Feb. 19 PA Environment Digest Now Available

The February 19 PA Environment Digest is now available.

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[ Headlines ]

DCNR Names Philadelphia's Forbidden Drive As 2018 Trail Of The Year

Keep PA Beautiful Recognizes Outstanding 2017 Volunteers & Program Achievements

Senate, House Kick Off Budget Hearings, DCNR Up Next Week

IFO Report Confirms There Are No Unused Monies In Environmental Special Fund Balances

Gerrymandering Issue Now With PA Supreme Court

[ News From The Capitol ]

Bills On Governor's Desk

Senate/House Agenda/Session Schedule/Gov’s Schedule/ Bills Introduced

Senate, House Nuclear Energy Caucus Supports PJM Electricity Price Setting Changes

Roundtable By Senators Yudichak, Baker Discusses Lead Exposure & Lead Testing

House Committee Discusses Bill To Change How Municipalities Operate Their Own Electric Systems

February Environmental Synopsis Newsletter Now Available From Joint Conservation Committee

[ The Feds ]

Trump Proposes 56% Cut In State Grants To Administer Federal EPA Programs, Eliminates NRCS Farm Conservation Programs, No Money For RECLAIM

CBF-PA Commends Bipartisan Members Of Congress From PA For Urging $20M In Farm Conservation Funding For PA

Trump Announces $200 Billion Infrastructure Plan, States, Local Govts. Provide Most Of Funding

PUC Seeks Comments On Federal Tax Change Impacts On Public Utilities, Ratepayers

[ Technical Guidance Agenda ]

DEP Posts Update To List Of Technical Guidance Documents It's Working On

[ Water/Wastewater Systems - Watershed Restoration/Protection ]

PUC To Host Listening Events On Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority Issues Feb. 22, 23

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Public Water Supply Assistance Workshop April 24 In Harrisburg

Capital Region Water: Draft City Beautiful H2O Program Plan Available For Comment

Chesapeake Bay Journal: Love Will Be In The Air At A Vernal Pool Near You This Spring

Penn State: Presence, Persistence Of Estrogens In Vernal Pools An Emerging Concern

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Updates Tool For Tracking Mine Drainage Restoration Efforts

Brodhead Watershed Assn Streamwatcher Training March 22 Or 24 In Monroe County

Lacawac Sanctuary & Field Station Announces Research Fellow Awards

Environmental Groups Urge DEP To Implement Strong Water Quality Standards In Triennial Review

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Meets March 8 To Strengthen Right-To-Know Policy

Auditor General DePasquale To Audit Delaware, Susquehanna River Basin Commissions

[ Local Environmental Protection ]

2018 Environmental Advisory Council Network Conference April 14 In Chester County

[ Environmental Education ]

DEP Keystone Energy Education Workshops For Teachers Coming Up

DEP: No Environmental Education Grants Due To Budget Restraints

Deadline Extended: President’s Environmental Youth Award Nominations

Interns Wanted: DCNR Now Accepting Applications For Student Interns

[ Energy ]

PUC: Number Of Households Without Heat Declines To 13,522 From Earlier Survey

Talen Energy, Sierra Club Agreement Requires Brunner Island To Operate On Natural Gas During Summer Ozone Season, End Use Of Coal

PUC Chairman Brown Brings #UtilityCareers Campaign To Lancaster

Sunoco Satisfies Requirements To Resume Mariner East II Pipeline Construction At Chester County Site

DEP Extends Comment Period On Permits For Shell Ethane Pipeline, Hearings To Be Scheduled

[ Climate ]

EDF Report: PA Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Nearly 5 Times Higher Than State Inventory

Coalition Hosts Discussion Of Path To Equitable Climate Solutions With Clean Energy, Energy Efficiency Feb. 20 In Philadelphia

[ Recreation ]

PennDOT Begins Update Of Statewide Bicycle, Pedestrian Plan, Seeks Public Feedback

DCNR, Local Officials Highlight Investments In Lackawanna County State Forest Snowmobile Trail

[ Land Conservation ]

PA's Farmland Preservation Reaches $1 Billion Milestone, 2,043 More Acres Preserved

Brandywine Conservancy Board Approves Purchase Of Brandywine Battlefield Land

ClearWater Conservancy Finalizes Protection Of 452 Acres Of Nittany Noll Preserve In Centre County

[ Wildlife - Invasive Species - Habitat Restoration ]

Love & Rivalry In The Air As Harrisburg Falcons Begin 18th Courtship Season, Workshop March 29

Agriculture: Deer On Bedford, Lancaster County Farms Positive For Chronic Wasting Disease, Now Quarantined

Feb. 20 Water Insights Seminar: Policies To Minimize Damage Caused By Aquatic Invasive Species

Perkiomen Trout Unlimited Leads Restoration Project On Namesake Creek

PA Trout Unlimited: College Students To Research Brook Trout On Route 6 Trek

Winter Newsletter Now Available From PA Council Of Trout Unlimited

Op-Ed: Straight Talk About The Financial Condition Of The Fish & Boat Commission

[ Opportunities ]

Help Wanted: Audubon Society Of Western PA, DCNR, PA Council Trout Unlimited

[ Useful Tools ]

Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events

Grants & Awards

Environmental NewsClips - All Topics

Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits

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Stories invited

Registration Open - 2018 Keystone Coldwater Conference Feb. 23-24

Supporting Member PA Outdoor Writers Assn./PA Trout Unlimited

PA Environment Digest is edited by David E. Hess, former Secretary Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.  He can be contacted at 717-576-0420 or send email to: DHess@CrisciAssociates.com.

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