-- Restoring Streams In Lancaster County: Lancaster County is home to more than 1,400 miles of streams, yet more than half are considered unhealthy. Excess nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment flow into local waterways and ultimately the Chesapeake Bay. Improving water quality at this scale isn’t something any one organization can do alone. Read more…
-- Partnerships For Healthy Waters With The Nature Conservancy: For years, Stroud Water Research Center partnered with The Nature Conservancy and the First State National Historical Park to support the Stream Stewards program. Together, we engaged volunteers of all ages in hands-on water monitoring, education, and stewardship that informs real conservation action. Read more…
-- Stream Sleuths: Berks Nature - The Angelica Creek Watershed Association (ACWA) employs a varied approach to monitoring the health of Angelica Creek. Each method provides a unique perspective; like a box of puzzle pieces, the full picture of stream health only comes into focus when you link these data together. Read more…
-- Fund Long-Term Research Like Infrastructure: It’s the quiet system that warns communities before disaster strikes: long-term, nonpartisan environmental monitoring and assessment. The field staff who collect samples in all seasons. The labs that ensure quality control.
The data stewardship that preserves continuity across decades. The scientific interpretation that turns measurements into answers for our most pressing environmental concerns. Read more…
-- Stroud Center Honored With 2025 Outstanding Partner Award from Penn State Extension Master Watershed Stewards Program. Read more…
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-- March 25: Road Salt Pollution Water Testing Event In Harrisburg
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Related Articles This Week:
-- Guest Essay: Roadmap To Renew Pennsylvania's Waters - DEP's Integrated Water Quality Report Is A Guide To Fixing Sources Of Water Pollution - By Harry Campbell, Chesapeake Bay Foundation [PaEN]
-- DEP Chesapeake Bay News Highlights Conservation District Accomplishments, Funding Opportunities, Year End Progress Reports [PaEN]
-- Volunteers Needed For March 28 Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay TreeLay Back-To-Back Tree Planting Events In Pennsylvania, MD and VA [PaEN]
-- Western PA Conservancy Now Accepting Applications For BHE GT&S Watershed Mini Grants [PaEN]
-- DEP Issued 5 Orders To Federal And Local Entities To Prevent The Use Of 3 Warehouses In Berks And Schuylkill Counties As Federal Immigrant Detention Centers Without Complying With State, Federal Environmental Laws [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: York County Junkyard Fire, Oil Spill Casts Spotlight On Need for Enforcement [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Holds March 18 In-Person Workshop In Northampton County On How To Design, Install, Maintain Micro-Forests [PaEN]
-- Budget-Friendly Stream Repair Focus Of Penn State Extension Workshop Webinar March 23; Live Stake Branches Available [PaEN]
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: April 18 In-Person Meadows 101 - Learn, Plant, Grow Workshop, Beach Lake, Wayne County
-- Delaware River Basin Commission And Partners To Conduct In-Person Angler Surveys About The Number, Kind Of Fish They’re Catching At Several Locations In The Watershed [PaEN]
-- Interns Wanted: Delaware River Basin Commission Seeking Summer Interns
-- Help Wanted: Chesapeake Bay Foundation PA Communications And Media Relations Manager [PaEN]
NewsClips:
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: A Better Chesapeake Bay Demands A Realistic Look At Farm Pollution
-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay News: March 28 TreeLay; Eager Beavers; Hackberry; News Around The Bay Watershed
-- Discover NE PA: Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Encourages Volunteerism
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: 300+ Visit Montour Preserve For Annual Environmental Education Expo With Hands-On Environmental Activities, Ice Fishing & More In Montour County
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: 400 Attend STEAM Education Event At West Branch School District To Learn About River Topics & More In Clearfield County
-- The Derrick: Volunteers From Ruffed Grouse Society Undertake Wilderness Renewal Project At Tionesta Lake
-- PennFuture: DEP Denies Stormwater Permit For Route 115 Associates Warehouse In Tunkhannock Twp., Monroe County
-- The Derrick: DEP Signs Consent Order With Knox Boro To Correct Violations At The Borough’s Sewage Treatment Plant
-- Altoona Mirror Letter: DEP To Blame For Old Crow Wetlands Degradation In Huntingdon County Resulting From Improperly Issued Permit To Rutters - By Stan Kotala [PDF of Article]
-- Inquirer: ‘Milky White’ Substance Was Leaking Into Chester County Creek, And A Business Could Face Fines
-- LancasterOnline: Cleanup Ongoing After Pollutants From York County Junkyard Fire Found In Susquehanna River
-- York Daily Record: 10,000 Gallons Of Oil Spilled During J&K Junkyard Fire, Officials Say
-- Tribune-Democrat: Fish & Boat Commission: Somerset Lake Dam Leaking Again, Just Months After Concrete Patches Were Completed [PDF of Article]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Environmental Advocates Seek Wider Cleanup After Potomac River Sewage Spill
[Posted: March 7, 2026] PA Environment Digest
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