47 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 47 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!

-- April State Revenues Highest Ever Collected - $1.8 Billion Higher Than Estimates; Never Been A Better Time To Invest In Local Conservation Projects [PaEN]

-- DCNR: Never Been A Better Time To Invest In State Park, Forest Infrastructure Improvements, Local Conservation Projects  [PaEN]

 

-- EPA Announces $40 Million From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding For Chesapeake Bay Restoration; PA Receives $5.59 Million+  [PaEN]

 

-- USDA Announces Additional $22.5 Million In Chesapeake Bay Restoration Funding [PaEN]

 

-- Bay Journal: EPA Ramps Up Clean Water Inspections After PA's Plan Fails To Meet Chesapeake Bay Water Pollution Reduction Goals - By Karl Blankenship, Chesapeake Bay Journal  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Plunketts Creek Project Recognized With Governor’s Award For Environmental Excellence

-- DCNR, Agriculture Join Chesapeake Bay Commission Members At Planting In Lancaster County To Highlight Role Of Stream Buffers; Learn How To Buffer Your Stream  [PaEN]

 

-- CBF, Stone Independent School To Plant Over 2,000 Trees In Lancaster, York Counties May 7, Volunteers Welcome  [PaEN]

 

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: Back To The Land: Family Farms Flourish Amid Food Uncertainty [PA]

 

-- CBF Blog: Acid Mine Drainage - The Legacy Of Coal Mining A Key Source Of Harm To Pennsylvania's Headwaters  [PaEN]

 

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: AML Conference June 22-23; NW PA GIS Conference, Oct. 27-28; Synchronous Firefly Season  [PaEN]

 

-- Scranton Times: On 50th Anniversary Of Hurricane, ‘Agnes’ Documentary Premiers June 23 At Kirby Center

 

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Remembering What Hurricane Agnes Could Never Take Away

 

-- Penn State Initiative for Resilient Communities, Bucknell University, and the Selinsgrove Flood Task Force May 7 Flood Resilience Fest In Selinsgrove, Snyder County  [PaEN]

-- Allegheny Conservation District, Partners To Host Flood Education Workshop May 9 For Homeowners, Business Owners  [PaEN]

 

-- Pike Conservation District: Wetlands Conservation; Environmental Resources For New Homeowners; Intern Wanted [PaEN]

-- Center For Private Forests At Penn State Renamed To Honor Founder Jim Finley [PaEN]

 

-- Penn State Extension To Host National Energy & Sustainability Extension Conference May 15-18 Focusing On Green Infrastructure, Solar Land Use, Water Quality, Climate Initiatives  [PaEN]

 

-- EPA, DOE Announce Winners Of 2022 ENERGY STAR Awards, Including 6 In PA  [PaEN]

 

-- Bay Journal: Sheep And Solar Panels: Using Solar Energy Sites For Pastureland - By Ad Crable  [PaEN]

 

-- StateImpactPA - The Allegheny Front: Safety Advocate Warns Of Lack Of Oversight For New CO2 Pipelines Needed For Carbon Capture 

 

-- York Daily Record: ‘Meltdown - Three Mile Island’ To Air On Netflix On Wednesday

 

-- Warren Times: County Envirothon Returns To Chapman State Park

 

-- TribLive: Protect PT Will Open Westmoreland Environmental Education Center In May

 

-- ClearWater Conservancy: 451 Volunteers Clear 12,541 Pounds Of Trash During 26th Annual Watershed Cleanup Day In Centre County  [PaEN]

 

-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Collects 44,000 Pounds Of Household Hazardous Waste; 2 Miles Of Fluorescent Tubes  [PaEN]

 

-- Republican Herald: 839 Pounds Of Drugs Collected In Schuylkill County During Drug Take Back Day

 

-- PA Resources Council Launches Hard-To-Recycle Collection Events In Allegheny County June 4  [PaEN]

 

-- York Dispatch: York City Resident Fed Up With People Using His Neighborhood As Dumping Ground

 

-- Inquirer: Philly Residents Plagued By Illegal Dumping Tell City To Invest In Solutions

 

-- TribLive: Harrison Cleanup Rids Massive Amounts Of Trash From Township

 

-- TribLive Letter: Thanks For Monroeville Cleanup Efforts

 

-- Warren Times: Sen. Gordner Introduces Resolution Proposing Study Of State Recycling Program

 

-- DCNR Blog: The Outdoor Recreation Economy In Pennsylvania

 

-- MCall: PA’s Wildfire Fighters Had Busy Weekend As Large Fires Erupted Across Lehigh Valley

 

-- Citizens Voice: Wildfire Burns At Least 70 Acres In Mountain Top, Luzerne County 

 

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Natural Lands Preserves 158 Acres In Lancaster, Lebanon Counties To Be Added To State Game Lands 

 

-- York Daily Record: The Conservation Fund Buys 88 Acre Mifflin House Property In York County

 

-- DCNR Joins Natural Lands To Celebrate Bryn Coed Farms Conservation In Chester County

 

-- Penn State Altoona: The Final ‘Plant A Tree At Flight 93’ Memorial

 

-- Warren Times: Dozens Of Volunteers Help Plant Trees

 

-- Allegheny College, East Stroudsburg University Join Forces To Take On Tickborne Diseases Through Local Tick Mitigation Study; Free Tick Testing  [PaEN]

 

-- Celebrate First Ever Pennsylvania Native Species Day June 17  [PaEN]

 

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Group Helps Pull Rampant Invasive Garlic Mustard Plant 

 

-- WeConservePA June 2 Webinar On Advocating For Local Bird-Friendly Policies  [PaEN]

 

-- NextPittsburgh: National Aviary Writes The Book On Birds

 

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: National Aviary Researcher Says Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Elusive And Beautiful, Not Extinct Yet 

Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

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[Posted: May 8, 2022]   PA Environment Digest