53 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 53 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.

Thank you for your leadership!

-- Final State Budget Includes Nearly $700 Million In Funding To Support Local And State Environmental, Recreation Infrastructure Projects!  [PaEN]

 

-- Lancaster Farming: PA State Budget Delivers Clean Streams Fund, Avian Influenza Aid

 

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: PA State Parks Fuel Economic Growth, Well-Being, But Need Upgrades, Fund Them - DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn

 

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Let’s Clean Up And Protect PA’s Waterways - Chesapeake Bay Foundation

 

-- Coalition For The Delaware River Watershed: Making The Case For Clean Water - PA’s Growing Greener III Funding

 

-- Environmental Groups Host July 13 State Budget Briefing Webinar  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council: Without A Veto Of HB 2644, PA's Abandoned Oil & Gas Well Problem May Be All But Permanent  [PaEN]

 

-- PA Environmental Council/Environmental Defense Fund + 12 Other Groups: HB 2644 Unjustifiably Limits Bonding For Oil & Gas Wells, Risks Eligibility For Federal Well Plugging Funds  [PaEN]

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Urges Senate To Vote Against The HB 2644 Subsidy & Bailout For Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers - ‘Stop Rewarding Industry For Not Being Responsible’  [PaEN]

 

-- After 12 Years, House, Senate Pass Bill To Control Overuse Of Fertilizer On Turf  [PaEN]

 

-- Bay Journal: PA Lawmakers Move To Limit Fertilizer Use On Turf - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal

 

-- Efforts By Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Program Play Role In 2 Governor's Awards For Street 2 Creek, Watershed Friendly Certification  [PaEN]

 

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: New Advocate Rises To Fight For Conestoga River 

 

-- Delaware River Basin Commission 2021 Annual Report - 60 Years Of Managing, Protecting And Improving

 

-- Sign On To REAL Energy Freedom For Pennsylvania - Petition To PA Lawmakers

 

-- Republican Herald: $138 Million Solar Energy Project Planned On Abandoned Coal Mine Land In Foster Twp., Schuylkill County

 

-- DCNR Dedicates New Pool Complex, Solar Energy Arrays At Ryerson Station State Park, Greene County [PaEN]

 

-- WITF Smart Talk: Poll: Pennsylvanians See Global Warming As Serious Problem, Split On Natural Gas Fracking

 

-- WESA: Allegheny County Council Votes To Ban Natural Gas Fracking In County Parks, County Executive Says He’ll Veto Bill [Even Though County Executive Says He Has No Plans To Allow Fracking On Or Under County Parks]

 

-- WHYY Guest Essay: EPA Proposals On Reducing Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Facilities Need To Be Strengthened Before They’re Adopted - Clean Air Council

 

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Climate Legislation Matters Now More Than Ever After U.S. Supreme Court EPA Decision - Citizen Climate Lobby

 

-- Mennonite Central Committee: How Climate Change Is Making Life More Complex For Rural Farmers In Bolivia - By Rachel Watson, Lancaster-based Mennonite Central Committee 

 

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: PA, NJ, DE Among 16 States Suing Postal Service Over Lack Of Electric Vehicles

 

-- KYW: Energy Coordinating Agency Launching Water Heater Emergency Fund For Low-Income Philadelphia Families

 

-- TribLive: Historical Marker To Be Dedicated To 1902 Rolling Mill Coal Mine Disaster In Johnstown

 

-- DEP, Professional Recyclers Group Highlight Student Winners Of Earth Week Poster And Video Contest [PaEN]

 

-- PA Resources Council Hosts Backyard Composting, Rain Barrel, Recycling Workshops, Webinars In July For Southwestern PA Residents  [PaEN]

 

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Family-Owned Plum Company Recycled Wooden Barrels For Over A Century

 

-- DCNR Celebrates 50th Anniversary Of M.K. Goddard State Park, Goddard’s Conservation Legacy  [PaEN]

 

-- Countryside Conservancy, The Conservation Fund Close Gap In Northern Electric Trolley Trail Corridor In Lackawanna County  [PaEN]

 

-- ​​North American Land Trust Opens Historic Brinton Run Preserve To The Public In Delaware County  [PaEN]

 

-- York Dispatch: Looking To Preserve Open Space?  York County Now Taking Land Grant Applications

 

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA: Pennsylvania Nature News - Tannersville Bog Walk; TNC Protects Nearly 100,000 Acres In PA

 

-- Friends Of South Mountain Partnership, Appalachian Trail Conservancy Accepting Applications For Flex- Grants  [PaEN]

 

-- DCNR: PA Outdoor Corps Youth Crew Working At Harrisburg’s Reservoir Park

 

-- WITF: PA Outdoor Corps Provides Kids Work Experience, Job Training, Helps State Park Lands

 

-- Grid Philly: Neighborhood Gardens Trust Hits Major Milestone, But The Work Continues

-- TribLive: Artist Teaches How To Turn Invasive Japanese Knotweed Into Crafting Material 

 

-- LancasterOnline: Lititz Borough Council Approves Eagle Scout Project For Pollinators

-- TribLive: Export Borough Officials OK Westmoreland Heritage Trail Extension

 

-- Warren Times - Experience Forest Bathing July 20 At Audubon Community Nature Center

 

-- Erie Times - Brain Whipkey: Tick Man Dan Leads Crusade Against Ticks

-- Post-Gazette: Pitt Researchers Create New Tech To Curb Infections Spread By Mosquitoes

 

-- MCall: Senate OKs Changes To Bill On Seizure Of Illegally Operated Dirt Bikes, ATVs, Measure Heads To Wolf

 

-- York Daily Record: Century-Old, Electric Powered Chief Uncus Tour Boat Launched Into Susquehanna River

 

-- Inquirer: Researchers, Volunteers Hope To Restore The American Chestnut, Former King Of PA’s Forests

 

-- 20 Teams Take PA Breeding Bird Blitz For Conservation To Next Level; Accepting Matching Gifts Thru July 15  [PaEN]

 

-- Republican Herald - Craig Morgan: Sweet Arrow Lake Angling Enhancement Plans Are In The Works

 

-- Republican Herald - Doyle Dietz: Enhanced Stocking Make Sweet Arrow Lake A Paradise For Anglers Seeking Brown Trout

 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: 2 Central PA Rivers Host Different Kind Of National Fishing Competition

 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: American Marten, Missing From PA For More Than A Century,  Might Be Brought Back

-- Reading Eagle: French Creek State Park The Center Of Bird Study

-- WITF Smart Talk: New Conservation Heritage Museum At Middle Creek Wildlife Area Chronicles Game Commission’s History [And Spotted Lanternfly]

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[Posted: July 10, 2022]   PA Environment Digest