March 11 PA Environment Digest Now Available

The March 11 PA Environment Digest is now available.

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[ Headlines ]

Senators Question Use Of Project Funds To Pay Agency Operating Costs, Sustainability Of DCNR Funding Choices

House DEP Budget Hearing 2: Only 0.30% Of DEP Final Actions Were Appealed In 2018; 25 Fewer Attorney Positions

Department Of Agriculture Budget Testimony Highlights Conservation, Organic & Urban Farming, Invasive Species Issues

Senate’s Next Job: Consider Confirmation Of DEP, DCNR, Agriculture Secretaries

Winners Of The Women In Conservation Awards Announced By PennFuture

DEP Assesses $1.5 Million Penalty Against Beta Trunk Pipeline For Unstable Slope, Construction Violations In Greene County

PA Supreme Court Turns Down Conventional Gas Drillers’ Motion To Reconsider Stripper Well Impact Fee Decision

Kleinman Center For Energy Policy Estimates Bill Supporting Nuclear Power Plants Would Cost Ratepayers $500 Million A Year

PUC Commissioner Andrew Place Circulates Paper On Nuclear Power Plant Policy Alternatives

PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Planning Steering Committee Adopts Phased Approach To County Planning Process

DEP Blog: Healthy Waters, Healthy Communities: York County

Keep PA Beautiful's Great American Cleanup Of PA Now Underway, Register Your Event, Volunteer For A Cleanup

Joint Conservation Committee Celebrates 50th Anniversary With Special Report Reviewing Its History

[ News From The Capitol ]

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

Sen. Scott Martin Appointed To Chesapeake Bay Commission

House Environmental, Consumer Affairs Committees Hold Separate Info Meetings March 11 On PJM Interconnection

Rep. Vitali To Hold Informational Meeting March 11 On Nuclear Power's Contribution To Zero-Carbon Energy Production In PA

House Tourism & Recreation Committee Holds March 19 Info Meeting On PA Parks & Forests Foundation Infrastructure Needs Report

Sen. Dinniman, Rep. Friel Otten, Groups Hold Pipeline Safety Rally March 19 In Harrisburg; Pipeline Safety Caucus Formed

March Newsletter Now Available From Joint Conservation Committee

[ Water ]

CBF-PA: Pennsylvanians-- Call Your House, Senate Member To Support Keystone Tree Fund Bills

Interns Wanted: Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA Needs 2 Summer Interns For Keystone 10 Million Trees Initiative

Student Environmental Career Day & Job Fair Elk Country Visitor Center March 29

Livestaking For Minor Streambank Repairs Workshop March 30 In Lancaster County

Sign Up Now To Volunteer For Western PA Conservancy Tree Planting, Garden Steward Programs

Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Assn. Sets April 27 Riparian Buffer Planting, 2019 Creek Cleanup Events In Cumberland County

Farming & Conservation Opportunities For Hispanic, African American, Other Underserved Farmers April 9 In Berks County

Pike Conservation District: 3-Part How Your Backyard Activities Affect Your Lake Workshops

Southwest PA Water Resource Center Hosts Workshops On Grant Writing, Stormwater Pollution Control Implementation, Reporting

March 12 Penn State Water Insights Seminar Highlights Green Infrastructure To Reduce Stormwater Pollution

PA American Water Announces Sponsorship Of Expedition Chesapeake Film

Showing Added: Expedition Chesapeake iMax Film Premieres March 20 At The Whitaker Center For Science & The Arts In Harrisburg

CBF Save The Bay Photo Contest Accepting Entries Starting March 11

Schuylkill River Network Student Street Art Contest Now Accepting Entries Thru March 29

DRBC Announces Delaware Watershed Winter Photo Contest Winner; Spring Contest Begins March 20

EPA Exhibit At 2019 Philadelphia Flower Show Highlights Ecological Power Of Flowers Now Through March 10

West Branch Susquehanna River Restoration Coalition Meeting March 12

March Catalyst Newsletter Now Available From Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition

Erie Times-News Connect With Your Environment - Lake Erie Water Diversions

[ Recycling - Waste ]

Jacobs Creek Watershed Assn. Tired Of Tires Campaign Paying Rewards To Bring In Illegally Dumped Tires In Westmoreland March 23

DEP Accepting Applications For 2018 Recycling Performance Grants; Grants To Increase By 20% 

DEP: Benefits Outweigh Harms From Chrin Landfill Expansion In Northampton County; Technical Review Comments Being Accepted

[ Energy - Climate ]

IFO: Natural Gas Production Increased 14.2% In 2018, Largest Increase Since 2014

Brodhead Watershed Assn. Reschedules Reflections On A Changing Climate Program For March 31 In Monroe County

Op-Ed: Public Health Imperiled To Aid Dying Coal Industry

Op-Ed: We Really Do Need To Worry About Climate Change - And Act

[ Recreation - Forests - Land Conservation ]

Penn State Extension: Everybody Walk Across PA And Tour The Natural Wonders Of Pennsylvania

PA Wilds Cooperative Traveling Public Art Show To Be At Capitol In Harrisburg Thru March 28

DCNR: Pennsylvanians Urged To Exercise Caution To Prevent Wildfires

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Matt Keefer, Assistant State Forester, Named Chesapeake Bay Forest Champion

Become A PA Master Naturalist Volunteer In Westmoreland County By Attending Upcoming Workshops

Volunteers Needed For Western PA Audubon's Earth Day Of Service To The Planet April 20 At 3 Locations

Penn State Extension March 22 Rights-Of-Way And Integrated Vegetation Management Workshop In Mercer County

March 6 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR

Landowners, Land Managers, Researchers, Students Encouraged To Participate In New South Mountain Research Corps Survey, April Science Summit

Manada Conservancy Protects 44 Acres On Blue Mountain In Dauphin County

Brandywine Conservancy Hosts April 3 Land Trusts & Farmland Roundtable In Chester County

[ Environmental Policy ]

PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In February Now Available

[ Wildlife ]

Love Is In The Air As The Peregrine Falcon Egg Watch Begins In Harrisburg

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Spring Hawk Watch Launches April 1

Ice Anglers Urged To Use Caution As Season Comes To Close

Game Commission Launches 3rd Online Livestream - Black Bear Den

Annual Game Commission Waterfowl Briefing To Be Held March 15 In Luzerne County

Learn How To Resolve Deer Problems In Your Backyard, Neighborhood At March 25 Seminar In Harrisburg

[ Transitions - Opportunities ]

DEP Deputy Secretary George Hartenstein To Retire After 37 Years Of Public Service

Help Wanted: PennFuture Director Of Communications

[ Help Resources ]

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