58 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 58 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!

-- Water Resources Assn. Of The Delaware River Basin Announces 2022 Award Recipients [PaEN]

-- NFWF Announces $15.8 Million In Conservation Grants To Help Restore Delaware River Watershed; 20 Grants, $7.3 Million In PA  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Receives New Grant Funding For Environmental Justice Work On Stormwater, Flooding Issues  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Nearly $32 Million In Grants Will Help Fish, Birds, Streams, Trails In Delaware River Watershed

-- Rodale Institute Seeking Grow Clean Water College Outreach Ambassadors In Delaware Watershed  [PaEN]

-- Delaware Currents: Philadelphia Art Exhibit Underscores Mussels’ Vital Role In Delaware River  

-- WeConservePA: A Big Win For Lancaster County's Iconic Landscape And Waterways [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: American Rescue Plan Funds To Help Protect Farms, Natural Lands After Lancaster County Commissioners’ Approval

 

-- DEP, Partners Showcase Stream Restoration Projects In Fishing Creek Watershed, Lancaster County  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Donegal Trout Unlimited Show Fishing Creek Restoration

-- Stroud Water Research Center August Update: Dirt Diaries - Soil Health Campaign Drives Underwear Digs Across PA

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Office: August Update, Showcasing Partner Accomplishments 

-- Fish & Boat Commission Voluntary Permits Project Feature: Shoreline Restoration At Yellow Creek In Indiana County - By Mike Parker, Communications Director, PFBC  [PaEN]

-- New PA Parks & Forests Foundation Video: Forests, Clean Water And Craft Beverages? Yes!  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Public Comments On Draft 2022 State Water Plan Identifying Priorities For Management & Protection

-- DEP, Williamsport Authority, PA Rural Water Assn., Lycoming County Highlight Importance Of Source Water Protection To Clean Drinking Water  [PaEN]

-- EPA Proposes Designating Certain PFAS Chemicals As Hazardous Substances Under Superfund

-- AP: EPA To Designate Some ‘Forever Chemicals’ As Hazardous Substances

 

-- U.S. Dept. Of Interior Awards PA $25 Million In Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funding From Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Allegheny County Judge Rules Environmental Violations [NOVs] Can Inform How Townships Evaluate Land Use Permits For Natural Gas Drilling Operations; Appeal Expected By Olympus Energy

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: My Son Was Diagnosed With Leukemia At Age 3, Was Fracking To Blame? - By Patrice Tomcik, Moms Clean Air Force

-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: Special Report - Public Records Provide New Details Of July Power Outages At Clairton Coke (Coal) Works And What's Being Done To Remedy Electrical Issues  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: U.S. Will Hash Out Clean Energy Details With Global Leaders In Pittsburgh Sept. 22-23 

-- DEP Invites Public Input On Strengthening PA's Electric Grid Against Extreme Weather Events At Aug. 31 Virtual Meeting  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Solar Center, Generation180 Outline Benefits To Schools Switching To Solar Energy - Saving Money, Avoiding Costly Price Spikes  [PaEN]

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture: New Federal Climate, Energy, Healthcare Bill Invests $40 Billion In Climate-Smart Agriculture; More Work To Do On 2023 Federal Farm Bill

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Snags $7.85 Million From Feds To Help Farmers Fight Climate Change

-- Guest Essay: God Created Us To Do Good Works - A Safe Climate And Healthy Environment Must Be Part Of That - By Rev. Mitchell C. Hescox and Paul Douglas, Evangelical Environmental Network  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Legislature, Protect The Environment And Save People Money, Join RGGI - By PennEnvironment

 

-- Post-Gazette: Firm Specializing In Cell And Gene Therapy To Team With Pitt At Hazelwood Green [Redeveloped Brownfield]

-- WESA: Hazelwood Green, Once A Steel Making Brownfield Site In Pittsburgh, Will Soon Produce Gene Therapies

-- Warren Times: Cleanups Help Reduce Trash In Conewango Creek

 

-- Warren Times: Conewango Creek Cleanup Set For September 10

-- Post-Gazette: Officials Celebrate $857 Million Upgrade To Ohio River Locks, Funded In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

 

-- York Daily Record: York City Community Garden Brings Peace To Troubled Neighborhood

-- Inquirer: From ‘Truffala Trees’ To Carbon Storage, Temple’s Ambler Campus Offers New Discoveries One Year After Hurricane Ida

-- Post-Gazette: Inside The Fight To Save The Eastern Hemlock, PA’s State Tree 

 

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Invests $3.1 Million To Protect 784 Acres Of Farmland In 9 Counties  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Allegheny Land Trust Celebrates Community Conservation - The Protection And Debut Of Healcrest Glen  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Sheila Fleming Is Retiring From The Brandywine Conservancy After 23 Years Of Service

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Fire Forester Returns From Fighting Wildfire In Montana

-- DCNR Invites Comments On Changes To List Of Extirpated, Endangered, Threatened, Rare PA Native Wild Plants  [PaEN]

-- DCNR To Update Wild Plant Regulations; Public Comment To Open Aug. 27

-- Feature: Native Plant Meadows Experience ‘Growing Pains’ -  By Kristen Koch, Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center  And  Emily Stambaugh, Intern, Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center  [PaEN]

-- Pike Conservation District To Unveil Pollinator Garden Sept. 17 In Dingman Twp. Park  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Moth Enthusiast Curates Rare Moth, Butterfly Collection At Ned Smith Center Near Millersburg

-- Inquirer: At Philly Bug Fest 2022, Humans Learn To Love The Bug, And Who Knew A Roach Had 2 Brains?

-- DCNR Blog: Connecting With A Missing Voice In Conservation - The Next Generation  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Helps Kickoff Second Statewide ‘Walk With A Doc’ Campaign Promoting Health And Nature  [PaEN]

-- Our Shared Waters Coalition Blog: Fostering A Lifelong Appreciation For Our Shared Waters On The Schuylkill River Sojourn - By Sarah Crothers Bach, Education Director, Schuylkill River Greenways  

-- Centre Daily Times: Nature Plays A Role In Boosting Mental Health, Try It For Yourself At Millbrook Marsh

-- Bay Journal: Trestle Bridge Hike Delivers Grand Views Of Susquehanna River In Lancaster County - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Laurel Highlands, Pocono Mountains In Running For Top 10 Fall Foliage Destinations Nationally

-- TribLive: Special Training, Equipment Prep Emergency Crews For Water, Physical Rescues

-- Native Fish Coalition, PA Council Of Trout Unlimited Support Fish & Boat Commission Efforts To Protect Against Spread Of Aquatic Invasive Species  [PaEN]

-- University Of Pittsburgh-Johnstown Now Certified As Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary

-- Republican Herald: Red-Tailed Hawk Released In Schuylkill County After Recuperating At Red Creek Wildlife Center For Nearly A Year  

-- Game Commission: Online Elk Viewing Video Cam From Benezette, Elk County Now Live

-- WITF/StateImpactPA: Plans For A Rutters Gas Station Next To Old Crow Wildlife Observation Area Wetland In Huntingdon County Sparks Opposition

-- Game Commission: Pennsylvanians Can Help Watch For Rabbit Disease

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[Posted: August 28, 2022]   PA Environment Digest