17 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

There are 17 new stories in this week’s PA Environment Digest about devoting a career to environmental education, volunteers restoring water quality, permanently protecting sensitive lands, working with lawmakers to support mine reclamation projects, cleaning up neighborhoods, companies saving energy using renewable energy, fighting childhood asthma, restoring forests and more.

There are many, many more people just like these working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

Thank you for your leadership!

-- PA Envirothon Executive Director Lorelle Steach To Retire After 30 Years Of Service To Envirothon Student Competitions 

-- DEP Highlights Local Water Quality Improvement Projects Cleaning Up Chesapeake Bay Watershed; Updates On Other County, Partner Accomplishments

-- Lancaster County Clean Water Partners Highlight Local Work; Lancaster Water Week June 4-12 

-- DCNR Highlights Many Benefits Of Streamside Buffers In Visit To Geisinger Health System In Montour County

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Staff Teach Students About Aquatic Life In The Watershed

-- Brodhead Watershed Assn. Releases Schedule Of Summer Hikes, Volunteer & Education Events In Monroe County

-- The Conservation Fund Announces Addition Of 254 Acres To First State National Historic Park In Brandywine Watershed Delaware County

-- U.S. House Committee OKs Bipartisan Bills To Prevent Expiration Of Federal Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program, Expand Economic Development Opportunities  

-- EPA Mid-Atlantic Region Recognizes Children’s Hospital Of Philadelphia With First Asthma Community Champion Award 

-- Keep PA Beautiful, The GIANT Company, Community Groups Complete Improvement Projects In Dauphin County & Philadelphia 

-- Pittsburgh 2030 District Partners Purchased Over 196,000 MWh Of Renewable Energy In 2020 

-- 81 Groups, 3,342 Individuals Express Opposition To Bill Rolling Back Environmental Standards On Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling, Legalizing Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater 

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Celebrate #BlackBirdersWeek May 30 to June 5 

-- Game Commission Wildlife Futures Program Recognized By Fish & Wildlife Agency Association

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Network Hosting June 5-6 Women's Camping Adventure 

-- DCNR Blog: Restoring A Forest Devastated By Lymantria dispar (Gypsy Moth)

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Launches Drinks For The Delaware - Local Businesses Supporting Conservation

Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

NEW! Conservation Leadership NewsClips:

Growing Greener Coalition: Funding Needed To Combat Flash Flooding From Fishing Creek In Columbia County

ScrantonT: Citizen Science Data Collectors Play Key Role In Lake Wallenpaupack Water Monitoring Program By Lacawac Sanctuary

Sean Sauro: 43-Year-Old Summer Program Offers Lancaster Teens Opportunity To Study Conservation, Wildlife

PennLive: The Solitary Work Of A Future Conservationist: The Pandemic High School Senior Year 

Carlisle Sentinel: Big Spring Students Plant Flowers For Pollinator Habitat

Ridgeway Record: Elk County 5th Graders Enjoy Planting Trees To Help Streams

PG: Greene County Students Land A Trophy, A Trout Made Of Trash

MONGABAY: In Pennsylvania, Agroforestry Holds Key To Cleaning Up Waterways, Chesapeake Bay

NorthcentralPA: Celebrate PA’s Mining History At Anthracite Heritage Festival Of The Arts In Shamokin, Northumberland County

Laura Legere: Ask Me How To Make Sustainability Central To The Post-Pandemic Recovery [Sustainable Pittsburgh]

DCED: LED Lighting Manufacturer Relocates HQ To Penn State’s Behrend’s Knowledge Park In Erie County

PA Environmental Council: What’s Next For Carbon Capture, Utilization, Storage In PA?

NextPittsburgh: Vacant Ford Plant Coming Back To Life As $330 Million Pitt Biomedical Research Hub

WESA: How A Small Change Could Help Revitalize Main Streets Across PA [Act 3 Environmental Liability]

ErieT: Radio Transmitters Aid Erie Bird Observatory Study Of Presque Isle Bird Migrations

Mary Ann Thomas: Tarentum Bridge Falcons A Model Of Peregrine Breeding Success In Western PA

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-- 233 Stories: These Conservation Leaders Gave Us Cleaner Water, Land & Air In 2020! They Deserve Our Thanks, Our Support!

[Posted: May 30, 2021]  PA Environment Digest