February 24 PA Environment Digest Now Available

The February 24 PA Environment Digest is now available

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[ Headlines ]

House Holds Hearings With DEP, DCNR Feb. 24 On A Budget Request That Primarily Repairs Damage Done Last Year; Promises More

EPA Features Blacks Creek, Venango County Mine Drainage Treatment As Success Story

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanian: Former Senator Franklin Kury

Molly Morrison To Receive PALTA Conservation Lifetime Achievement Award

Game Commission Biologist Mary Jo Casalena Recognized With National Conservation Award

PennDOT Announces First District Winner Of Student Innovation Litter Challenge

Study Finds Over 500 Million Pieces Of Roadside Litter: Join Keep PA Beautiful's Pick It Up Pennsylvania Today!

Agriculture’s Pesticide Advisory Board Meets March 3 To Discuss Proposed Ban On Chlorpyrifos, A Pesticide Harmful To Children

[ Earth Day 50 PA ]

Earth Day 50 PA: Wayne Kober: Impact & Inspiration From First Earth Day

Earth Day 50 PA: Richard Lewis: What I Did On The First Earth Day 50 Years Ago

DCNR Good Natured Blog: Earth Day 50: Diversity For Sustainability

[ News From The Capitol ]

PA Capitol Report: Presidential Candidates All In For PA Primary; Permanent State Deficits

Fair Districts PA Pushes “Not Red, Not Blue, Just Fair” Campaign To Fix Our Broken, Gerrymandered Redistricting Process

Bills On Governor's Desk

Senate/House Agenda/Session Schedule

Sen. Street Announces Bill Package To Transition From AEPS To New Clean Energy Standard With Carbon Capture

[ The Feds ]

EPA Accepting Comments On Proposal To Regulate PFOA, PFOS In Drinking Water

Elizabethtown College Awarded EPA Student Innovative Technology Grant For Lead Detection

EPA Awards $464,200 In Funding For Fish & Boat Commission Staff To Restore Streams In Chesapeake Bay Watershed

[ Water ]

NFWF To Host March 11 Webinar On Chesapeake Bay And Delaware River Watershed Grant Opportunities

Southwestern PA Water Resources Center Hosts Smart Green Corridors, MS4 Stormwater Refresher, Stormwater & Flood Management Workshops

How To Repair & Maintain Gravel Driveways And Unpaved Lanes Workshop March 24 In Westmoreland

Wissahickon Watershed Assn. Hosts Feb. 26 Meeting On Upper Gwynedd Twp Stream Restoration Project in Montgomery County

Volunteers Needed For Stream Restoration Planting At Slippery Rock Campground, Butler County

CleanScapes Celebrates 20 Years Of Service: Bald Eagle Valley Trail Fest March 28, Clinton County

Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Invites Volunteers For April 4 Stream Cleanup In Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery Counties

Stream Monitoring In The Delaware River Basin Is More Than Just Numbers

York County Master Watershed Stewards Recognize Ryan Davis, Chesapeake Bay Forests, Northeastern Schools As 2019 Outstanding Partners

Penn State Extension: Riparian Buffers: Using The Power Of Plants To Help Clean Our Waterways

Monitoring Streams With Visual Assessment Important For Assessing Stream Conditions

Penn State Extension: What Is A Municipal Stormwater Fee?

February Catalyst Newsletter Now Available From Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Business Meeting March 13 In Harrisburg

PA Anthracite Section Of SME Meets March 12; Features Presentation On Grace Iron Ore Mine, Berks County - History, A Study For Reopening

[ Emergency Response ]

Pennsylvania Launches Keystone Mesonet One-Stop Shop For Displaying Weather, Environmental Data

[ Energy ]

DEP Fines Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill $24,000 To Resolve Waste Violations; Drilling Waste Impacts On Leachate

DEP Issues Permits To Sunoco For Changes To Mariner East II Pipeline Construction In Blair, Perry Counties; 2nd Pipeline In Berks County

DEP Invites Comments On Adelphia Gateway Natural Gas Pipeline Project Erosion & Sedimentation Permit

USGS Study: No Statistically Significant Relationship Between Shale Gas Development And Stream Chemical, Benthic, Microbial Life Changes In State Forest Drilling Areas

G.E.T. Solar Now Accepting Applications To Help Nonprofits, Businesses Go Solar; 7 County Focus Area

Ernst Conservation Seeds, Ernst Pollinator Service & American Solar Grazing Assn. Partner On Pollinator-Friendly Fuzz & Buzz Seed Mix For Solar Arrays

PUC Announces Be Utility Wise Consumer Forum March 12; Highlights Energy Assistance Programs & LIHEAP

Penn Power Partners With Erie Bird Observatory To Protect Nesting Osprey, Prevent Power Outages

Sustainable Energy & Education Development Support (SEEDS) Names Olga Trushina New Executive Director

[ Climate Change ]

Forest Soils Release More Carbon Dioxide Than Expected In Rainy Season

[ Land Conservation - Recreation - Forests ]

39 Farms, 2,848 Acres Added To Pennsylvania's Farmland Preservation Program

Schuylkill River Greenways Hosts International Paddling Film Festival March 26

Enter The PA Great Outdoors Visitors Bureau 2020-21 Photo Contest

Annual Cherry Pie Hike Held Feb. 22 At Jennings Environmental Ed Center, Butler County

Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Special Activities, Programs In March

Dauphin County Woodland Owners Conference Set For March 14 In Dauphin

Feb. 19 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR

Feb. 21 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

[ Biodiversity ]

PA Plant Conservation Network To Hold 2nd Public Stakeholder Meeting March 27 In Beaver County

Pennsylvania Rare Plant Forum To Be Held March 28 At Penn State Beaver Campus

[ Wildlife ]

Game Commission To Host Briefing On Status Of Atlantic Flyway Waterfowl Populations March 6 In Venango County

[ Helpful Resources ]

Environment & Energy NewsClips

Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events

Grants & Awards

Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits

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Stories Invited - About PA Environment Digest

Keystone Coldwater Conference Feb. 28-29 In State College

Riparian Forest Buffer Summit March 11 & 12 In Altoona

PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference June 24-25 In State College

Supporting Member PA Outdoor Writers Assn./PA Trout Unlimited

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