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WeConservePA Honors Steven J. Schiffman, Esq. With 2024 Lifetime Conservation Leadership Award

PA Environment Daily

will receive the WeConservePA 2024 Lifetime Conservation Leadership Award at the Pennsylvania Land Conservation Conference at the Thursday night dinner on April 4. He has engaged in countless behind-the scenes, ad hoc task groups and conversations addressing the threats and opportunities for conservation. Schiffman, Esq.,

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RFA Roundup: Spring 2024 Sustainable Agriculture Funding OpportunitiesĀ 

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

The funding opportunities listed below are broken down into three categories: Research and Education Local Food (including urban and rural-focused programs) and Nutrition Climate, Conservation, and Energy The Requests for Applications (RFA) in this post are organized by category and then by application date, from earliest deadline to furthest out.

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ClearWater Conservancy Conserves Colerain Center Property In Huntingdon County

PA Environment Daily

The ClearWater Conservancy recently finalized an agreement to permanently conserve a 9.85-acre The landowners sought a conservation easement on the property to highlight and preserve the historic and environmental attributes of the site. Visit the ClearWater Conservancy website for more information on land conservation.

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$22 Million Announced for Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

USDA Photo by Preston Keres Champions of managed grazing are celebrating USDA Natural Resources Conservation Serviceā€™s (NRCS) call for applications for the Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI). Applicants must submit their applications via Grants.gov by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on May 26, 2024. Speakers will be announced.

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Agriculture Highlights Stroud Water Research Center Ag Conservation Research

PA Environment Daily

The field is part of a watershed-scale experiment on conservation agriculture. million funding opportunity for further conservation research to develop innovative solutions that farmers can implement to address complex challenges like climate change and loss of critical water and soil resources. Click Here for video from the event.

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Environmental Defence Experts React to the 2024 Ontario Budget

Enviromental Defense

Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat ā€“ Environmental Defence experts react to the 2024 Ontario budget, released today. Rebecca Kolarich, Program Manager, Ontario Environment: Ontario continues to fall behind on funding and ambition for nature conservation.

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The Conservation Fund Transfers Conservation Easement For 19,800 Acres In Elk, McKean Counties To Western PA Conservancy

PA Environment Daily

The Conservation Fund has transferred more than 19,800 acres of forestland along the Clarion River in Elk County and Kinzua Creek in McKean County to the Western PA Conservancy. Since the 1970s, the Western PA Conservancy has permanently protected thousands of acres of land across the region through conservation easements.