PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2023

The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy’s Watershed Conservation Program was awarded the U.S. Forest Service’s Partnership Award for the Conservancy’s long standing watershed work in the Allegheny National Forest and the Allegheny Watershed Improvement Needs (WINs) Coalition. Click Here to see more photos accompanying this article.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2022

On April 13, Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding was joined by conservation partners at Welsh Vista Farms in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County to highlight Wolf Administration investments facilitating on-farm and community conservation management. Lancaster County Conservation District has committed more than $1.6

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Smith Enviorment

JULY 9, 2019

July 9, 2019. The 2019 legislative session got off to a very slow start. of the 2019 budget bill reallocates those funds for a number of projects unrelated to PFAS. Removal of the conservation easement may allow the City of Burlington to alter the stream bank vegetation. fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) including GenX.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2024

I will always fight to preserve the PA Wilds and the rest of the natural resources that make our Commonwealth so beautiful.” This decision is a huge win not just for the beloved natural resources in the Pennsylvania Wilds, but also for the many Pennsylvanians who call this region home,” said Senator Fetterman (D-PA).

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources reported State Park visitation so far in 2021 has not quite kept pace with the records broken in 2020 during the beginning of the COVID pandemic, but it's still 3.9 million ahead of 2019 and well above average. million fewer. million fewer. percent less than in 2021.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 20, 2023

The project, which will result in accessibility improvements at 10 locations, is being funded through a charity checkout campaign founded and operated by the PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship in coordination with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Liquid manure doesn’t run off of Greg Strayer’s Cumberland County beef farm and threaten the Conodoguinet Creek any longer, thanks to a new 185,000-gallon storage area made possible with cost-share funds through Pennsylvania’s Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program (ACAP). The conservation district received a total of $3.5

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 21, 2022

On June 21, the Governor's Advisory Council For Hunting, Fishing and Conservation and the Governor's Youth Council for Hunting, Fishing and Conservation sent letters to state lawmakers urging them to support the Growing Greener III Environmental funding allocation from the federal American Rescue Plan.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 13, 2022

The Pennsylvania Council of Trout Unlimited (PATU) is pleased to announce that eleven grants totaling $90,000 have been awarded to conservation organizations across Pennsylvania through the Coldwater Heritage Partnership’s Coldwater Conservation Grant Program.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Utah, they insist, can do much more to conserve its existing freshwater reserves. In Utah’s southwest corner, the Central Iron County Water Conservancy District is championing the $260 million Pine Valley Water Supply project , currently under review by the Bureau of Land Management. You disrupt a lot less lives that way.”.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (LDNR) has proposed a rule that will significantly restrict the practice of venting and flaring at wellsites in an effort to address natural gas waste in Louisiana. The rulemaking process is ongoing, but the earliest effective date of the rule is October 20, 2023.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 13, 2022

In late summer of 2019, the Manager of Environmental Affairs at Knouse Foods Cooperative , Charles Bennett, convened a group of conservationists for a meeting. The Adams County chapter of Trout Unlimited and the Fish and Boat Commission have now entered a lease agreement for the management of the property.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 13, 2024

Federal, state and local agencies coordinate with landowners and conservation groups to meet this goal, planting new forest buffers on both public and private land. However, since 2019, the number of forest buffer miles restored has increased each year, with 457 miles restored in 2022 and 640.5 in 2023, the highest number since 2016.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Since 2004, Pennsylvania’s Conservation Landscape Program has been using place-based partnerships to drive strategic investments and actions around sustainability, conservation, community revitalization, and recreation projects. Since its inception, Lehigh Valley Greenways has been a tremendous resource and partner for us.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

org In a letter sent earlier today, twelve major climate and labour organizations called on Prime Minister Trudeau, Natural Resources Minister Wilkinson, and all parties’ House Leaders to expedite the passage of Bill C-50, the Sustainable Jobs Act, following months of delays.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 5, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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ESA

APRIL 1, 2024

ESA has honored past award recipients for policy work that included: wildlife conservation green urban renewal initiatives stream, river & lake restoration ESA’s 2024 Annual Meeting will take place in Long Beach, California. 2019 Annual Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky Congressman John Yarmuth, U.S. degrees Celsius. degrees Celsius.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2022

billion: that is the value of clean water within three watersheds of the Laurel Highlands Conservation Landscape - the Loyalhanna-Conemaugh and Youghiogheny River. Certainly, no dollar figure can reflect the full value of the natural resources that make the Laurel Highlands region such a unique place to live, work, and play.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 16, 2024

Participants will gain a greater understanding of natural ecology and environmental issues of the Delaware River Estuary as they learn about the health of communities above and below the waterline. -- French Creek Conservancy was awarded $3,000 for the French Creek Water Trail Maps and Website Updates project.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 28, 2021

A first-of-its-kind major conservation initiative across northern Pennsylvania will protect and improve 1,675 acres of habitat for wildlife, human recreation and water quality. Ducks Unlimited is leading a three-year effort with numerous partners to conserve endangered wetland and grassland habitat at 12 project sites. Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 12, 2021

to examine the impacts of invasive species, such as the spotted lanternfly , gypsy moth , emerald ash borer , hydrilla , and reed canarygrass , to Pennsylvania’s economy, agriculture, and natural resources. Research published by the Center in 2019 estimated a direct economic impact of $13.1 In addition to Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

On September 20, the departments of Education, Environmental Protection, and Conservation and Natural Resources honored U.S. These schools are teaching the next generation to be god stewards of the environment and to protect our natural resources and public health,” said Acting DEP Secretary Ramez Ziadeh.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The proposed activity would drastically change the character of this region and the numerous state parks and forests that shape its unique conservation landscape and wilderness." The proposal issued by the Maryland National Guard did not change significantly from the one discussed in DCNR’s October 2019 letter.

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JUNE 13, 2023

In the News Litchfield Wetlands Nature Preserve : The new preserve, which officially opened to the public last week, received a $900,000 grant from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ H2Ohio program, the Medina County Gazette reports. To their disappointment, lawmakers decided instead to allocate $1.72

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Year after year environmental groups, conservation districts, farmers, local governments oppose the cuts and outline the critical environmental infrastructure needs communities have. million mid-year budget freeze cuts additional resources for environmental programs: Agriculture: $2.6 Read more here. million from DEP, $1.5

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ESA

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The cost of biological invasions totaled over $423 billion in 2019 and this cost is expected to quadruple every decade. of Natural Resources Science: [link] About the author, Dr. Laura A. Meyerson, University of Rhode Island, College of Environmental Sciences, Dept.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2022

On April 6, the Pennsylvania Environmental Council announced Cindy Adams Dunn, Secretary of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, will receive PEC’s 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award. It will be presented on May 18, 2022, at the annual PEC Western Pennsylvania Dinner. Cindy Dunn was appointed Secretary by Gov.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 19, 2021

Designating the Erin Wastewater Treatment Plant (Erin WWTP) for a full Federal Impact Assessment will provide for a more rigorous and comprehensive Environmental Assessment that will address the many serious concerns and deficiencies we found in our review of the Environmental Study Report that was approved by Minister Yurek in August of 2019.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

To highlight some of the world’s most beautiful, diverse fall foliage, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is making its experts available to serve as regional advisers, offering tips and resources to help residents and visitors experience a colorful autumn in a variety of ways across the Commonwealth.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 10, 2019

United Nations General Debate – New York, September 24, 2019. Bolsonaro pointed out that other countries had been allowed to manage their natural resources with little outside interference, even if there were adverse environmental consequences, and specifically referenced the history of developed nations like Germany and France.

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Washington Nature

JANUARY 9, 2023

The Nature Conservancy in Washington will be a part of that bustle and working to keep people and nature at the forefront of policy and budget decision-making. workforce development An area where the Nature Conservancy in Washington will be expanding our focus is around opportunities for workforce development.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 20, 2022

Inspired by and modeled after a similar small grants program sponsored by Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup® (ICC) in support of ocean cleanup projects, Ocean Conservancy launched its GGGI Small Grants Program in 2021. Thanks for signing up for Ocean Conservancy emails.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 28, 2022

On January 28, the Allegheny Land Trust announced it has received a $69,400 grant from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Community Conservation Partnerships Grants Program toward two community conservation projects in Pittsburgh’s Garfield neighborhood, and successfully closed on the Healcrest Project.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 4, 2024

The Tribunal acted both boldly and conservatively by interpreting UNCLOS as an independent source of international legally binding obligations to address climate change and ocean acidification. At the same time, the Tribunal’s interpretation was also conservative in the sense that it was a straightforward reading of the UNCLOS text.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Passcode: 546304 By Telephone: (346) 248-7799 (Toll Free) Meeting ID: 916 1591 2270 Background The Pennsylvania Science Standards have been under revision since September of 2019. DCNR’s Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council met last September to hear an overview of the proposed changes to the standards.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 28, 2021

Ducks Unlimited, the Pennsylvania Game Commission and Waterfowl USA acquired the parcel in 2019, and this year incorporated it into Pennsylvania’s 1,400-acre State Game Lands 151. Ducks Unlimited and its partners have already taken action to conserve over 30,000 acres in Pennsylvania. Reprinted from the Ducks Unlimited website.)

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Washington Nature

APRIL 26, 2021

We’re celebrating major wins for climate, environmental justice, wildfire resilience and natural resources as an extraordinary legislative session ends. Thank You Your support powers The Nature Conservancy in our partnerships working as a voice for nature in Washington, DC, in Olympia and on the ground across our state.

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