PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 5, 2024

The Wildlife Management Area Visitors Center in Lebanon County will reopen for visitors January 16 and the annual migration of snow geese, tundra swans and Canada Geese may begin about the same time. 2024 Events The Game Commission just released a 2024 event guide and a detailed summary of those events so you can plan your visit.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2023

To formalize the affiliation, the Delaware County Office of Sustainability formed an advisory committee, made up of local non-profits and community leaders passionate about beautifying Delaware County. For more information about Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s local affiliates, visit KPB’s Affiliate Network webpage.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2024

Starting A Watershed Organization Members of the Little Lehigh Watershed Stewards tell how they started their watershed group to help care about the plants, animals, and about 200,000 people who rely on the Little Lehigh as a source of fresh water. Click Here to get your feet wet. Click Here to sign up for your own copy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 13, 2024

Residents at a workshop in South Los Angeles mark a neighborhood map to show places they like to visit and those they avoid. Credit: City Plants) About our work, Rachel says: “We believe that your zip code should not determine how much tree cover you have, the air quality you breathe, or your mental health—all of which are impacted by trees.”

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Click Here to learn more about each river. Nominations were based on each waterway’s conservation needs, successes, and programming plans if the nominee is voted 2024 River of the Year. Visit DCNR’s Pennsylvania's Rivers Conservation Program webpage to learn more about these initiatives.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Explore sustainable practices & learn how to create a Local Climate Action Plan for your community. A Local Climate Action Plan is a minimum requirement for many of the available grants, so attendees will learn about the best practices to complete one. Click Here for the full agenda. Click Here to register.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2023

PA Digital Water Atlas The DEP Water Use and Planning Program recently published an interactive Digital Water Atlas as part of the 2022 State Water Plan. Click Here to sign up for your own copy. For more environmental ed resources, visit DEP’s Environmental Education webpage.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The Protect Your Drinking Water Grant Program will award grants ranging from $2,500 to $10,000 for watershed protection and education projects that address pollutants of concern to public water supplies, such as fertilizer runoff, road salts and bacteria. Visit PEC’s Audio Room for the latest podcasts.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

The Pike County Conservation District now has funding available to farmers to install best management practices on their farm in Pike County-- and so is your county district. For a list of eligible BMPs and costs please contact the District office to speak with staff regarding your project at 570-226-8220 or visit the District website.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2024

To learn more about the connection between beer and a healthy environment, watch “ Forests, Clean Water, and Craft Beverages? To learn more about their commitment to sustainability, visit the New Trail Brewing website and where to find their beers, or @NewTrailBrewing on Instagram.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2024

Making change is possible, no matter your age. To think that future students get to learn about the hellbender is heartwarming because it will put this animal on their radar well into their adult lives,” Anna Pauletta said recently. Army and plans to apply to law school in the fall. How Clean Is Your Stream?

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 14, 2023

The Asbury Woods Environmental Center is pleased to bring back its program, Nature in Your Neighborhood , for its second year in the City of Erie. Our goal is to ignite a curiosity about nature through engaging themes and to provide unique learning experiences in an open and accessible format.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 4, 2024

Over the next 15 years, California will have to repurpose about 1 million acres of cropland, most of it out of the 5.5 The incident brought plenty of attention to Allensworth, and even Governor Newsom visited the community. To be clear, when I talk about extractive agriculture I am not talking about local farmers.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources looking for ideas on how it can improve information about its trails for trail users. As part of this initiative, DCNR has launched an online survey to gather feedback about the kind of information trail users want before using a trail and while on a trail.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Visitors can get suggestions about the best spots to view fall foliage on the Penn’s Woods Fall Foliage story map and on the Pennsylvania Tourism Office website. Whether the plan to hit is the trails or drive to scenic vistas across the Commonwealth, we encourage everyone to take in the beautiful sights of our amazing fall foliage.”

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 23, 2023

On October 23, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful announced it is updating its popular Open Your Eyes to Litter series of five educational activity books created over 20 years ago. Revisions to the first book in the Open Your Eyes to Litter series is complete! The book and its teachers guide are available to download.

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Circle of Blue

JULY 28, 2022

How to tell your DCP from your ICS. It’s also about as much water as California is allocated from the river. Discussions about the Colorado River can resemble a doctor’s visit: filled with technical jargon, unfamiliar acronyms, and the anxiety that comes from incomplete understanding. Lake Powell at sunrise.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The latest DEP’s Healthy Waters PA Partnership Progress newsletter is full of actions and activities taken by counties, nonprofits and state agency partners to implement PA’s Chesapeake Bay cleanup plan. How Clean Is Your Stream? Click Here to sign up for your own copy.) Posted: February 28, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2023

During this workshop, you will have the opportunity to hear from experts from the Center for Watershed Protection discuss policy and permit requirements and gain hands-on experience with practical techniques to inform your Municipal Separate Stormwater System (MS4) Operation and Maintenance and Inspection programs. Like them on Facebook.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 5, 2023

Learn about the process and how your work on a volunteer board can be more effective and productive in turning recommendations into official action. He has worked with local and county governments throughout his 30-year career, providing planning expertise to local and county planning commissions and elected officials.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The February 10 Take Five Fridays With Pam is now available from the PA Parks & Forests Foundation-- Tell your story about being in love with a state park or forest. Click Here to sign up for your own copy. The Foundation and their 48 chapters mobilize 65,000 volunteers annually to steward YOUR state parks and forests.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2024

NRCS staff are available to help landowners plan and implement individual projects. Find Pennsylvania’s ranking dates as well as other program information on the Pennsylvania NRCS Easement Programs webpage or contact your local USDA Service Center. Posted: January 18, 2024] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

16 - 19 -- Western PA Takes Top Honors For Most Visited Parks -- Feb. 28 Find Out About A Possible Friends of Tyler State Park Group Click Here to read the entire Take Five. Visit the PA Parks & Forests Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events for activities happening near you.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 2, 2023

We accomplish this through partnership, education, technical assistance, planning, enforcement, and leadership.” We couldn’t successfully do any of these programs without community support, so thank you for your commitment to natural resource conservation and education! Click Here to sign up for regular updates.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2024

If you have questions about the ACAP program in Westmoreland County, contact Chelsea Gross, Non-point Source Manager. Farm E&S Planning Resources In Pennsylvania, the area of agricultural land disturbance determines if a farm needs an Agricultural Erosion and Sediment Control Plan (Ag E&S Plan).

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Ocean Conservancy

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Scientists have made massive progress in marine exploration in the past century, yet there is still so much more we have to learn about our ocean. Want to learn more about ocean animals? Please try again or contact 1.888.780.6763 Enter Your Email.loading Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 28, 2023

Visit DCNR’s Community Tree/TreeVitalize webpage for more information on community tree management. Click Here to sign up for your own copy (Bottom of page).) Click Here to sign up for your own copy (Bottom of page).) Photo : Community tree canopy , Philly Tree Fund.) Posted: June 28, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 28, 2023

In the same spirit, Pennsylvania’s proposed state budget includes a significant increase to the Municipal Assistance Program which provides funding to local governments that advance intergovernmental approaches to community planning, transit studies, land use and other initiatives focused on sharing services across jurisdictional boundaries.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 19, 2021

We often talk about the economic value of the lake in the context of tourism, recreation, and fisheries (commercial and sport). On August 25, we want to hear about those connections and your Lake Erie stories! / #ad We are so fortunate to live so close to Port Stanley. We have so many great memories being by the water.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 6, 2023

A free field day in Lancaster County on Saturday, May 13, is an opportunity to learn about the Upper Conestoga River and a restoration plan to clean and protect it. Along with details about a restoration plan being written to improve waters within the 61 square-mile watershed there will be activities for the whole family.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Grants awarded include-- -- Bucknell University, $42,487: Population Genomics and Vulnerability Assessment of an Appalachian Endemic Plan. Surveys for rock vole and long-tailed shrew, two mammal species listed in the PA State Wildlife Action Plan as species of greatest conservation need.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The basis for the renewal project is two innovative watershed management plans that combined emerging high-resolution watershed data and modeling with extensive local stakeholder engagement. million for the Pequea Creek Watershed renewal plan in Lancaster and Chester counties. Funding acquired by US Senators Bob Casey (D-Pa.)

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Manufacturers must also pay an annual registration fee and submit a recycling plan and annual report. Click Here to read more about how the electronic waste recycling program can be fixed and recommendations on making the curbside recycling program more effective. Read more here.

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JULY 27, 2023

Visit PennVEST’s Clean Water Project Procurement Program webpage for all the details and how to apply. To learn more about other clean water funding opportunities, visit the PA Infrastructure Investment Authority website. How Clean Is Your Stream? Click Here to sign up for your own copy.)

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2022

This Learning Lab offers funding ideas and strategies to support your congregation's vision for healing the earth, air and water. Stop by to meet local native plant vendors and perhaps pick up some for your own garden! -- June 5: Clean Water Ride & Learn , Hope United Methodist Church, 3474 Rothsville Rd., Lancaster. 7:00 p.m.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 3, 2024

The Choose Native workshops will introduce participants to the native species options, creative ways to include native species, management strategies for existing invasive species, and creating a management plan for native species in landscapes and water gardens. Please register by February 5 to claim your space. Capacity is limited.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2024

If you are thinking about adopting a “greener” lifestyle in the New Year, Pennsylvania Resources Council – a state and national leader in waste reduction and recycling – suggests making a resolution to recycle and commitment to compost in 2024. Visit PRC’s Conservation Workshops for a course description and schedule.

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