DEP Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters Partnership Update Highlights Grant Opportunities; Local Projects; Progress Reducing Pollution Loads

The latest DEP Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters Partnership newsletter highlights grant opportunity, county and local water quality improvement projects and progress meeting Bay nutrient and sediment reduction goals.

Feature articles include--

-- Quarterly Scientific Committee Meeting Features Rapid Stream Delisting

-- Turtle Creek Watershed Tour Celebrates Delisting In Union County

-- DCNR, Fish Commission Plant Stream Buffer in Snyder County

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Stream Health Workshop

-- Penn State Extensions Host Soil Fertility & Nutrient Management Webinar

-- PA Agricultural Innovation Grants Now Accepting Applications

-- Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Grant Period Open

-- EPA: $30 Million To Help Small, Rural Communities Available

-- County Updates From: Adams, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Columbia, Dauphin, Juniata, Lancaster

Click Here to read the entire newsletter.

Visit DEP’s Chesapeake Bay Watershed webpage to learn more about cleaning up rivers and streams in Pennsylvania's portion of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.  Click Here to sign up for regular updates on Pennsylvania’s progress.

How Clean Is Your Stream?

The draft 2024 report has an interactive report viewer that allows you to zoom in to your own address to see if the streams near you are impaired and why.

Click Here to check out your streams.  Click Here for a tutorial on using the viewer.

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(Photo: Jill Whitcomb (Acting Deputy Secretary for DEP’s Office of Water Programs), Matt Kofroth and Chris Thompson (Lancaster County Conservation District), Adam Ortiz (EPA Region 3 Administrator)

Related Articles - Watersheds:

-- 2024 PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Honors Schuylkill County’s Bill Reichert With Mayfly Award   [PaEN] 

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Calls For Efficient Water Use; Sets Nov. 19 Hearing On Declaring A Water Supply Emergency  [PaEN] 

-- DCNR Prohibits Campfires On State Park, Forest Lands Amid Ongoing Dry Conditions 

-- Western PA Conservancy Now Accepting Applications For BHE GT&S Watershed Mini-Grants  [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Nov. 22 Behind The Scenes Tour Of Game Commission's Howard Tree Nursery In Centre County  [PaEN] 

-- ClearWater Conservancy Awarded $750,000 RCAP Funding For New Community Conservation Center In Centre County  [PaEN] 

NewsClips:

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Region Remains Under Drought Watch; Here’s What You Need To Know

-- PA American Water Asks Customers To Reduce Nonessential Water Use Due To Drought Watch Declaration 

-- WPXI: PA American Water Asking Customers To Reduce Water Use In Response To Drought Concerns

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Municipal Authority Asks Customers To Reduce Water Use Until Further Notice 

-- WESA: Facing Drought, DCNR Bans Campfires In State Parks, Forests

-- MCall: Blue Mountain Wildfire Burns Nearly 600 Acres In Northampton County 

-- Warren Times: Warren County Commissioners Enact Burn Ban

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: USGS PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Study Looks At Which Tissues The Chemicals Build Up In Fish, Plus Land Use, Sources

-- TribLive: New Environmental Field Study Class At Burrell Gets Students In The Elements In Westmoreland

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Bats Play Important Role In Aquatic Ecosystem, But White Nose Syndrome Likely Reshaping Ripple Effect 

[Posted: November 7, 2024]  PA Environment Digest