26 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

There are 26 new stories in this week’s PA Environment Digest -- actually a lot more-- that show leadership from farmers, high school students, Girl Scouts, county officials, watershed groups, anglers, neighborhood farmers, volunteer Naturalists, river towns and foresters.

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!

-- Carmichaels H.S. Envirothon Team Partners With Izaak Walton League To Plant Trees For Earth Day; Wins Greene County Envirothon 

-- Honesdale H.S. Team Wins Pike/Wayne County Envirothon, Represents Wayne County; Wallenpaupack H.S. Team Wins To Represent Pike County At State Envirothon 

-- Norwin High School Wins 2021 Westmoreland County Envirothon

-- PA Farm Bureau Calls On Senate, House To Pass And Fund Legislation To Support On-Farm Conservation Efforts To Improve Water Quality

-- DEP: 16 Counties Begin Countywide Clean Water Action Plans To Improve Water Quality In PA Part Of Chesapeake Bay Watershed

-- Girl Scouts Kick-Off 5 Million Trees Campaign, Fun Patch Unveiled At Tree Planting In Dauphin County 

-- Capital RC&D Hosts Pasture Walks May 20, July 13 In Adams, Franklin Counties To Showcase Spring Cover Crop Grazing

-- South Fayette Conservation Group, DEP Dedicate Gladden Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Plant In Allegheny County; Federal AML Funding To Expire

-- Reclaiming Appalachia Coalition Now Accepting Proposals For Innovative Abandoned Mine Reclamation, Economic Development Project Funding 

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Lancaster Water Week June 4-12; MS4orum On Stormwater June 7

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Intern Gets His Feet Wet In Data Logger Project 

-- Good Samaritan Proposal To Plug Orphan Oil & Gas Well In Allegheny County 

-- Beiler Family Partners With Lancaster Farmland Trust To Preserve 85 Acre Farm 

-- Neighborhood Gardens Trust Permanently Preserves Emerald Street Community Farm In Philadelphia

-- Historic Barn Preservation Program A Success In Adams County Thanks To Mini-Grant; Mini-Grant Round Open

-- Susquehanna Greenway River Towns Mobilize Hundreds Of Volunteers For Community Cleanups 

-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Collects 38,300 Pounds Of Household Hazardous Waste At Weekend Event

-- Register Now! 11th Annual (Virtual) Pittsburgh Sustainability Conference May 6-7

-- PA Master Naturalists Celebrate Arbor Day In Spring Field Notes Newsletter; May 11 - Bringing Nature Home

-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests: Wildflower Walk May 2; Foundation Dinner Sept. 17; Loving The Land Thru Working Forests Conference Sept. 18

-- Native Fish Coalition Of PA Urging Fish & Boat Commission To End Stocking Of Nonnative Trout Species Over Wild Native Brook Trout 

-- New York Times Best Selling Author, Ornithologist Scott Weidensaul To Speak At Wildlife Gala In State College May 21 

-- National Deer Assn., Game Commission To Hold 6 Regional Online Chronic Wasting Disease informational Programs Starting May 5

-- DCNR Blog: A Periodical Wonder - Cicadas - Opportunity For Citizen Science 

-- Registration Opening May 1 - 9th Annual PA Firefly Festival June 25 & 26 In Forest County + Glow & Know Campouts

-- StateImpactPA, PA Parks & Forests Foundation Set May 18 Viewing, Panel Discussion On WITF PA’s Environmental Rights Amendment Documentary

Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

NEW! Conservation Leadership NewsClips:

Pittsburgh City Paper: United Mine Workers Union Comes Out In Support Of Transition To Clean Energy

EarthWorks: Reducing New Mining For Electric Vehicle Battery Metals: Responsible Sourcing Thru Demand Reduction Strategies, Recycling

PA Business Report: Northeast Natural Energy Seeks Natural Gas Production Certification Under MiQ Methane Standard

Guest Essay: I Grew Up In PA Anthracite Coal Country, It Wasn’t Pretty And It’s Time To Leave The Coal Economy Behind, Bring The Environment, Communities Back To Life

ShenandoahSentinel Editorial: Federal Effort To Help Coalfield Communities Excludes Anthracite Region

Guest Essay: PA’s Clean Energy Businesses Poised To Add Jobs To State’s Economy

NextPittsburgh: Western PA Green Building Alliance Joins U.N. In $24 Million International Climate Initiative

WESA: Meet Pittsburgh’s Can-Crushing Kids

LancasterOnline: Elizabethtown Man Pitches In To Cleanup What’s Been Pitched Out

TribLive: Plum Cleanup Week Helps Seniors, Environment

CitizensV: Wilkes-Barre Council Ups Illegal Dumping, Littering Fines

Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Area Officials, Governor Sent Letters & Packets urging Realistic Change In Growing Microplastic Problem 

PennLive: York County Open Space Program Surpasses 2020 Goal Of Preserved Land

Marcus Schneck: New Nature Preserve Launches With 230 Acres Of Susquehanna Riverlands In York County

Marcus Schneck: More Than 1,000 Acres Of Wetland Restored In PA By Ducks Unlimited Project

Lancaster Conservancy: Spring Restoration Work At Fishing Creek Nature Preserve

Hershey Medical Center Volunteers Plant 100 New Trees During Earth Day Ceremony

CitizensV: Army Veteran to Host Tree Planting Event In Luzerne County May 8

PennLive: Native Plant Garden And Sculpture Park Ready To Open In Perry County

WilliamsportS: Wildlife Habitat Opens For Seniors In Time For Earth Day

Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Lou Ann Gasperine Talks About The Power Of Outdoor Education  

WHYY: The Woodmere Museum In Philadelphia Builds Hugels As Environmental Art

PEC/PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers: Join A River Sojourn This Summer - StoryMap

Marcus Schneck: Here Are 23 River Sojourns Across PA You Can Join

Marcus Schneck: Hike 798 Miles On These Trails To Win Coveted PA Hiking Award

WBTimes: North Branch Land Trust Executive Director Paul Lumia Announces Retirement

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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 2, 2021]  PA Environment Digest