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Join renowned social scientist Dr. Mary M. Clare and award-winning science writer Gary Ferguson for Full Ecology: Reclaiming Your Human Nature. Come get to know better, the wisdom that nature hard-wired into you from the start.

Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn and Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding will also be featured at the Conference.

Mobile Seminars

The Conference includes the opportunity to join several mobile seminars--

-- Preserving Local Landscapes Tour through eastern Adams County that highlights unique preservation efforts; and

-- Pennsylvania’s Conservation Landscapes that visits projects that demonstrate the breadth and depth of Conservation Landscape work.

Larry Williamson Scholarship

The scholarship awards one to two undergraduate students per year the opportunity to attend the Pennsylvania Land Conservation Conference to facilitate entry and foster interest in conservation careers.

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To register or learn more about the agenda, visit the WeConservePA 2022 PA Land Conservation Conference webpage.

For more information on programs, initiatives and upcoming events, visit the WeConservePA website, Click Here to sign up for regular updates from WeConservePA, Like them on Facebook, and Follow them on Twitter. Click Here to support their work.

More than 100,000 Pennsylvanians contribute to local land trusts.

-- WeConservePA: Environmental Advisory Council Virtual 2022 Conference Feb. 26

[Posted: December 1, 2021] PA Environment Digest

NRCS-PA Now Accepting Applications For $300,000 For Funding Forest Easements In 12 PA Counties

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service in Pennsylvania announces $300,000 is available to forest landowners in targeted counties through the Healthy Forest Reserve Program (HFRP). The deadline for applications is January 4.

HFRP helps landowners restore, enhance and protect forestland resources on private lands through easements and financial assistance.

HFRP funding is available for permanent forest easements with habitat restoration.

Only landowners in Adams, York, Berks, Bedford, Huntingdon, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Mifflin, Snyder, Armstrong and Beaver Counties may be eligible for HFRP funding.

HRFP aids the recovery of endangered and threatened species under the Endangered Species Act-- including the protection of the Indiana bat, improves plant and animal biodiversity and enhances carbon sequestration.

Interested landowners must apply through their local NRCS County Field Office.

To apply, landowners must complete an “AD-1153 Application for Long Term Contract Assistance.” The application form must be signed by all landowners on the property ownership deed.

For more information, visit the Healthy Forest Reserve Program (HFRP) webpage.

Visit the NRCS-PA webpage for information on technical and financial assistance available to landowners.

[Posted: December 1, 2021] PA Environment Digest

Southwestern PA Commission Water Resource Center, Partners Host Dec. 15 Floodplain Management For Non-Residential Structures Webinar

The Southwestern PA Commission Water Resource Center and the SEDA-Council of Governments’ Flood Resiliency and Economic Development Program will host a December 15 webinar on Floodplain Management For Non-Residential Structures from Noon to 1:00 p.m.

The webinar presentations will look potential funding opportunities with the Economic Development Administration (EDA) and beyond.

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For more information on upcoming events and educational programs, visit the Southwestern PA Commission Water Resource Center webpage. On demand recordings of past programs are also available.