60 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 60 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!

-- 15 Projects Recognized With 2022 Governor's Awards For Environmental Excellence [PaEN]

 

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary In Berks County Listed On National Register Of Historic Places  [PaN]

-- EPA Recognizes University Of Pennsylvania Project In Annual Campus RainWorks Challenge  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Student Dana Sanchez Recognized For Research On Water, Nutrient Management Solutions For PA Farms  [PaEN]

-- Westmoreland Conservation District: Norwin High School Team One Wins County Envirothon Competition  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: High School Students Dig Into Nature During Westmoreland County Envirothon

-- DCNR Dedicates Trailhead Signs In Lebanon, Schuylkill Counties To Honor George H. Kaufman, Former Jonestown Mayor, Longtime DCNR Employee  [PaEN]

 

-- DEP:  99% Of 707 Permit Decisions Met Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,329 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

 

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Announced $1.7 Million In Grants For Watershed Restoration Projects; Apply For Next Round Of Grants  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming Guest Essay: Growing A Greener Tomorrow - By Russell Redding, PA Secretary Of Agriculture  [PaEN]

-- Reminder: Lancaster County Water Week June 3-11 

-- Williamsport Sun: Stream Restoration Project To Help Reduce Pollution Loads In Old Lycoming Twp

 

-- LancasterOnline: Ephrata Twp. Approve $798,000 Cocalico Creek Restoration Project

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Stormwater Management Isn’t Just Pipes

-- Stroud Water Research Center, Academy Of Natural Sciences, Shippensburg University: Quantifying The Value Of Forest Protection For Clean Water, Impact Of Remote Working  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Awards $6.6 Million In Consumptive Use Mitigation Grants  [PaEN]

-- Keep PA Beautiful, The GIANT Company Support Projects At Horn Farm Center For Ag Education, York County, Centre County Recycling Center  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: 650 New Trees Take Root In Erie’s Downtown, On Mercyhurst Campus On Arbor Day

-- Met-Ed Green Team To Celebrate Arbor Day April 29 With Tree Planting In Reading

 

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Celebrating Arbor Day April 30 In Mellon Park

-- WHYY: On Arbor Day, Iconic Philly Tree Replaced With 3 New Ones

-- Republican Herald: Arbor Day Celebrated In Pottsville

-- Williamsport Sun: Arbor Day In Williamsport Brings Laughter, Joy, Memories

-- Warren Times: Arbor Day Highlights Role Of Trees In The Community

-- Warren Times: Elementary Students Celebrate Earth Day Working In School Garden

-- MCall - Paul Muschick: Inspiring Story Of An Emmaus H.S. Student Tackling Litter Problem

-- Susquehanna Greenway: Communities Across The Susquehanna Unite To Collect Thousands Of Pounds Of Trash  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Be Part Of Audubon Spring Roadside Cleanup May 7

 

-- Warren Times: Volunteers Needed For Allegheny Reservoir Cleanup May 14

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Research Looks Into Ways To Better Gauge, Curb Pharmaceutical Impacts On Region’s Aquatic Resources 

-- TribLive: Communities Across Pittsburgh Region Participate In Drug Take Back Day April 30 

 

-- TribLive: Penn Twp. Police To Take Outdated Meds In Drug Take Back Day April 30

 

-- Republican Herald: With Prevalence Of Overdoses, Drug Take Back Day Important, Schuylkill County Sheriff Says

-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Meets Certain Federal Air Quality Standards For 2nd Time

-- Erie Times: Erie County Earns Top Grades In State Of The Air Report

-- MCall: Emmaus Grad Opening 2nd Lehigh Valley Eco-Friendly Market

-- PA Council Of Churches: Don’t Let PA Lawmakers Use Ukraine War As Justification For New Fracking

-- Financial Assurance, Plugging Regulations To Be Reviewed To Prevent New Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells Under Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Plugging Program  [PaEN]

 

-- DEP: Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Prompting Review Of On-Site Disposal Options For Oil & Gas Well Plugging Wastes; Radioactive Waste Disposal  [PaEN]

 

-- DEP: Draft Updates Coming To Regs. On Conventional Oil & Gas Waste Disposal As Early As July; Waste Reporting Changes Invited  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Task Force Unveils Recommendations To Eliminate 100% Of Carbon Emissions By 2035  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Fallingwater Unveils Solar Panel Array To Help Power Frank Lloyd Wright’s Iconic Fayette County House

-- Green Building Alliance Receives Grant From Henry L. Hillman Foundation To Lead Higher Education Climate Consortium Of Pittsburgh  [PaEN]

 

-- WHYY: Philly’s Carbon Emissions Are Dropping, But The City Has A Long Way To Go

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PA Landowners Have Dealt With Coal, Oil, Gas Land Rights, Now There’s Pore Rights [Related To Carbon Capture]  

-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere/Anya Litvak: DEP: Shell, Archaea Energy Take Early Steps Toward Underground Carbon Storage 

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Consider The Potential Carbon Footprint Of The Food You Eat - Kathy Snavel, Owner Of Kathy’s Cuisine 

 

-- TribLive: Closed Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant Documented For History 

-- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership: Outdoor Recreation Spending In PA Up 26%  [PaEN]

 

-- May 13 South Mountain Partnership Spring Meeting. Lakeview Pavilion, Gifford Pinchot State Park, York County. 9:00 to 11:30 a.m.

-- Bay Journal: Volunteers Needed In PA To Help Maintain Trails Strained By Record Use - By Ad Crable  [PaEN]

-- Western PA Conservancy Protects 289 Acres Of Forestland, Headwater Streams In Westmoreland County  [PaEN]

-- Ross Family Partners With Natural Lands To Preserve Haycock Mountain In Bucks County  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Celebrates Induction Of Boyd Big Tree Preserve In Dauphin County Into The Old-Growth Forest Network  [PaEN]

 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Boyd Big Tree Preserve In Dauphin County Added To National Old-Growth Network

 

-- Lancaster Conservancy's Otter Creek Nature Preserve In York County Inducted Into Old-Growth Forest Network  [PaEN]

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Wildfire Fighters Train With Controlled Blazes In Parks Township 

-- Philly Voice: ‘Aqua Marooned!’ Game Pays Tribute To Indigenous Flora, Fauna Of The Lenapehoking Region In The Delaware River Watershed

-- MCall: How South Whitehall Twp. Plans To Use $1 Million To Improve Jordan Creek Greenway Trail To Improve Biodiversity, Environmental Health 

-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center Calling For Teams For Ambitious May Birdathon

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[Posted: May 1, 2022]   PA Environment Digest