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Tax Incentives Find New Purpose for Conserving Water in American West

Circle of Blue

Conservation easements protect the region’s depleted groundwater. Photo courtesy of Flickr/Creative Commons user Michael Rael By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – March 9, 2023 The San Luis Valley, a high desert farming region in southern Colorado, is a land of daunting natural constraints, especially its scarce water reserves.

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Chester County Commissioners Approve New Integrated Water Resources Plan, Watersheds 2045

PA Environment Daily

On January 25, Chester County Commissioners Josh Maxwell, Marian Moskowitz, and Eric Roe approved the Chester County Water Resources Authority’s Watersheds 2045 , a plan that addresses the county’s water resource issues, such as stormwater and flooding, pollution mitigation and prevention, recreational access, and sustainable water supplies.

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DCNR Blog: Conservation Funds Help Communities Provide Outdoor Places, Opportunities; Apply Now

PA Environment Daily

By: Josh VanBrakle, DCNR Recreation and Conservation Advisor ?At At the start of the new year, Governor Tom Wolf announced an investment of $70 million for 317 recreation and conservation projects across Pennsylvania. All these grants are part of DCNR’s Community Conservation Partnerships Program.

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A Billion Dollar Development Threatens the Niagara Escarpment – One of Ontario’s Natural Wonders

Enviromental Defense

They are intended to be the models for how we can conserve biodiversity. Protect and Conserve a green corridor. That’s why ECA is working closely with other leading environmental and conservation groups to bring awareness to the threats this sensitive Escarpment area is facing. The Niagara Escarpment should be protected.

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A Curious Catalyst for Creativity in Social-Ecological Research

HumanNature

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. 2002, Brunson and Huntsinger 2008, Briske, Sayre et al.

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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. Devlin said the state’s existing Environment and Ecology Standards were formally adopted in 2002 and made “.Pennsylvania Read more here. Pennsylvania a leader in education.

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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

DCNR’s Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council met last September to hear an overview of the proposed changes to the standards. Devlin said the state’s existing Environment and Ecology Standards were formally adopted in 2002 and made “.Pennsylvania Read more here. Pennsylvania a leader in education.