaEN]

-- PA Municipal League, Sustainable Pittsburgh’s Virtual 2021 Fall Sustainability Conference Nov. 16  [PaEN] 

-- PG - Anya Litvak: Green Building Alliance Oakland Energy Master Plan In Pittsburgh 

-- CentreDT: Here’s The Plan For Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 45% By 2030 In Centre Region

-- PG: Pittsburgh Announces $16 Million Streetlight Replacement Program With LEDs

-- EPA Recognizes 2 PA Companies With Top Environmental Performers and Leaders For Freight Supply Chain Efficiency 

-- PA Environmental Council: Now Is The Time To Protect PA Against Climate Threats  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Advocates Call On Wolf To Uphold Promise To Cut Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations

-- Inquirer: Climate Campaign Pressures PA-based Vanguard Investment Firm To Act Faster On Fossil Fuels

-- StateImpactPA: Central PA Organizations Form Unique Collaboration To Engage Community On Climate Change Challenges, Solutions

-- NextPittsburgh: Covestro’s THINC30 Youthquake Summit Helps Pittsburgh Students Become Climate Changemakers

-- CentreDT: ‘We’re Going Green’ Teaches Children No Act Is Too Small To Help Save The Planet

-- The Guardian Guest Essay: What The World Can Learn From [PA’s] Rachel Carson As We Fight For Our Planet

-- PG Guest Essay: Carbon Tax Can Pay Off For Working Families - PA’s Citizens Climate Lobby

-- Guest Essay: Faith And Science Mandate A More Aggressive Plan To Address Climate Change - Brandon Hoover and David Foster, Ph.D., Messiah University [PaEN]

-- Gov. Wolf, Legislative Black Caucus Members Announce Actions To Prioritize Environmental Justice [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Partners With Construction Junction In Pittsburgh To Provide 100% Recycled Office Paper On Demand  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Meet The ‘Trash Man’ Who Recycles Scrap Metal Into Funds For A Local Church

-- TribLive: Pine Keeps It Clean, Boosts Community Pride With Trolling For Trash Program

-- PG: RIDC Gets Approval To Develop More Land At Hazelwood Green, Fmr Steel Plant Site

-- The Future Of Pennsylvania’s Parks and Forests Is in Our Hands; New Online StoryMap Describes Critical State Park, Forest Funding Needs [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Communities Should Invest Federal American Rescue Plan Funds In Conservation - Andy Loza, WeConservePA [PaEN]

-- River Stewards: Millersville University Students Embrace The Beauty Of The Susquehanna River On A Kayaking Trip

-- Game Commission: Wildlife On Wi-Fi Program Recognized With Governor’s Award For Environmental Excellence

-- Ducks Unlimited, Coalition For Delaware River Watershed Celebrate $3 Million Tidal Marsh Habitat Restoration Project In John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge  [PaEN]

-- The Late Jim Finley: Forest Protector, Private Forest Center Founder, Professor Emeritus

-- U.S. House Sends Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill To Biden’s Desk, Includes Largest-Ever Investment In Cleaning Up Abandoned Coal Mines - PA’s #1 Water Pollution Problem  [Pennsylvanians worked 5 years to get this done.]  [PaEN]

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Presents Mira Lloyd Dock Awards To Kiasha Huling Of Philadelphia & Shauna Yorty Of Lancaster; PA Forestry Assn.  Recognizes Marci Mowery With Myra Dock Award  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Recognizes 3 Winners Of Environmental Rights Amendment Song Contest Nov. 8  [PaEN]

-- WBTimes: Earth Conservancy Celebrates Opening Of Dziak Drive 

-- Western PA Conservancy Leads Stream Improvement Project At St. Leo's Church Near Ridgway, Elk County  [PaEN]

-- Bucknell University & Susquehanna University Plant Forest Buffers To Slow Rainwater Runoff  [PaEN]

 -- Master Watershed Stewards In Berks & Schuylkill Counties To Unveil Live Stake Nursery At Cacoosing Park, Berks County Nov. 17  [PaEN]

-- Forbes Trail Chapter Trout Unlimited Helps Save Linn Run State Park Hemlock Trees From Woolly Adelgid  [PaEN]

-- Call For Presentations: Westminster College, Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Student Symposium On The Environment Nov. 29 To Dec. 2  [PaEN]

-- EIN: Local Leaders Gather At Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Center To Call For Green Infrastructure Funding 

-- SunburyDT:  Bucknell Susquehanna River Symposium Speaker Stresses Partnerships, Funding Needs

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Selects Hilary Harp Falk As New President  & CEO  [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center Recognizes Melissa D. Ho Of World Wildlife Fund With Freshwater Excellence Award [PaEN]

-- 18 Lancaster County Farms And Businesses Receive PA Solar Center Solar Energy Leadership Awards  [PaEN]

-- ErieT: General McLane Grad Ali Zaidi Works With Biden To Find Opportunities In Climate Change

-- MCall: Fmr Bon-Ton Distribution Center Rebuilt With Sustainability In Mind

-- Inquirer: Philadelphia A Leader In Turning Old Factories And Offices Into Apartments

 -- ScrantonT: Environmental Cleanup On Land Along Lackawanna River Eyed For Park

-- YaleEnvironment360 - John Hurdle: More Eyes On Polluters - The Growth Of Citizen Monitoring [Western PA]

-- AltoonaM: Myers Elementary Teacher Leads First Graders In Litter Cleanup Effort 

-- PG/AP: Pittsburgh To Host 2022 Meeting Of World’s Energy Ministers 

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh To Host Global Climate And Energy Meeting Next Year

-- NextPittsburgh: Pittsburgh Delegation Shares City’s Successes At UN Climate Summit In Glasgow

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Pittsburgh To Host The World On How To Transition Away From Fossil Fuels  [PaEN]

-- 3 PA Universities Recognized In EPA’s Top 30 College & University List Of Green Power Users  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Making Sense Of A Volatile Energy Market - By Ronald Fisher, Executive Director, The Energy Co-op 

-- Inquirer: After Hunger Strike For The Climate, Philly’s Abby Leedy Keeps Marching

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light Holds Virtual Building Toward A Just Future Conference Focused On Climate Justice Nov. 14  [PaEN]

-- Allegheny Land Trust Partners With Regen Network To Sell Carbon Credits To Support Local Land Conservation; Largest Sale Of Urban Forest Credits In U.S.  [PaEN]

-- PG - Laura Legere: Family-Owned Forests Define PA’s Landscape, Can They Cash In On The Carbon In Their Trees? 

-- Inquirer - Rebuilding Philly: Let’s Reimagine Urban Green Space As A Way To Promote Social Justice

-- ReadingE: Spotted Lanternfly Research Brings Top FFA Award To Conrad Weiser Grad  

-- Agriculture: 11.2 Million Acres Of Farm & Forest Land Enrolled In Clean & Green Preservation Program  [PaEN]

-- Sproat Family, Natural Lands Partner To Preserve 42 Acre Farm In Chester County [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farmland Trust Partners With Landowners To Preserve 88 Acre Zimmerman Farm; 51 Acre Gehr Farm  [PaEN]

-- Dept. Of Agriculture: PA Hardwoods Enrich Lives Worldwide, Support Environment, Jobs, Economy

-- PG: Pittsburgh Establishes Hays Woods Park, Its Largest In Nearly 100 Years

 -- ErieT - Brian Whipkey: Erie County Father, Son Hike 2,100 Mile Appalachian Trail

-- ScrantonT: The Magic Of Running Trails In Lackawanna State Park

-- TribLive: Etna Holds Ceremony For Opening Of Riverfront Trail And Park

-- WilliamsportS: Williamsport Recreation Dept. Has ‘Bounce Back Year’ Though Affects From COVID Still Linger

-- AP: Delaware Water Gap Proposal Would Give PA, NJ First National Park

-- PG - Laura Legere: Infrastructure Bill Promises ‘Unprecedented’ Funding To Clean Up PA’s Abandoned Mine Lands 

-- Senate, House Legislation Would Raise $350 Million A Year To Clean Up Polluted Water [PaEN]

-- New Pittsburgh Energy Strategy Would Require Developers To Submit Climate, Energy-Efficiency Plans Along With Building Plans [PaEN]

-- PG: Pittsburgh Outlines Energy Strategy In New Plan

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Earns International Award For Work Addressing Climate Change

-- PG: Pittsburgh -  Glasgow Finalize Sister-City Partnership; Pittsburgh Wins 2nd In Climate Competition 

-- Chatham University, Lafayette College, Hershey Medical Center Earn International Green Business Certification For Power Resilience, Reliability, Sustainability  [PaEN]

-- Young Evangelicals For Climate Action Applaud Passage Of Federal Infrastructure Bill; Calls For Quick Passage Of Build Back Better Budget Plan  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: We Need A New Civilian Conservation Corps That Works For Farms - By Sara Nicholas, PA Association For Sustainable Agriculture  [PaEN]

-- YorkDR Guest Essay: Building A Brighter Future One Clean Energy Tax Credit At A Time - Bob Harvie, Bucks County Commissioner

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Local Climate Activists Look To Educate Residents, Lawmakers With Lancaster Vigils 

-- Coalition Of Business, Citizen, Environmental Groups Support Increasing PA's Solar Energy Goals  [PaEN]

-- Solar Power World: Fmr Steel Mill In Hazelwood Green Covered In Solar Panel Shines New Light On Pittsburgh 

-- TribLive: Levin Furniture Installs 1-MW Solar Array Atop Smithton Distribution Facility In Westmoreland County

-- The GIANT Food Company Enters Into Power Agreement To Buy Renewable Solar Energy  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: $16 Million Project To Replace Pittsburgh Streetlights With LEDs Approved

-- PG - Anya Litvak: Pennsylvania Looks To Jolt Energy Storage Development 

-- CEOs For Sustainability C-Suite Summit In Pittsburgh Highlights Progress Toward Sustainability Goals  [PaEN]

-- PPL Joins Energy Impact Partners $1 Billion Fund To Accelerate Global Decarbonization 

-- PG Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Can’t Solve The Climate Crisis Alone - But The World Can’t Solve The Climate Crisis Without Pennsylvania - By Patrick McDonnell, Secretary Of DEP

-- Monongahela Valley Residents Urge Action After A Week Of Health Threatening Air Pollution In Allegheny County [PaEN]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Now Is The Time To Embrace Electric Vehicles - Kevin Walker, CEO Of Duquesne Light 

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Riparian Buffers That Clean Up Waterways & Produce Profitable Crops  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: Lancaster County Farmers Aim To Take Organic Milk To New Level - Good For Cows And The Environment

-- Tribune-Democrat: St. Francis College Watershed Center Receives Funding For Study, Cleanup Of Mine Water Polluted Stream 

-- LancasterOnline: Warwick Twp. Officials: Santo Domingo Creek Floodplain Project Received $50,000 Grant

-- DEP & PennDOT Seek Volunteers To Pick Up Pennsylvania To Benefit Streams, Rivers, and Lakes  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Defense Foundation Asks The PA Supreme Court To Overturn Lower Court Ruling Challenging DCNR's State Forest Plan Allowing Gas Drilling  [PaEN]

-- ReadingE: 2 Berks County Farms Preserved Thru Farmland Preservation Program

-- Allegheny Land Trust Partners With Grow Pittsburgh To Protect Enright Community Garden  [PaEN]

-- Scenic Pittsburgh Honors Ligonier Borough In Westmoreland County With Achievement Award  [PaEN]

-- A Conversation With Adam Waterbear DePaul Of The Lenape Nation Of PA - The Original Stewards, Nov. 17  [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center-Voices H2O: Thoughts On Water In Honor Of Native American Heritage Month - By Jacqline Wolf Tice

-- WNEP: National Christmas Tree Is From Snyder County

-- DCNR Blog: Preserving One Of The Oldest Buildings In Western PA [Forbes State Forest, Fayette County] 

-- North Branch Land Trust Names Ellen Ferretti Executive Director  [PaEN]

-- PA-Based  Evangelical Environmental Network: U.S. House Passage Of Build Back Better Budget Puts Us Closer To A Bright Inheritance For Our Children [PaEN]

-- Evangelical Environmental Network: Signing Of Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Good News For Our Children, Communities And Country [PaEN]

-- WPCAMR: New Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Addresses PA’s #1 Water Pollution Problem; Questions About What Projects Can Be Funded  [PaEN]

-- NFWF, EPA Announce $2.5 Million In Conservation Grants In Pennsylvania To Help Restore The Chesapeake Bay Watershed  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Guest Essay: Support Bipartisan SB 525 To Protect Our Parks & Forests - PA Parks & Forests Foundation

 -- YorkDR Guest Essay: PA Communities Should Invest American Rescue Funds In Conservation - Andy Loza, WeConservePA

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Midstate Universities Plant Forest Buffers To Clean Water From Campuses

-- Allegheny County Conservation District: 500 Volunteers Planted 17 Acres Of Native Trees In 11 Municipalities To Improve Water Quality; Now It’s Your Turn 

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Horse-Drawn Manure Injector Designed To Entice Plain Sects, Reduce Polluted Farm Runoff

-- EQB Accepts Petitions For Study To Increase Oil & Gas Well Bonding; DEP Has $15 Per Well Available In Bonds To Plug Conventional Wells [PaEN]

-- A First-Hand Account Of How Repeated, Unlimited Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater Is Tearing Apart Dirt Roads And Creating Multiple Environmental Hazards - By Siri Lawson, Farmington Township, Warren County  [PaEN]

-- Environment News Service: Pennsylvania Drilling Wastewater Toxics Spread On Dirt Roads

-- Preliminary Results From New Penn State Study Find Increased Cancer, Health Risks From Road Dumping Conventional Drilling Wastewater, Especially For Children  [PaEN]

-- New Pitt-Duquesne Study Shows Higher Exposures To Radiation In Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater When Appropriate Exposure Scenarios Are Used  [PaEN]

-- Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services, FracTracker Alliance Call On Citizens To Report Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater On Dirt & Gravel Roads  [PaEN]

-- Trout Unlimited: What Do Pennsylvania's Dirt And Gravel Roads Have To Do With Trout?  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front/Environmental Health News: Pollution’s Mental Toll: How Air, Water And Climate Pollution Shape Our Mental Health 

-- TribLive - Joseph Sabino Mistick: The Men Who Cleared Pittsburgh’s Skies

-- DRBC Extends Comment Period On Draft Regulations Covering Discharges Of Wastewater From Fracking Operations & Ban On Road Dumping Of Wastewater & Co-Products  [PaEN]

-- DEP Proposed To Set Stricter PFAS Limits Approved [For Public Comment] By Environmental Quality Board

-- DEP Advisory Committee Supports Adopting Science-Based Water Quality Criteria For Toxic Manganese To Protect Public Health, Environment And No Change In Point Of Compliance For The Standard  ​[PaEN]

-- Family Forest Carbon Program Now Open Across Pennsylvania Provides New Revenue Opportunities For Forest Landowners; 60 Enrolled So Far Covering 10,000 Acres  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Officials Hope UN Climate Conference Urgency Translates Into Action At Home 

-- ErieT: World’s First All-Electric Freight Locomotive Made In PA To Be Used In Western PA  [A Product Like This Would Cost More Under Sen. Yaw’s Senate Bill 284.  Read more here]

-- Inquirer: SEPTA Buys Hybrid Buses For $178 Million, While It Studies Options For Battery Electric Models

-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: PA Can Build A Clean Electric Vehicle Future,  Wolf, Lawmakers Must Embrace It - PA Budget & Policy Center

-- NBC10: Going Green To Fight Environmental Injustice In Philadelphia

-- TribLive: Pitt Gets $100 Million To Build Biomanufacturing Hub At Hazelwood Green Brownfield Redevelopment Site 

-- PG - Salena Zito: Cambria County Fights Population Loss In Little, Big Ways [Fishing, Hiking, Outdoor Life]

 -- Wildlands Conservancy Protects 2,700 Acre Penrose Swamp Barrens In Carbon & Luzerne Counties  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Conservancy Preserves 130 Acres Of Forest Land In York County [PaEN]

-- Gibble Family Partners With Lebanon Valley Conservancy To Protect 53 Acres In Lebanon County [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh-Based Landforce: Read One Person’s Story About His Journey At Landforce

-- ESRI: Annette Ginocchetti - A GIS Innovator Pursues Her 'Mappings' In NE PA

-- WBTimes: Ellen Ferretti ‘Comes Home’ To Take The Helm At North Branch Land Trust

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Requests Public Meetings On Proposed Very Low-Level Combat Training Flights By Maryland National Guard In PA Wilds  [PaEN]

-- PA Wilds Center Seeks Public Meetings On Proposed Low-Level Combat Training Flights By Maryland National Guard; Asking Others To Sign-On To The Request [PaEN]

-- DCNR Honors Boy Scout Troop That Visited 120 State Parks In Honor Of Late Scoutmaster [PaEN]

-- TribLive - Deb Erdley: Cyclists Brave Cold For Pantry Pedal On Greensburg Trail

-- ScrantonT: Anthracite Bicycle Coalition’s Cranksgiving Ride Gears Up With Donations To Food Bank

-- 4 PA Conservation Group Collaboration Receives NFWF Funding To Track Important Migratory Routes In The Northeast U.S. [PaEN]

-- Dec. 1 Webinar: Discussion Of Proposals To Use Part Of PA’s $7 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding For Conservation.  6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

-- Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Program Now Accepting Applications For 2022 Training  [PaEN]

-- Now Available On Demand: Caring For The Earth Webinar - Opportunities For Religious Institutions To Protect Clean Water 

-- Allegheny County Conservation District Plants 3,000 Trees To Reduce Flooding; Celebrates 75th Anniversary  [PaEN]

-- Allegheny County Conservation District Webinar: Dec. 7 - Streambank Stabilization For Residential Landowners. 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

-- Armstrong, Indiana & Westmoreland Master Watershed Stewards Plant Live Stake Nursery In Indiana County Park  [PaEN]

-- Northeastern High School Students Plant 1,200 Trees Along Hartman Run In York County [PaEN]

-- Virginia Pilot: Streams Are Cutting Into Land In York County, Restoration Projects Aim To Slow Their Flow, Reduce Chesapeake Bay Pollutants

-- Hunters And Wildlife Enthusiasts In PA Are Finding Many Benefits In Streamside Forests  [PaEN]

-- Elizabethtown College, Alliance For Chesapeake Bay Partner On Lawn Conversion Project To Reduce Polluted Runoff  [PaEN]

-- Penn State: Increased Flooding Due To Climate Change Will Be Worse In Small Watersheds; Underestimating Flood Risks Due To Climate Change Can Lead To Poor Infrastructure Design  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: Philly’s Eastwick Residents Want Biden’s Infrastructure Plan To Fund Philly’s First Climate Migration Project  

-- American Rivers: New Report: Funding The Future Of Green Infrastructure In Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- Nature World News: New Study Sheds Light On Role Of Urban Trees In Alleviating Stormwater Flows

-- U.S.G.S. Issues Report On Greatest Opportunities For Nitrogen Reduction In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Thru 2050  [PaEN]

-- Wildlife Leadership Academy Awards $2,500 In Ralph Abele Excellence In Outreach Scholarship Awards To 5 Students  [PaEN]

-- PA Master Naturalist: 80 PA Master Naturalists Graduate From 10 Counties

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Releases New Book: Sentinels Of The Susquehanna To Raise Awareness, Spark Collaboration  [PaEN]

-- Register Now For Penn State Extension 9-Part Webinar Series Woods In Your Backyard Starting Jan. 19  [PaEN]

-- John Nierer Partners With Heritage Conservancy To Protect 14+ Acres In Northampton County  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Lancaster Conservancy Saves 130-Acre Forest In York County

 -- DailyLocal Guest Essay: The Case For Cap And Invest In PA To Reduce Power Plant Greenhouse Gas Emissions - By Sen. Carolyn Comitta, Minority Chair of the Senate Environmental Committee

-- YorkD Guest Essay: PA Lawmakers Out Of Touch In Opposing RGGI Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program - Kathy Cook, PA League Of Women Voters

-- MCall Guest Essay: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Will Create Funding For PA Clean Energy Jobs - By iSpring Associates

-- PG: Pittsburgh Transit Prepping 40 New Clean Diesel Buses For Road Service

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Advocates Hope Federal Infrastructure Money Will Spur People To Buy EVs

 -- CourierT: It Could Be Years Before PFAS Rules Are Set, Sen. Collet Has A Plan To Move Faster By A New Law

 -- State Releases First-Ever Litter Action Plan, Calls For Universal Access To Trash Disposal, Recycling, Extended Producer Responsibility, New Anti-Litter Funding  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Proposal Would Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags At Most Pittsburgh Stores

-- PA Resources Council December Conservation Workshops Spotlight Backyard Composting; Give A Gift Of Environmental Learning  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Frankie Pace Park Dedicated Over I-579 As Connection Between Downtown Pittsburgh And Hill District

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: KayakLanCo’s First Season A Success Amid Pandemic-Inspired Interest In The Outdoors

-- WBTimes: Fish & Boat Commission Breaks Ground On Dam Rehabilitation Project In Wayne County

 -- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Game Warden Patrols Lancaster County Enforcing Game Rules During Deer Season Opener

-- AltoonaM - Jessica Mundie: Birdwatchers See Deeper Meaning

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: PA Wildlife Samaritans To Benefit From Calendar Sales

-- Video Showcase Now Open For Westminster College, Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Student Symposium On The Environment  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Berks Student Erin Horack Receives Top Awards For Spotted Lanternfly Research

-- Tribune Democrat Guest Essay: Acid Mine Drainage Treatment A Vital Component Of National infrastructure - Stonycreek-Conemaugh River Improvement Project Board

-- PG Guest Essay: Bipartisan Infrastructure Will Transform Western PA Communities Hit Hard By Decline Of Coal And Shale Natural Gas Bust - Prof. Shanti Gamper-Rabindran

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: William Penn Foundation Provides $1.65 Million To Create New Delaware River Climate Corps To Train Workers For Conservation, Green Careers

-- Philadelphia Water Dept. Blog: Green City, Clean Waters - A Homegrown Workforce

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Weather Trends Need To Be Considered In Infrastructure Decisions

-- Vote Now For Pennsylvania's 2022 River Of The Year!  [PaEN]

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Monongahela River Among 4 Nominees For PA River Of The Year 

-- The Times: Western PA Waterways Nominated For 2022 River Of The Year

-- ScrantonT: Vote Now For PA 2022 River Of The Year, Including Catawissa Creek

-- PG: It’s Time To Vote For Pennsylvania’s River Of The Year

-- Inquirer: Rebuilding Philly: Spurred By The Pandemic, A Renewed Call To Protect The City’s Waterways

-- WESA: Since The Pandemic Began, Protecting Urban Green Spaces Has Become Even More Important In Pittsburgh

-- DEP’s Environmental Justice Newsletter Spotlights EJ Champion Rashida Lovely From Scranton [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: Coach For Social Change Leaders Offers Support To Overcome Climate Anxiety

-- PA Resources Council Announces 2021 Lens On Litter Photo Contest Winners  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Here’s How Much Grandview Church’s ‘Trash Man’ Recycled This Year

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Council Passes Bill To Remove Lead From Rental Properties

-- TribLive Letter: Westmoreland County Taking Care Of Lead Problems - Commissioner Chew

-- PPL Releases 2021 Climate Assessment Report, Analysis Supports Company's Path To Net-Zero Carbon Emissions By 2050 [PaEN]

 -- WHYY: SEPTA Moving To Zero Emissions Future

-- Covanta Highlights Latest Sustainability Achievements, New Goals [Operates Waste-To-Energy Facilities In PA]

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh To Include Electric Vehicle Charging Into City Renovation, Construction Projects

-- Environmental Defense Fund Experts Testify At EPA Hearings On Proposed Federal Rules Reducing Oil & Gas Industry Methane Emissions  [PaEN]

-- PUC Celebrates 25th Anniversary Of PA’s Electric Generation Consumer Choice & Competition [Video]

-- Courier Times: Snipes Farm Continues Legacy Of Bucks County Farming While Working To Ensure Land’s Future

-- YorkDispatch: Horn Farm Center For Agricultural Education Begins Rebuilding Process After ‘A Difficult Year’

 -- WHYY: Delaware County To Buy 213-Acre Former Catholic School Property That’s Mostly Open Space

-- DelcoT: Delaware County Continues Open Space Investment By Allocating $3.4 Million In Darby, Upland, Upper Providence Twps

-- Western PA Conservancy Newsletter: Volunteers Plant Trees, Federal Infrastructure Law Great News, Fallingwater Winter Walks

-- Dept. Of Agriculture, Military Affairs Kick Off ‘Trees For Troops’ Donation Weekend

-- Spotlight PA: The Pennsylvania Wilds Is Known For Quiet, Residents Worry Fighter Jet Training Will Disturb The Silence 

 -- South Mountain Partnership Hosts Virtual Annual Power Of The Partnership Celebration Jan. 21  8:30 to 10:30 a.m. 

-- PG: Study: Great Allegheny Passage Trail Is ‘An Economic Highway’ That Generated $121 Million In 2019 

-- PG Editorial: Great Allegheny Passage Bike Trail Leads To Economic Growth

-- PG: Pittsburgh Regional Asset District Budget Invests $7.8 Million To Improve Recreational Facilities In Response To Increased Park Use During Pandemic

-- Courier Express: Brookville Trail Hub Asks Jefferson County To Support ‘Missing Link’ Five Bridges Trail Project

-- PA Firefly Festival Newsletter: Update On Firefly Research, Education Projects, Firefly Festival

-- PA Outdoor Sports: Retirement Hasn't Slowed John Away, Fmr Fish & Boat Commission Executive Director

-- PA Wilds Blog: Something’s Fishy In The Forest - Reestablishing Fishers 

-- WarrenTO: Audubon Community Nature Center Cuts Ribbon On New Wildlife Habitat Display

-- TribLive: Sewickley Library Launches Holiday StoryWalk At Ohio Township Nature Center In Allegheny County

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Hosts Winter Eagle Watch Bus Tours Starting Jan. 8  [PaEN]

-- PG Editorial: Loss Of California Sequoias Is Tragic

-- LancasterOnline: Landisville Mennonite Church Converts Nearly 4 Acres Of Farmland To Forest And Meadow 

-- Turkey Hill Clean Water Partnership, Alliance For Chesapeake Bay Now Have NRCS-PA Funding Available For Priority Watersheds In 14 PA Bay Counties  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: He Wanted To Help Lebanon County Creek, Instead He Watched Sunoco/Mariner East Pipeline Pollute It

-- Stroud Water Research Center Named Winner Of 2021 Amazon Web Services Imagine Grant For Nonprofits  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Acid Mine Drainage Treatment A Vital Component Of National Infrastructure -   By Stonycreek-Conemaugh River Improvement Project Board Of Directors  [PaEN]

-- Opportunity To Bid On DEP Blacklick Creek AMD Treatment Facility, Cambria & Indiana Counties  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft Stream Evaluation Report Covering 85 Class A Wild Trout Waters  [PaEN]

-- Available On Demand: Presentations From PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Statewide Conference For Watershed Organizations  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commissioners Celebrates 60 Years Of Managing, Protecting & Improving the Basin’s Water Resources [PaEN]

-- PG - Laura Legere: DEP Releases Final Rule To Cut Methane Leaks From Existing Oil & Gas Well Sites

-- BCTV.org: Pennsylvanians Make Their Voices Heard At EPA Oil & Gas Methane Rule Hearing

-- FracTracker Alliance, Halt The Harm Network To Honor 4 With Sentinel Awards At Dec. 9 Program  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health Project Personal Narrative: Rose Friend's Home In Washington County Surrounded By Natural Gas Drill Pads, Compressor Stations

 -- Now On Demand: Videos From 2021 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference; Including Preliminary Results Of A Penn State Study On Health Risks From Road Spreading Conventional Drilling Wastewater  [PaEN]

-- YorkDR: 600-Acre Dover Solar Project Under Consideration By Zoning Board Dec. 15

-- YorkD: Saubel’s Markets Receives Rural Energy For America Grant To Harness Solar Energy

-- Inquirer: Homeowners Associations Aim To Protect Property Values, But Can Limit Installation Of Solar Panels 

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Report Explores A Decarbonized Future For Philadelphia Gas Works, Cites Current Structure And Business Model As Challenges

 -- TribLive Guest Essay: We Must Tackle Climate Change To Truly Build Back Better - Conservation Voters Of PA

-- Guest Essay: Why We Must Focus On Climate-Friendly Manufacturing - By Lori Brennan, The Nature Conservancy-PA & Lorraine Faccenda, LaFarge Whitehall Cement Plant  [PaEN]

-- EPA Administrator, UAW President Test-Drive Fully Electric Volvo In NC And Mack Trucks [Made In Lehigh Valley]

-- Pocono Record Guest Essay: We Must Speed Up Transition To Zero-Emission Vehicles To Avoid Climate Crisis - By Dr. Steph Lee, MD, Dr. Maya Ragavan, MD & Flora Cardoni, PennEnvironment

-- WHYY Guest Essay: If You Don’t Trust The Air You Breathe, Keep Reading - By Philadelphia Council Member Katherine Gilmore and Ebony Griffin, Public Interest Law Center, Environmental Justice Working Group

-- Eastern University Guest Essay: Environmental Racism In Our Country - The Problem Of Waste Incineration In Delaware County And What We Can Do About It - By Sophia Hunter

-- PennLive: Cumberland County Conservation District Makes Available More College Scholarships

-- New Mineral Named For Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Scientist Dr. Travis Olds [PaEN]

-- YorkDR: Plans Advance To Improve Codorus Creek Corridor In York With $10 Million Grant - Video Of Project Plans

-- MCall: South Whitehall Twp To Preserve Donated Land As Open Space

-- Metka Family Partners With Natural Lands To Save 26 Acres Near French Creek State Park, Berks County  [PaEN]

-- Citizen Science: Upper Delaware BioBlitz Identified More Than 700 Species Of Plants & Wildlife  [PaEN]

-- ErieT: Will $9 Million In American Rescue Plan Funds Turn Crumbling Paper Plant Into New Erie Park?

-- DCNR Seeks Members For A New Next Gen Council To Increase Participation And Diversity Of Perspectives In State Parks, Forest Programs  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Offering On Demand Videos On Health Benefits Of Outdoor Recreation  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Spots Remain For Volunteer Birders In Audubon’s 122nd Annual Christmas Bird Count

-- ReadingE: Feeder Watchers Can Help With Christmas Bird Count

-- Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Program Figures Show PA Led Region In 2020 Cleanup Progress  [PaEN]

-- Gov. Wolf Announces $17.4 Million To Improve Local Water Quality In 33 Counties In The Chesapeake Bay Watershed  [PaEN]

-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Executive Director Julie Slavet Honored By Wyncote Audubon Society  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: 3 PA Farms Will Test Alley Cropping, A Planting System With Trees 

-- Penn State Plans Survey Of Farm Conservation Practices In 14 PA Counties Starting In January [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Twp. Joins $14 Million Project To Improve Little Conestoga Creek

-- DEP Blog: Environmental Education Grant Helps Fund New Montgomery County Meadow

-- DailyLocal: Volunteers Repair Riparian Buffer In Coatesville

-- Franklin & Marshall College Launches Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative Based On Legacy Sediments Research [PaEN]

-- Rodale Institute Urges Farmers, Families To Learn More About How To Grow Clean Water  [PaEN]

-- MCall: Outdoor Activities On Farms Grew With COVID Pandemic

-- ReadingE: Berks Conservation District: Restoring Balance - Protecting Cacoosing Creek And Our Waterways

-- Artists Paint Storm Drain Art To Raise Water Pollution Awareness In York County  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: New ‘Living Street’ With Rain Gardens & A Meadow Landscaped With Native Plants Will Connect Larimer And Homewood Residents To Bakery Square And Mellon Park 

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Volunteer Water Monitors Needed In Lycoming, Clinton Counties For New Stream Team Initiative; Feb. 8 Info Meeting  [PaEN]

-- Watershed Stewards In Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland Counties Plan Salt Watch Monitoring  [PaEN]

-- Registration Now Open For Keystone Coldwater Conference & PA Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Meeting Feb. 25-26  [PaEN]

-- DEP, PA Sea Grant, Partners Host Virtual PA Lake Erie Environmental Forum Jan. 25  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: After 45 Years, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Will Baker Reflects On The Bay At A Crossroads 

-- WPost: Biden Administration Details Push To Rid Nation Of Millions Of Lead Pipes

-- Millions Of Gallons Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Spread Illegally On Dirt Roads, Companies Fail To Comply With DEP Waste Regulations

-- Better Path Coalition Report: How To Close The Loophole Allowing Uncontrolled Road Spreading Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater & Fix Oil and Gas Waste Reporting System [PaEN]

 -- AP - Laura Legere & Anya Litvak: Hope, Challenges Amid Surge Of Funds To Plug Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By The Industry For Taxpayers To Deal With

 -- PA Conservative Energy Forum Supports Solar Energy Development As Economic Driver And Benefit To Landowners [PaEN]

 -- Evangelical Environmental Network: It’s Well Past Time For PA To Transition To A Clean Energy Economy  [PaEN]

-- FirstEnergy Invests In Venture Capital Fund To Help Advance Sustainable Energy Innovation

-- Penn State: Battery Metals From Abandoned Mine Wastewater: Potential Economic Benefits For Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

 -- White House: Summary Of Dec. 15 Roundtable Hosted By Working Group On Coal And Power Plant Communities And Economic Revitalization 

-- Now On Demand: Physicians For Social Responsibility-PA Host Virtual Conference On Health Hazards Of Oil & Gas Industry In Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- WBTimes: Bipartisan Bill To Help Protect Children From Lead Poisoning Advances In Senate

-- EPA Announces Plans To Use Funds From Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill To Expedite Cleanup At 3 Superfund Sites In Berks, Delaware, Montgomery Counties  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: New Plan Could Revive Carrie Furnace Mill Site, The Stakes Are High For Rankin  

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Protects 2,569 More Acres Of Farmland On 30 Farms  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Announces $1.2 Million Grant To Preserve 156 Acres In Chester County For Conservation, Passive Recreational Use  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Conservancy Preserves 155 Acres Along Conewago Recreation Trail  [PaEN]

-- ReadingE: 200 Acres Preserved In 5 Recent Conservation Deals In Berks County

-- McCaffrey Family And Natural Lands Partner To Protect 35 Acre Farm In Chester County Next To Hibernia County Park  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Local Municipal Open Space Referendums In PA 2021 Status Report

-- BeaverT: Brighton Twp., Beaver County To Focus On Land Preservation In Next Decade

-- PA Master Naturalist To Offer Spring Training Courses In Allegheny, Northern Chester,  Washington Counties  [PaEN]

-- PA Wilds Finalist In National Build Back Better Regional Challenge For Up To $100 Million  [PaEN]

-- Sen. Casey Seeks Transparent Public Process, Extension Of Comment Period On Proposed Low-Level Combat Training Flights In The PA Wilds  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Details Economic Benefits Of PA's Parks & Forests In New Video  [PaEN]

 -- DCNR: PA Outdoor Corps Seeking Crew Members To Gain Real-World Work Skills

-- PA Environmental Defense Foundation Files Lawsuit To Stop Northcentral Regional ATV Trail Connector Project As Violation Of Public Trust Responsibilities  [PaEN]

-- GantNews: You Can Improve Health With Outdoor Recreation In PA’s Parks & Forests

-- Upcoming Friends Of The Wissahickon Events To Keep Wissahickon Valley Park Clean & Green  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: Pittsburgh Will Soon Have 6 New Parks Spanning 300-Plus Acres And 11 Neighborhoods

-- PA Cap-Star: SW PA Trail Council Maintains Its Portion Of Great Allegheny Passage Trail Thru Donations, Volunteers

-- WBTimes: Wilkes-Barre Bike Gang Helps Clear Storm Damage From Nesbitt Park Trail

-- WBTimes: Parks And Rec To The Rescue In West Wyoming, Luzerne County

-- CentreDT: Centre Region Parks And Recreation Selects Bids For Whitehall Road Regional Park

-- City Of Philadelphia: Protected Bike Lanes Doubled In 2021

-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests, French Creek Valley Conservancy Host Online Our Woods & Waters Film Series Jan. 21, Feb. 25  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Quest Under Way To Find, Protect Old-Growth Forests In PA, Chesapeake Bay Watershed  [PaEN]

-- Pocono Record - Brain Whipkey: Deer Camp Owner In Pocono Mountains Introduces People To The Outdoors 

-- Penn State Survey Finds Strong Public Support For Bird Conservation, But Hundreds Of Bird Species Are In Trouble Now  [PaEN]

-- PG: DCNR Removes Historical Marker Using Phrase ‘Anglo-Saxon Supremacy’ From Point State Park In Pittsburgh

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Lancaster Woman’s Collection of Warped Plants From Around Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Headed To Smithsonian 

-- WITF Smart Talk: Harrisburg University Professor Names Newly Discovered Dinosaurs

-- PA-Based Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund Keeping Up The Pressure Following Historic Rights Of Nature Victory In Ecuador  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Suggests 5 Green New Year's Resolutions For 2022  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Awards $333,991 Grant To Stroud Water Research Center For Multifunction Riparian Forest Buffer Pilot Project  [PaEN]

-- WilliamsportS: Project By Army Reserve Soldiers To Reduce Flooding In Plunketts And Loyalsock Creeks

-- PA Treasury: Agri-Link Low-Interest Loan Program Supports Agricultural Best Management Practices ​​[PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners To Begin Accepting Applications For Clean Water Implementation Grants On Jan. 4  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Latest Update On Clean Water Plan Implementation  

-- PA Lake Management Society Accepting Applications For Project Mini-Grants  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times-Tribune Editorial: Preserve State's Clean Streams Law [PaEN]

-- Public Source: One Of Pittsburgh’s Leading Air Quality Advocates Rachel Filippini Has A Message: Get A Seat At The Table 

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front: Meet Patrick Campbell The New Leader Of Pittsburgh’s Group Against Smog And Pollution 

-- Inversion: The Unfinished Business Of Pittsburgh’s Air Documentary 

-- WilliamsportS: Lycoming County Planning Commission Discusses Proposed Solar Energy Ordinance

-- TribLive: Latrobe Sets Guidelines For EV Charging Stations

-- TribLive Guest Essay: U.S. On Verge Of Major Electric Vehicle Moment - Chad Duppstadt, PA Army National Guard 

-- American Institute Of Architects - PA Chapter: 3 PA Firms Recognized With National COTE Wellness, Community, Environment Awards  [PaEN]

--  The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Despite Moratorium, 2 Million Gallons Of Conventional Oil & Gas Waste Spread On PA Roads Since 2018 

-- Gov. Wolf: Proposed EPA Vehicle Fuel Economy Standards To Help Pennsylvanians Breathe Easier, Save Money

-- New Conservative Energy Network Poll: 84% Support Govt. Action To Accelerate Clean Energy Development, 82% To Address Climate Change  [PaEN]

-- Local, State Environmental Groups Express Opposition To Proposed Nacero Natural Gas To Gasoline Refinery In Luzerne County  [PaEN]

-- 7 Environmental Groups Oppose State Legislation To Preempt Local Governments From Making Clean Energy Decisions That Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions  [PaEN]

-- Philadelphia Citizen Guest Essay: Why Isn’t Philadelphia Gas Works Fixing Natural Gas Leaks Next To Schools, Many Other Areas?  - By Melissa Ostroff, EarthWorks

-- YorkDR Guest Essay: Quaker Investors Urge EPA To Advance Strong Methane Emission Rules For Oil and Gas Operations  

-- Evangelical Environmental Network: Now Is Not The Time To Turn Our Backs On Climate Investments In Build Back Better Proposal  [PaEN]

-- American Planning Assn. Blog: Combating Climate Change Thru Vacant Lot Restoration - PA Horticultural Society, Philadelphia LandCare, National Wildlife Federation

-- DCNR Blog: Love Of Outdoors Comes Full Circle For PA Outdoor Corps Crew Member River Missal   [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: WeConservePA - Land Trusts Preserved 880,722 Acres In PA

-- Daily American - Brian Whipkey: Somerset County Conservancy Seeks Support In Purchasing 275-Acre Menser Farm Preserve For Public Access 

-- ScrantonT: Boy Scouts And Girl Scouts Aid Protected Wild Orchids

-- TribLive: Proposal Would Add 6 Parks, More Than 300 Acres To Pittsburgh Park System

-- PG: 100 Trail Miles In 24 Hours: 2 Local Men Test Their Limits For Nigerian Burn Victims

-- ReadingE: Community Members Trim Trees On Schuylkill River Trail To Spread Holiday Joy

-- ScrantonT: Luzerne County Authority Seeking Donations To Spruce Up Wyoming Valley Levee Recreational Path

-- Inquirer: Frustrated By Bike Shortage, Philly Entrepreneur Opened A Shop To Build Them Himself

-- AP: Washington Crossing The Delaware Reenactment Hosted By Friends Of DCNR’s Washington Crossing Park

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Cherry Springs State Park One Of Best In World For Viewing Night Skies 

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Fmr Airport In Potter County Among Best Places In World For Enjoying The Night Sky  [Cherry Springs State Park]

-- Bloomberg: Pittsburgh Becoming First City In Eastern U.S. To Become Dark Sky Compliant

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Bald Eagle Cam Goes Live At U.S. Steel Mill In West Mifflin 

-- Tom Kerr Selected As New Board Chair Of Hawk Mountain Sanctuary [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Lancaster Farmland Trust Names Jeff Swinehart President, CEO

-- AP/Indiana Gazette: Modified Hunting Systems Helps Indiana County Boy Get First Buck

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