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-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader Guest Essay: Volunteers Vital To Nation And Nonprofits - By Robert Hughes, Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation
-- DCNR: Pine Creek Rail Trail Selected As Pennsylvania’s 2026 Trail Of The Year [PaEN]
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Here’s Why Pine Creek Rail Trail Is PA’s 2026 Trail Of The Year
-- The Allegheny Front: What’s Special About Conestoga River, PA’s 2026 River Of The Year
-- Master Watershed Steward Stephen Hinds Helps Restore Riverbanks In Delaware County [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Program: Pay-For-Success Projects Reduce Nutrient, Sediment Pollution As Part Of the Conowingo Dam Watershed Implementation Plan In York County [PaEN]
-- PA Trout Unlimited: Volunteers From 6 Local TU Chapters Ship Trout Eggs To 430 Teachers In 60 PA Counties Connecting With 57,000 Students Thru Trout In The Classroom Program [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Audubon Council: 100th Community Joins Bird Town Pennsylvania Program [PaEN]
-- TribLive: McCandless, Allegheny County, Named 96th Bird Town In Pennsylvania
-- The Derrick: Regional News To Continue: Derrick Publishing Company, Oil Region Alliance Of Business Collaborate On Online Platform [PDF of Article]
-- Williamsport Sun: Vargas Family Shares Their Story Of How Chaos In Immigration Policy Is Affecting Legal Immigrants To US - Work Permits Taken Away, Mother Still In ICE Prison After 4 Months Without Charges [PDF of Article]
-- Guest Comments: How Is PA General Energy Allowed To Destroy Natural Forest Values To Which I Am Entitled To Enjoy With Its Shale Gas Well Pad And Access Road Project In Loyalsock State Forest, Lycoming County? - By Cynthia Bower, Resident [PaEN]
-- Guest Comments: PA General Energy Shale Gas Road, Well Pads Project Would Close Access To State Forest Land, Threaten Already Threatened Forest Bird Species In Loyalsock State Forest, Lycoming County -- By Bruce Buckle, President, Lycoming Audubon Society [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun: Public Testifies Against PA General Energy Project Industrializing Loyalsock State Forest They Cherish; Natural Gas Industry Highlights Jobs, Economic Development [PDF of Article]
-- DEP Issues Water Quality Permits For Major Longwall Coal Mining Damage Prevention Project Covering 4 Texas Eastern Natural Gas Pipelines In Greene County [PaEN]
-- The Derrick: Aqua Pennsylvania Reports ‘Settlement In Principle’ To Purchase Venango Water Company [Fallout From Public Water Supply Contamination By Conventional Oil Wastewater Spill Continues] [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 7 to 20 - Conventional Well Owners Abandoning More Than 1 Well A Day; No Approval For Disposal Of Shale Drill Cuttings [PaEN]
-- Warren Times: DEP Progresses In Plugging 18 Conventional Oil Wells Abandoned By Their Owners At Chapman Dam State Park At Taxpayer Expense [PDF of Article]
-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Think Energy Is Unaffordable Now? Just Wait Until 2029 [When Federal Methane Rule Kicks In]- By Daniel Weaver, PA Independent Oil & Gas Assn. [Represents conventional gas industry that produces less than 1% of natural gas in PA, but most of the uncontrolled methane emissions in the state]
-- Warren Times: New US Forest Service Oil & Gas Leasing Rules Expected To Have Little Impact In Allegheny National Forest [PDF of Article] [Warning]
-- Marcellus Drilling News: Capital & Main Resolves Legal Challenge From CNX Resources Over Its Reporting With Editor’s Note Explaining What It Did Not Say Or Write About In An Article [PaEN]
-- DEP To Hold March 19 Meeting, April 7 Hearing On Shell Petrochemical Plant Air Quality Plan Approval For Ground Flares, Wastewater Treatment Plant, As-Built Air Pollution Equipment In Beaver County [PaEN]
-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Pennsylvania Spent Big On A ‘Petrochemical Renaissance,’ It Never Arrived
-- Beaver Times: Shell Petrochemical Plant Struggles, Seeks Buyer Amid Job, Profit Concerns
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Winter Storm Brings Cash For Natural Gas Drillers; But Natural Gas Prices Reach Historic Highs For Consumers
-- Bloomberg: EQT Natural Gas Driller Expects $1 Billion Windfall On Winter Storm-Driven Gas Price Rally
-- US EIA Increases Natural Gas Price Projection For 2026 By 40% Due To Large Withdrawals From Gas Storage [PaEN]
-- PUC To Investigate Proposed 8.7% Rate Increase Requested By UGI Gas Division
-- PUC To Investigate Proposed 5.9% Rate Increase, 35.7% Increase In Customer Charge Requested By National Fuel Gas
-- TribLive: Bitter Cold Causes Home Heating Oil Delivery Problems, Cost Jumps 30 Cents/Gallon
-- Marcellus Drilling News: Philadelphia Penn LNG Gas Export Facility Appears To Be Dead [PDF of Article]
-- E&ENews/Politico: US Natural Gas Exporters Brace For Global Glut
-- Gov. Shapiro Secures 2 Year Extension Of PJM Price Cap, Collar On Electricity Capacity Auctions [PaEN]
-- AP: As Electricity Costs Rise, Everyone Wants A.I. Data Centers To Pick Up Their Tab, But How?
-- Gov. Shapiro: Gov. Shapiro Appears On CNBC Describing His Efforts to Lower PA’s Electricity Prices, Pressing PJM Leadership To Protect Consumers
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: Gov. Shapiro’s GRID Standards Address Mounting Concerns About A.I. Data Centers
-- Politico: ‘Pay For Your Own Power:’ Shapiro Digs In On A.I. Data Center Energy Costs
-- Bloomberg Opinion: Onsite Generators A.I. ‘Bring Your Own Generation’ Electricity Stopgap Needs A Big Caveat [Warning]
-- The Center Square: Shapiro’s Power Plans Draw Mixed Reactions
-- PUC To Invite Comments On Proposed Rule Codifying Utility Customer Consumer Protections
-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Why Gov. Shapiro Wants To Scrutinize Electric, Gas Utility Profits
-- Reuters: PPL Forecasts 2026 Profit Below Estimates, Lifts Spending As Utility Prepares To Meet Surging Power Demand From A.I. Data Centers By Building Power Generation, Expanding Transmission Networks
-- Spotlight PA: PA Tax Credit For Data Centers Will Cost Taxpayers $2 Billion A Year By Mid-2031
-- Ohio River Valley Institute: A.I. Data Centers Employ An Average Of 27 On-Site Workers - About The Same As An Average Olive Garden Restaurant
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: PA Doesn’t Need To ‘Bend Over Backward’ To Lure A.I. Data Centers With Giveaways; Strict Standards Needed To Protect Communities, The Environment To Outlast Boom; ‘Unless A.I. Kills Us All’ [PaEN]
-- TribLive Editorial: State Making Fiscal Commitments In The Dark On Tax Exemption For Data Center Equipment
-- Pittsburgh Business Times Editorial: Pittsburgh Region Should Make Way For More Data Centers [Even Though They Have Few Employees, Use Huge Amounts Of Energy, Are Increasing Energy Prices, Are Hot And Noisy]
-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna County Commissioner Urges 3-Year State Moratorium On A.I. Data Center Development [PDF of Article]
-- Scranton Times - Chris Kelly Opinion: Lackawanna County Commissioner Gaughan ‘Grandstands’ On A.I. Data Centers, While Colleagues Sit On Their Hands [PDF of Article]
-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna County Communities Told By County To Address A.I. Data Centers On Their Own [PDF of Article]
-- The Citizens’ Voice: Luzerne County Planning Office Hosting March 5 Public Forum On Draft Zoning Ordinance Amendment On A.I. Data Centers [PDF of Article]
-- Scranton Times Chris Kelly Opinion: Wyoming Valley Rings With Echoes Of A.I. Data Center Exploitation [PDF of Article]
-- Scranton Times Chris Kelly Opinion: Beware ‘Digital Identify’ Data Detention Centers [PDF of Article]
-- RealClear Pennsylvania: A.I. Data Centers Are A Repeat Of History In PA’s Coal Region - Devastated Landscapes, Broken Local Economies, Finally Industry Collapse - By Jake Wynn
-- Montour County Commissioners Vote To Reject Talen Energy's Request To Rezone 800 Acres Of Agricultural Land For Industrial A.I. Data Centers [PaEN]
-- WHYY: Data Centers Explained: Why The Philly Area Is Seeing More Of them And How They Affect Us
-- KDKA: Beaver Valley Could Become Center Of A.I. Infrastructure For Region; Aligned Plans 2 Natural Gas Power Plants To Power Data Centers [For Machines, Not People]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: A.I. Data Center Developers Zeroing In On A New Target - Converting Bitcoin Mining Operations [PDF of Article]
-- Nuclear Regulatory Commission Approves Limerick Nuclear Power Plant Digital Modernization Plan For Safety, Diagnostic Systems; Data Center Proposed Next Door [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Residents Give Mixed Views On Restarting Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant To Power Microsoft A.I. Data Centers To Federal Regulators
-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Planned Restart Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant To Power Microsoft A.I. Data Centers Moves Forward Toward More Intense NRC Review
-- Erie Times: Proposal For Underwater Electric Transmission Line From Canada To Erie County Seeking Government Approvals
-- Utility Dive: PJM Board Approves $11.8 Billion In Electric Transmission Line Expansion Projects; $1.7 Billion NextEra/Exelon PA Project Opposed By PA Consumer Advocate
-- NextEra Energy/Exelon Welcome PJM Board Approval Of 220 Mile Electric Transmission Line
-- Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation: Report On Repurposing Flooded Abandoned Coal Strip Mines For Cooling Purposes, Heating Storage, Solar Development
-- Utility Dive: American Council For An Energy-Efficient Economy Says Energy Efficiency, Demand Flexibility Can Meet Growing Data Center Loads - And Do It Cheaper Than Gas Which Is 2 to 5 Times More Expensive
-- Financial Times: President’s A.I. Data Center Push Fuels Revolt In MAGA Heartlands
-- In Case You Missed It: A.I./Data Center Articles - NewClips From Last 2 Weeks - February 16 & 23 [PaEN]
-- 12th Annual Pennsylvania Renewables Summit Set For March 16-17 In Harrisburg Area [PaEN]
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: Clean Energy Roundtable Focuses On Electricity Supplies, Rising Utility Bills, Data Centers
-- POWER Interfaith Hosts Feb. 22 In-Person People's Hearing On Community Based, Affordable, Clean Electricity Congregation Rodeph Shalom, Philadelphia
-- Green Building Alliance: Masano Auto Park Adaptive Reuse And Sustainability Innovations Tour March 4, Reading, Berks County. Noon to 2:00 p.m.
-- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn: March 5 Webinar - Energy Affordability - How Plug-In Solar Energy Can Help [PaEN]
-- NYTimes: 24 States Weigh Legislation To Allow You To Make Your Own Electricity With Small, Plug-In Solar Power Systems
-- Reuters: Solar Energy On The Rise In Gas-Rich Pennsylvania
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Appliance Energy, Water Efficiency Standards Save Pennsylvanians Money, But Establishing New Ones May Be Difficult
-- PennDOT Announces $100 Million In Federal Funding Available For Public Electric Vehicle Chargers In PA
-- Post-Gazette: PennDOT Begins $100 Million Federally-Funded Plan To Add Electric Vehicle Charging Stations In Neighborhoods Statewide
-- PUC Chairman DeFrank Leads National Effort To Support Federal Funding For The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
-- PUC Commissioner Zerfuss Leads National Effort To Recognize Renewable Natural Gas As A Strategic Energy Resources
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: President’s Tariffs, ICE, Climate Change Raising Prices For Pittsburgh-Area Farms, Restaurants [Warning]
-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh-Area Companies Brace For What Comes Next In The President’s Tariff Roller Coaster
-- TribLive: Tariff Ruling Bolsters US Supreme Court’s Credibility In Eyes Of Duquesne President Ken Gormley
-- AP: President To Raise Global Tariff To 15%, After US Supreme Court Decision [Warning]
-- Clean Air Council, Earthjustice, EDF, NRDC, Partners Sue EPA For Illegal Repeal Of Climate Protections [PaEN]
-- AP: President’s Climate Health Rollback Likely To Hit Poor, Minority Areas Hardest, Experts Say
-- Bloomberg: President Says Climate Repeal Saves $1.3 Trillion; EPA Says It Might Cost Over $1.4 Trillion
-- Planet Philadelphia Radio Program Feb. 20: What’s Needed To Solve Climate Change? With Dr. Mark Z. Jacobson, 4:00 p.m.
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Pittsburgh’s Poor Neighborhoods Are Hotter Due To More Asphalt, Fewer Trees, CMU Study Finds
-- Bloomberg: Proposed Ohio Natural Gas Power Plant Backed By President Could Become Biggest US Power Plant Polluter
-- Financial Times: Why Rivers In Northern Alaska, Siberia Are Turning Orange Like Abandoned Mine Drainage [Spoiler: Global Warming] [PDF of Article]
-- EPA: Finalizes Repeal Of Costly Mercury, Air Toxics Restrictions On Power Generation, Continues To Reverse Democrats’ War On ‘Beautiful Clean Coal’ [Warning]
-- The Allegheny Front: President’s EPA Rolls Back Mercury, Air Toxics Rules For Coal-Fired Power Plants
-- Environmental Defense Fund: EPA Dismantles Protections For Mercury, Air Toxic Emissions From Power Plants
-- Post-Gazette: How Washington County-based Corsa Coal Company Exec Bribed Egyptian Officials As The Company Collapsed Into Bankruptcy
-- Adirondack Explorer: USGS Study Shows Fish Populations Double In Adirondack Streams Following 40 Years Of Controlling Power Plant Emissions Causing Acid Rain
-- PennLive: Girardville, Schuylkill County Struggles To Conquer The Curse Of Coal As It Literally Crumbles Away [Part I]
-- PennLive: Girardville, Schuylkill County Coal Town A ‘Blank Slate’ For Spanish Speaking Newcomers From Mexico, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Can They Spur A Rebirth? [Part II]
-- The Allegheny Front: Study: Air Pollution In Pittsburgh Region Responsible For 3,500 Deaths In 2019
-- Monday, Feb. 9: DEP Issues Code Orange Particulate Air Quality Alert For Liberty-Clairton In Allegheny County
-- Tuesday, Feb. 10: DEP Declares Code Orange Air Quality Action Day For Liberty-Clairton Area In Allegheny County, Susquehanna Valley
-- Saturday, Feb. 14: DEP Declares Code Orange Air Quality Action Day For Susquehanna Valley
-- Sunday, Feb. 15: DEP Declares Code Orange Air Quality Action Day For Susquehanna Valley
-- Monday, Feb. 16: DEP Declares Code Orange Air Quality Action Day For Susquehanna Valley, Lehigh Valley, Southeastern PA
-- Tuesday, Feb. 17: DEP Declares Code Orange Air Quality Action Day For Susquehanna Valley
-- Wednesday, Feb. 18: DEP Declares Code Orange Air Quality Action Day For Susquehanna Valley, Lehigh Valley, Southeastern PA
--Thursday, Feb. 19: DEP Declares Code Orange Air Quality Action Day For Susquehanna Valley
-- AP: After Fatal Explosion At US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Plant Near Pittsburgh, Community Wonders If They Can Hope For Sustained Departure From Decades Of Disinvestment and Persistent Pollution
-- The Allegheny Front: After Deadly Explosion, Safety, Environmental Lapses At US Steel’s Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Now Rest With Nippon
-- TribLive: US Steel Fined $118,000 By OSHA For Safety Lapses In Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Fatal Explosion
-- WESA/AP: OSHA Flags Safety Shortcomings That ‘Exposed’ Workers To Explosion At US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philadelphia Launches Real-Time Public Air Quality Monitoring Network [Limited Pollutants]
-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: New Network Of 76 Air Monitors In Philadelphia Provide Detailed Look At Air Quality [Limited Pollutants]
-- Gov. Shapiro: PUC Votes To Update Railroad Safety Regulations For First Time In More Than A Decade And 3 Years After The Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Disaster [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: As East Palestine Grapples With Norfolk Southern Train Derailment’s Toxic Aftermath, A US House Bill Threatens To Gut Some Protections
-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Open Talks With Railroads On Safety Important
-- The Guardian: President’s Order Seeks To Protect Roundup Weedkiller At Center Of Barrage Of Lawsuits [Warning]
-- AP: Bayer Agrees To $7.25 Billion Proposed Settlement Over Thousands Of Roundup Cancer Lawsuits
-- Lycoming College Environmental Justice Symposium Hosts Series Of Lectures March 4, March 17, April 11 On Environmental Impacts, Justice Issues
-- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, EPA Award $44.2 Million In Chesapeake Bay Innovative Nutrient/Sediment Reduction, Small Watershed Grants; Over $19 Million In PA [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Program: Pay-For-Success Projects Reduce Nutrient, Sediment Pollution As Part Of the Conowingo Dam Watershed Implementation Plan In York County [PaEN]
-- Master Watershed Steward Stephen Hinds Helps Restore Riverbanks In Delaware County [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Proposed Chesapeake Bay Program Restructuring To Meet Revised Cleanup Goals Expected By Summer
-- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service-PA To Hold 10 Local Working Group Meetings From Feb. 23 to April 3 [PaEN]
-- EPA Region 3 Administrator Highlights Energy, Water Infrastructure Investments On Visit To Wilkes-Barre, Scranton
-- Bipartisan Ohio River Restoration Act Introduced In US Senate By Fetterman, Young [PaEN]
-- Foundation For PA Watersheds Now Accepting Applications For New Round Of Grants; Feb. 18 Webinar [PaEN]
-- Columbia Gas Of PA Now Accepting Applications For 2026 Environmental Action Grants [PaEN]
-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Now Accepting Applications For Coldwater Conservation Grants; Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Penalty Funding [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Overshadowed By PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals;’ PCBs Remain A Toxic Threat To Chesapeake Bay Watershed Waters
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Permanent Fix For Huge Sewage Spill Into Potomac River Still Months Away
-- The Allegheny Front/WESA: PA Agriculture Officials Try To Stem Spike In Bird Flu Cases; 7 Million Birds Died In Recent Weeks
-- Penn State Extension Hosts Mid-Atlantic Agroforestry Conference June 4-5 In Huntingdon County [PaEN]
-- Registration Open For 5-Part Ag Water Webinar Series Starting March 2; Penn State Extension Watershed News [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Ag Conservation News: Multifunction Riparian Buffers; Grazing Management; Online Learning
-- Penn State Extension Hosts March 18 In-Person Seeds To Saplings Saving Streams Workshop In York County [PaEN]
-- Carol Parenzan, Environmental Engineer, Author, Launches The Water Healer™, Debuts 'From the Rivers to the Bay,' a New Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education Series [PaEN]
-- Chester County Press: Octoraro Watershed Assn. Photo Contest Seeks Entries [Chester, Lancaster Counties]
-- Help Wanted: Chesapeake Bay Foundation PA Streams & Schoolyards Manager, Field Educator [PaEN]
-- House Environmental Committee Told Water Quality Restoration Efforts Need To Be Better Targeted; Important ‘Emerging Contaminants’ Need To Be Addressed; Cuts In Federal Funding Slowing Progress [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: DEP Report Finds Southwestern PA Streams Among 37% In State That Are Water Quality Impaired
-- Three Rivers WaterKeeper Announces Intent To Sue US Steel, Irvin Works Plant For Oil Discharges Into The Monongahela River [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front/WESA: Three Rivers WaterKeeper Says ‘Alarming’ Levels Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ From Pittsburgh Airport Are Being Discharged Into Montour Run Watershed
-- Spotlight PA: Gov. Shapiro Warns President’s ICE Wastewater, Water And Other State Approvals For Proposed Detention Centers May Not Qualify For Needed Permits [Warning]
-- Spotlight PA: President’s ICE Memo Reveals Timeline, Scale Of Warehouse Plans To House Detainees In Berks, Schuylkill Counties
-- AP: President’s ICE Quietly Buying Warehouses For Detention Centers And Leaving Local Officials Out Of The Loop [Includes PA Cases]
-- Spotlight PA: PUC Judge Recommends Sale Of Troubled Rock Spring Water Company In Centre County To PA American Water
-- PUC Approves Smaller Rate Increase Than Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority Requested
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: 15% Higher Pittsburgh Water Authority Bills Coming Next Month
-- Republican Herald: Shenandoah Boro Declares Disaster Emergency After Aqua Pennsylvania Shuts Down Drinking Water Plant Due To Water Leaks Without Warning
-- WNEP: Shenandoah Residents Struggle Without Water For Days After Aqua Pennsylvania Main Break
-- WNEP: Aqua Pennsylvania Lifted Boil Water Advisory After Nearly A Week In Shenandoah
-- TribLive: Westmoreland Water Authority Says Harsh Winter Increased Breaks, Leaks 60% Over Last January
-- Post-Gazette: Boil Water Advisory Lifted For PA American Water Customers In Allegheny, Washington Counties
-- PennLive: PA American Water Issues Mandatory Conservation Order For 42,000 Customers After Treatment Plant Problem In Cumberland County
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Essential Utilities, American Water Clear Shareholder Hurdle On Merger As Regulatory Reviews Ramp Up
-- PennLive: List Of PA Counties Under Flood Watch Due To Potential For Ice Jams
-- WTAE: Flood Watch Issued In Western PA Due To Dangerous Ice Jams
-- TribLive: Ice Jams Cause Flooding Risks Along Allegheny River
-- The Derrick: Evacuation Possible In Emlenton, Venango County Due To Record Rise Of Allegheny River [PDF of Article]
-- The Derrick: ‘Soft Evacuation’ Takes Place In Oil City; Ice Jam Releases To Open Channel, End Emergency [PDF of Article]
-- WPXI: Beaver County Officials Closely Monitoring Connoquenessing Creek Levels As Ice Jams Cause Flood Risk
-- WTAE: Ice Jams In Lawrence County Prompt Road Closures, Potential Flooding
-- DEP: 16 More Counties Now In Drought Warning; 11 More Counties In Drought Watch [PaEN]
-- Morning Call: Lehigh County Authority Customers Asked To Reduce Water Use As Drought Warning Declared
-- DEP Linkedin: Dam Safety Division Achieves Major Inspection Milestones In 2025 While Strengthening Public Protection [PDF of Article]
-- Post-Gazette: Decades After Betrayal, Displacement, Seneca Nation Seeks A Voice In The Future Of Kinzua Dam
-- Post-Gazette: New Initiative Aims To Keep Pittsburgh’s Riverfronts Clean And Accessible
-- The Allegheny Front: A New RiverLife Initiative Will Maintain Pittsburgh’s Riverfront Trails And Parks
-- The Derrick: Venango County To Host Electronics Waste Recycling Event Feb. 28
-- Manada Conservancy Announces New Kittatinny Landowner Stories Video Series On Land Conservation [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Invests Nearly $7.1 Million To Protect 1,905 Acres Of Farmland On 25 Farms In 17 Counties [PaEN]
-- PA Invasive Replace-ive Program To Encourage Replacing Invasive Species With Native Plants To Continue, Expand In 2026 [PaEN]
-- PA Interfaith Power & Light Launches Roots, Branches & Hands Initiative To Plant 55,000 Native Trees And Shrubs [PaEN]
-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay News: Hobbyist’s Guide To Maple Sugaring; Upcoming Events
-- Penn State Extension Feb. 24 Webinar - Growing With Master Gardeners Program, Noon
-- Farm & Dairy: PA To Conduct First-Ever Statewide Firefly Inventory
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: North Branch Land Trust To Host Dinner/Auction March 25
-- Penn State Extension Hosts April 7 Webinar On Grazing Sheep At Solar Energy Facilities [PaEN]
-- Lehigh Valley’s Wildlands Conservancy Highlights March Experiences, Educational Programs
-- DCNR Unveils Master Plan For New Big Elk Creek State Park In Chester County [PaEN]
-- DCNR To Host Feb. 25 Virtual Public Meeting To Discuss Presque Isle State Park, Erie Bluffs State Park, Tom Ridge Environmental Center Master Plan In Erie [PaEN]
-- DCNR Grants News: 340+ Grant Projects Completed In 2025; ATV/Snowmobile Grants Open; Trail Education Grants; PRPS Conference; PA Land Conference
-- DCNR Resource News Highlights Governor’s Budget; Conestoga River Of The Year; Grant Opportunities Open [PaEN]
-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Now Accepting Applications For Grants To Support Local River Sojourns [PaEN]
-- DCNR Linkedin: Recognizing Roots In New Growth: Ralph Brock’s Impact - Present And Future - New StoryMap [PDF of Article]
-- DCNR Names Emma Isaacson Assistant Manager Of Ridley Creek State Park Complex In SE PA
-- Erie Times: Presque Isle Beaches Lacking Federal Funding For Sand For 2nd Year [Warning]
-- PA Wilds Center Seeking Partnerships For Paid, Story-Driven Creator Placements Focused On Outdoor Recreation, Small Towns, Authentic Experiences Across The PA Wilds
-- Warren Times: Public Input Sought For Northwest PA Outdoor Recreation Study
-- TribLive: Panhandle Trail Extension Receives $850,000 Boost In Allegheny County
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Extending Panhandle Trail To Carnegie Would Provide Benefits For All
-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster’s Philip Witmer Becomes One Of Few To Complete 8,000 Mile Border-To-Border Triple Crown Hiking Challenge In Calendar Year
-- Altoona Mirror: Altoona Water Authority, Motorcycle Group OK Deal To Build Off-Road Trail Network On Authority Land Despite Opposition From Neighbors
-- Inquirer: Historic Chester County Bridge Will Be Rehabbed To Extend A Scenic Trail
-- The Derrick: Seneca Rocks Audubon Society Hosts March 11 ‘Leave No Trace’ Program In Clarion
-- ABC27: New Juniata River Canal Driving Trail Features 125 Miles Of History
-- Tribune-Democrat: National Park Service Interpretation Brings Johnstown’s Canal History To Life
-- WHYY: Activists Celebrate The Return Of Slavery Exhibit At Philadelphia’s President’s House, Despite President’s Administration Appeal Of Court Order
-- Inquirer: President’s Administration Appeals Federal Court Ruling Ordering Restoration Of Slavery Exhibits In Philadelphia
-- Inquirer: History, Conservation Groups Suing President’s Administration Over Censorship At National Parks
-- PennLive: PA’s Game & Fish Commissions Spent More Than They Took In; Study Seeks Answers
-- PennLive - Claudia Dimuro: Bats, Terns And Other Species You Might Not Realize Are Endangered In PA
-- Republican Herald: Bald Eagles Set A Record At Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
-- York Daily Record: Bald Eagle Found In York County Dies From Apparent Lead Poisoning, Raven Ridge Wildlife Center
-- Republican Herald: Red Creek Wildlife Center Helping Animals Struggling To Survive Winter
-- York Daily Record: Bobcat Rescued From Car Grille In Adams County, Donations Needed For Rehab, Raven Ridge Wildlife Center
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