38 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 38 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

Thank you for your leadership!

-- Gov. Wolf: Honors 13 Projects With 2021 Governor's Awards For Environmental Excellence  [PaEN]

-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership: Announces Watershed Milestones Award Winners; Awards Ceremony Oct. 20  [PaEN]

-- From ‘Red and Dead’ To Class A Fishery, West Branch Susquehanna River Rebounds - But We’re Not Done Yet  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Watch A River Reborn About The People Along The Little Conemaugh River And Their Fight To Overcome Acid Mine Drainage - Video

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal Film: Water's Way - Thinking Like A Watershed  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: After 10 Years, Stream Restoration Strategy Still Shows Merit At Big Spring Run In Lancaster County

-- Allegheny College: Receives $1.25 Million Mellon Foundation Grant To Establish Watershed Conservation Research Center  [PaEN]

-- Audubon Society Of Western PA, Buffalo Creek Watershed Coalition: Host 6 Educational Programs At Buffalo Creek Nature Park In Butler County  [PaEN]

-- The Almanac: Bethel Park Embarks On Stream Stabilization Project In Allegheny County

-- Pennsylvania Lake Erie Virtual Environmental Forum Set For Oct. 26 - Harmful Algal Blooms & Climate Change [PaEN]

-- 80 Organizations, 1,800+ Concerned Citizens To DEP: Ban Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater; Dept. Of Health Unaware Road Dumping Is Occurring [PaEN]

-- 65+ Groups Ask Biden Administration To Reclassify Oil & Gas Drilling Waste As 'Hazardous' To Prevent Road Dumping Of Wastewater And Other Practices  [PaEN]

-- AG Shapiro: Charges Mariner East Pipeline With 48 Counts Of Environmental Crimes In 11 Counties  [PaEN]

-- Sen. Comitta: Calls For Halt To Mariner East Pipeline Construction In Light Of Criminal Charges By Attorney General  [PaEN]

-- Sen. Comitta: Calls For Hearings On The Failure Of Pennsylvania To Invest In Clean Energy Infrastructure  [PaEN]

-- ErieT: Solar Energy Project Planned In Girard, Another Still Planned In Southern Erie County

-- PG: Pittsburgh Mayor, Other Cities, U.S. Labor Secretary Talk About Future Of $600 Billion  Clean Energy ‘Marshall Plan’

-- Sen. Casey, Colleagues: Introduce Bill To Empower Fossil Fuel Workers To Train, Find Jobs In Changing Energy Industry  [PaEN]

-- Patch.com: Chester County Commissioners Adopt New Climate Action Plan

 

-- ReadingE: Muhlenberg Twp. Installs Electric Vehicle Charging Station

 

-- PG: RIDC Preparing To Do More Development Work At Hazelwood Green Brownfield Redevelopment

 

-- PG: Trulieve To Build Large Medical Marijuana Facility At Fmr McKeesport Steel Plant

-- PennEnvironment: 100_ Businesses, Organizations Sign Letter Supporting A Plastic Bag Ban In Pittsburgh

-- PG: Ask Me About… Starting An All-Boys School To Prepare Black Students For STEAM Professions

-- Boy Scouts Partner With Natural Lands To Preserve Nearly 400 Acres In Lancaster County  [PaEN]

-- Zook Family Partners With Lancaster Farmland Trust To Preserve 100 Acre Family Farm  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: Luzerne County Preservation Program Reaches 3,343 Acres Of Farmland

-- In Memoriam - Dr. Jim Finley, Fmr. Director Of The Center For Private Forests At Penn State  [PaEN]

-- DCNR: Discusses Infrastructure Needs At Shikellamy State Park, Across State Parks And Forests  [PaEN]

-- House Hearing On Recreation, Hunting & Fishing During Pandemic Highlights Importance Of Investments In Green Infrastructure, Clean Water [PaEN]

-- Vote Now! For PennDOT Multimodal Project Improving Accessibility At Ohiopyle State Park In Fayette County  [PaEN]

-- PA Wilds Center: Announces 2021 Champions of the PA Wilds Award Winners [PaEN]

-- MCall: Beltzville State Park Has A Friend In Volunteers 

-- StateCollege.com: Friends Of Rothrock State Forest Are Enhancing The Trail System At Musser Gap  

-- MyPhillyPark.org: Mows To Meadows Project Will Bring 5 Acres Of Meadows To Fairmount Park

-- TribLive: Meet Winners Of 2021 Sustainable Gardening Awards From Phipps Conservatory

-- TribLive: Westinghouse Park In Pittsburgh Designated As Nationally Recognized Arboretum

-- Forbes Trail Trout Unlimited: Veterans Enjoy Day Of Fly Fishing In Westmoreland County  [PaEN]

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[Posted: October 10, 2021]  PA Environment Digest