Sunday, February 21, 2021

February 22 PA Environment Digest Now Available


The February 22 PA Environment Digest is now available.

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Work The Problem, Cancel The Show: Environmental Funding Is About People, Not Numbers


DEP Climate Advisory Committee Meets Feb. 23 On Draft, Final Climate Impact Assessment - Flooding Is Highest Risk Hazard PA Faces


Riparian Forest Buffer Summit March 10-11


[ Leadership ]


10 New Stories - What REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership Looks Like In PA


Lebanon Valley Conservancy, Landowners Worked Together To Plant 1,500 In 2020 As Part Of Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership


Members Of PA Veteran Farming Project Adopt Sustainable Farming Methods, Including Planting Forested Stream Buffers In Tioga, Wyoming Counties


Allegheny County Master Watershed Stewards Prep For 3-Year Stream Assessment Project


Family Farmers, Agriculture Partner To Protect 2,638 Acres Of Farmland On 30 Farms For The Future


Dry Hollow Hunting Club, ClearWater Conservancy Partner To Add Over 1,200 Acres To Rothrock State Forest In Centre, Huntingdon Counties


DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Mickayla Poland, Artist, Business Owner In PA Wilds


Keep PA Beautiful: Volunteers Across PA Collected Over 1 Million Waste Tires For Recycling, Proper Disposal


PA Solar Center Recognizes 10 Solar Energy Leaders In Central PA


Op-Ed: Climate Change And Clean Energy - A Veteran's Perspective


PA Society For Ornithology Announces Inaugural Breeding Bird Blitz For Conservation - June 18-21


[ Headlines ]


DEP Chesapeake Bay Implementation Plan Update: 86% Of Phase 3 Milestones Are On Track


DCNR Blog: DCNR Grants Support, Water, Wildlife And People In PA's Chesapeake Bay Watershed


CFA Accepting Applications For Act 13 Watershed Restoration, Mine Reclamation, Sewage, Flood Mitigation, Recreation Grants


National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Accepting Applications For Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants


Delaware River Basin Commission Sets Feb. 25 Meeting On Final Rule Banning Certain Fracking Activities In Natural Gas Drilling


Environmental Groups, DEP Agree To Open Public Comment Period On 49 Previously Approved Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment & Storage Facility Permits


Shale Gas Development In PA Increases Exposure Of Nearby Residents To Air Pollutants, Setback Policies Not Effective


Songbirds' Reproductive Success Reduced By Natural Gas Pipeline Compressor Noise


DEP Works Thru Pandemic: 702 More Permits, 1,696 More Inspections Since Last Week


IRRC Recommends EQB Consider Adding More Environmental Protections To Carbon Pollution Reduction Reg. Covering Power Plants; Delay Implementation 1 Year


DEP Blog: Ten Tools Pennsylvania Is Using To Address Climate Change


DEP To Propose New Regulation To Require Automakers To Offer Electric Vehicles For Sale In Pennsylvania


DCNR Blog: Economic Impact: Buchanan Forest District HQ Brings Surrounding Woodlands To Life


South Mountain Partnership Announces 2021 Mini-Grant Recipients


U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Game Commission, DCNR Finalize Bat Conservation Plan Covering 3.8 Million Acres Of State-Managed Lands


Merger Creates Audubon Mid-Atlantic Uniting 26 Local Chapters, 150,000+ Members; Suzanne Biemiller Named Executive Director


[ News From The Capitol ]


PA Capitol & COVID Weekly Report: Budget Season Begins, Another New Vaccine Plan, Tolling Bridges


Senate/House Agenda/Session Schedule


House Democratic Policy Committee To Hold Hearings On Delaware River, Clean Energy Jobs, Environment & Infrastructure Budgets


House Environmental Committee Holds 2nd Meeting Feb. 24 On Proposed Changes To Chapter 105 Regulations


[ The Feds ]


SBA Extends Deadline For Applying For Assistance For Homeowners, Businesses Affected By Tropical Storm Isaias In Berks, Philadelphia Counties


[ Water ]


DEP Invites Comments On Alternative Restoration Plan For Hammer Creek Headwaters In Lebanon County, Upstream Of Speedwell Forge Lake


Dept. Of Health Seeks Focus Group Members To Discuss Private Water Wells; 13 County Water Supply Testing/Protection Webinars Set


Registration Now Open For 2021 Virtual PA Groundwater Symposium May 6


University Of Pittsburgh Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Featured Exploring The Nature Of Water In Western PA Program By Master Watershed Stewards


3-Part Webinar Series On Mapping Stormwater BMPs In Montgomery County Set For Feb. 24, March 2, 11


Penn State Extension: Making Riparian Buffers Work For You Webinar March 19


PA American Water Accepting Entries For Protect Our Watersheds Student Art Contest


Stroud Water Research Center Study Points To Warmer Streams As Threat To Mayflies, Not Oxygen Deprivation


[ Forests - Recreation ]


DCNR Warns Of Hazardous Conditions On State Forest Roads


DCNR Accepting Comments On Proposed Land Exchange In Juniata County


Circuit Trails Coalition Calls On Philadelphia To Make Funding For Spring Garden Street Greenway Project A Priority


PA Forestry Assn. PA's Conservation Pioneers Video Now Available In Discovering PA's Forest Heritage Series


Feb. 19 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation


[ Wildlife ]


Fish & Boat Commission Feb. 20 Virtual Fisheries Summit Presentations On Demand On YouTube Channel


[ Opportunity ]


Help Wanted: Wildlife Leadership Academy Field School Operations Coordinator


[ Helpful Resources ]


Environment & Energy NewsClips


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards  


Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits


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Riparian Forest Buffer Summit March 10-11


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