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Tax Incentives Find New Purpose for Conserving Water in American West

Circle of Blue

Though the San Luis Valley is not the first to use easements to conserve groundwater — Nebraska’s Central Platte Natural Resources District has had them for 15 years — the San Luis Valley’s experience struck a chord, becoming the water-sector equivalent of a viral hit. Time was of the essence,” she said.

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A Curious Catalyst for Creativity in Social-Ecological Research

HumanNature

Guest Post By Anna Clare Monlezun , 2021-2022 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. I work with government-owned conservation lands, coupled human-natural systems, that are managed to protect and conserve natural resources, provide public access to wild open spaces, and sustainably produce quality food for growing populations.

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Board Of Education Posts Education Standards Eliminating Environment, Ecology & Agriculture K-12 Academic Standards For Comment; Environmental Educators Oppose

PA Environment Daily

DCNR’s Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council met last September to hear an overview of the proposed changes to the standards. Jean Devlin, a Natural Resource Program Specialist for DCNR’s Bureau of Forestry, told the Council, "(I)f something is a mandated standard it will be assessed, and therefore it will be taught.

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Society Of American Foresters Honors Penn State Extension Forest Resources Educator David Jackson

PA Environment Daily

In November, the Society of American Foresters recently named David Jackson , a forest resources educator with Penn State Extension , as a 2021 Presidential Field Forester Award recipient. Posted: December 30, 2021] PA Environment Digest He was honored at the virtual SAF National Convention, Nov.

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PA Assn. Environmental Educators Urge You To Attend Dec. 1 Virtual Board Of Education Committee Meeting On State Environment & Ecology & Agriculture Education Standards

PA Environment Daily

At the September 8, 2021 meeting the State Board of Education charged the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) with reconvening the Steering and Content Committees to revisit the proposed standards to address the over 1,000 public comments and bring their suggested revisions back to the Board of Education. “In Read more here.

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Toyota SUV adverts banned in UK on environmental grounds

Corp Watch

Healey Individual Records & Summaries Click here for violation data on Toyota Total Penalties $1,577,928,188 (June 10, 2021) Number of Records 42 Photo Gallery Image Toyota protest for dismissed workers photo Lennon Ying-Dah Wong Read More Image Toyota no.1 Kobe Steel, Toyota hit with U.S. T and Toyota Motor Corp 7203.T

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Keep PA Beautiful To Work With PennDOT To Reduce Cigarette Litter At State Welcome Centers

PA Environment Daily

In 2021, in collaboration with Department of Conservation and Natural Resources the CLPP program was implemented in Sizerville, Little Buffalo, Cowans Gap, Laurel Hill, Keystone and Ryerson Station state parks. At the end of the program, there was a combined 62 percent reduction of littered cigarette butts at those parks.

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