PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Thank you for this opportunity to discuss Governor Shapiro’s 2024-2025 proposed budget for the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR). million visitors in 2023 and more than 2.2 Resource Links: -- 2023 DCNR Year In Review -- Gov. million acres of state forests across Pennsylvania.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Everything we do is guided by our mission statement: “ Pike County Conservation District is committed to the long-term protection and sustainable use of Pike County’s natural resources. This means we do lots of different things to conserve our community’s natural resources from different angles.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Recently Gover earned the 2023 Natural Resource Education Champion Award from the Pennsylvania Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals. The latest Watershed Winds newsletter from Penn State Extension highlights lots of upcoming learning opportunities. Click Here to learn more.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

DCNR's Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council is scheduled to meet on May 24 to hear presentations on a revised DCNR Climate Action Plan , the Cultural and Historical Resources Program and other updates from the agency. Visit Explore PA Trails and Get Outdoors PA for recreation areas near you.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 17, 2023

DCNR's Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council is scheduled to meet on July 26 on the State Forest Strategic Plan and hear an update from the Fish and Boat Commission. For more information, visit DCNR's Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council webpage. on July 25.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 3, 2024

The second deadline for USDA NRCS Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) applications to be considered for funding in Pennsylvania is March 1, 2024. It is the largest conservation program in the United States that helps land managers enhance natural resources and improve their business operations.”

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 16, 2023

DCNR's Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council will host a 2-part online CNRAC Conversation on Below and Above: Storing Carbon In The Pennsylvania Landscape. Learn how technology- and nature-based solutions can play a significant role in mitigating atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions and climate change.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 19, 2023

DCNR's Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council is scheduled to hold a meeting on January 25 on private forest land stewardship and other issues. For more information, visit DCNR's Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council webpage. Posted: January 19, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 9, 2023

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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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

By DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn [ 2023 DCNR Year In Review ] Last year marked a fresh start for the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources with a new administration and refined strategic goals for our work. Thanks to the governor for prioritizing the launch of the Office of Outdoor Recreation.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

On September 12, the French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust announced the launch of their new volunteer program-- the French & Pickering Conservation Corps. Conservation Corps volunteers will participate in a variety of preservation, restoration, and conservation projects throughout the Thomas P.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

MARCH 28, 2024

USDA Photo by Preston Keres Champions of managed grazing are celebrating USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service’s (NRCS) call for applications for the Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI). Cattle graze in a field outside of Walcott, Iowa,2017. Speakers will be announced. Join the webinar here.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2023

On January 17, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources opened a new application period for the Community Conservation Partnerships Grant Program. Click Here for 2023 Grant Workshop Video Series. Visit DCNR’s Community Conservation Partnerships Program (C2P2) webpage for more information.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The Wildlife Leadership Academy is now accepting nominations for the Student Conservation Ambassadors Program for students ages 14 to 17. This is the ideal summer field school for students who are interested in conservation and the outdoors! Posted: December 13, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2024

The Allegheny County Conservation District is hosting its bi-annual free soil lead screening from April 3rd to 7th. In 2023, ACCD analyzed 953 soil samples for lead using an X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) machine. Soil samples will be accepted at five locations. 8009 for questions and more information.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2023

By Cindy Adams Dunn , Acting Secretary of DCNR, and John Norbeck Deputy Secretary for Parks & Forestry The following testimony was presented to the House Tourism And Economic And Recreation Development Committee on April 25, 2023. Posted: April 28, 2023] PA Environment Digest According to the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 31, 2023

On August 31, the Brandywine Conservancy announced the launch of Round 4 of the Brandywine Creek Greenway’s Mini-Grant Program for 2023-2024. All projects, related costs and funding must conform to the guidelines of the DCNR Community Conservation Partnership Program. Posted: August 31, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 27, 2023

On January 26, the PA Council of Trout Unlimited announced the Coldwater Heritage Partnership’s Coldwater Conservation Grant Program is now accepting applications. Trout Unlimited chapters, watershed associations, conservation districts, conservancies, and municipalities are among those eligible to apply.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2023

On March 7, Pennsylvania’s Natural Resources Conservation Service announced it is now accepting additional applications for the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP). Posted: March 7, 2023] PA Environment Digest CSP also encourages adoption of new technologies and management techniques.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

She understood the connection between community and conservation early on, maybe because she was close to Baltimore and the Chesapeake Bay, but she was right and was very much ahead of her time," Dunn posited. Elected officials are only as good as the citizens that elect them and pressure them," she said. "And and that really helps."

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 29, 2024

By Alexandra McLaughlin, Penn State News The Center for Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training , administered by Penn State Extension, has contracted with Herbert, Rowland & Grubic Inc. , Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 16, 2023

May 16, 2023 Fresh is a biweekly newsletter from Circle of Blue that unpacks the biggest international, state, and local policy news stories facing the Great Lakes region today. Eleven riparian conservation projects in Michigan will receive $1.7 million from the state Department of Natural Resources.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 8, 2024

On January 8, the Northcentral PA Conservancy highlighted a recent partnership with a Columbia County sportsman to preserve 64 acres in Briar Creek Township. A true sportsman understands and champions conservation. In fact, hunters have been some of the conservation movement’s biggest advocates since the beginning.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 29, 2023

On September 24, the Armstrong County Conservation District will host the Armstrong River Run and Watershed Walk to support five local watershed groups. The watershed organization with the most donations at the end of the event will win Myrtle the Conservation Turtle’s “Armstrong County Watershed of the Year” Award!

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

On September 29, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service- PA reminded landowners of conservation funding opportunities in FY 2023. The next application date for 2023 AMA, EQIP and RCPP18 is November 1, 2022, while the next application date for CSP Classic is January 1, 2023.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 19, 2023

On December 19, the PA Association of Conservation Districts announced the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) ended 2023 with more than 82,000 acres enrolled in the conservation program. We are grateful for the landowners enrolled in CREP who are doing their part to protect our natural resources.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 28, 2023

Regardless of how you look at this, insects are natural resources that provide many environmental services that are often taken for granted. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.”

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2023

On October 20, regional conservation partners North Branch Land Trust , Earth Conservancy , and the Department of Conservation of Natural Resources announced they finalized the conservation of 1,400 acres in Hanover and Newport townships in Luzerne County known as Wilkes Barre Mountain, including the Hanover Reservoir.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The Pike County Conservation District announced the availability of a new online DEP Chapter 105-related tool to determine what, if any, approvals from or notification to DEP are needed for bridge and culvert maintenance and repair projects. Posted: November 14, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Questions may be submitted in advance to the GreenGov Resource Account: RA-GSGREENGOV@pa.gov. Presenters include-- -- Michael Walsh , Deputy Secretary, Department of Conservation & Natural Resources -- Lindsay A. Posted: September 5, 2023] PA Environment Digest Althoff Jr. Byron , P.G.,

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 20, 2023

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy are hosting the 2023 Watershed Forestry Summit on June 13-15 ! Posted: January 20, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2023

Agricultural landowners and owners of non-industrial private forestland can once again apply for funding for USDA NRCS RCPP Entity-Held Easements in the RCPP Project lead by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture entitled “Kittatinny Ridge Conservation Landscape.” Posted: May 17, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2024

On March 13, nearly 60 members of the Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed met with their members of Congress to urge support for the protection, restoration, and conservation of the Delaware River Watershed. million in match, for a total conservation impact of $134.3 million in funding to 195 projects, which generated $79.2

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 27, 2023

Recognized by both the Pennsylvania State House and Senate, April 23-29, 2023 has been declared “ Conservation District Week.” Each county has a conservation district office except Philadelphia. These volunteer directors and staff address conservation concerns in their community. That deserves to be celebrated!

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Law and Environment

MARCH 17, 2023

On February 10, 2023, the Public Land Preservation Act (PLPA), Chapter 274 of the Acts of 2022 , ( M.G.L. Identify replacement land or an interest in land in comparable location that is of equal or greater natural resource value and acreage and monetary value, as determined by an independent appraisal.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 6, 2023

On December 5, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources awarded the French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust ­­­­$159,700­­­­­­­­­ ­­­­of grant funding to develop a program for lawn conversion and streamside tree planting on properties permanently protected by the Trust.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 9, 2023

On June 9, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn recently celebrated the Susquehanna River North Branch as Pennsylvania’s 2023 River of the Year during a celebration at Vosburg Neck State Park. “I June 24-30 [PaEN] [Posted: June 9, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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