61 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 61 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about 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.

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-- 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]

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[Posted: December 19, 2021] PA Environment Digest