DEP Healthy Waters Chesapeake Bay Update Highlights Multiple Stream Restoration Projects; PA Leads In Dam Removals; 50,000 Clean Water Academy Course Completions

DEP’s latest Healthy Waters Chesapeake Bay update includes articles on-- 

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Celebrate the Blue Green Connector Project

-- DEP Celebrates Earth Day at Swatara Creek Restoration Project Site

-- Lancaster’s Long’s Park Project Wins Top Honors at 10th Annual BUBBAs

-- Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Plants 13,750 Trees Near Octoraro Reservoir

-- Plain Sect Outreach Webinar Available, More Coming

-- Clean Water Academy Celebrates 50,000 Course Completions

-- DCNR Announces New Way to Support Keystone Tree Fund

-- NFWF Central Appalachia Habitat Stewardship Program Accepting Grant Applications

-- Monitoring in Small Watersheds Used to Better Understand Relationship Between BMPs and Water Quality

-- New Video on Nutrient Management and Manure Injection Produced

-- Pasa Sustainable Agriculture launches Dairy Grazing Video Series

-- Pennsylvania Leads Dam Removals-- 27 in 2024

-- Secretary of Agriculture Visits Local Middle School FFA Chapters

-- PHEAA Grow PA Scholarship Grants Help Build Workforce

-- Cumberland and Luzerne County Conservation Districts Hold Rain Barrel Workshops

-- Lancaster County Church Dedicates New Biochar-Infused Rain Garden

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Hold Spring Meeting and Feature CAP Coordinator Video

-- Watershed Alliance of York Builds Capacity with New Executive Director Position

-- Wildflower Meadow Blooms with Purpose in Chiques Creek Watershed

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Related Articles This Week:

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Our Greatest Threat Is Fear, Fear Of Losing Hard-Earned Gains, Fear Of Retribution, But ‘It's Time for Us To Speak Up And To Act’  [PaEN]

-- Foundation For Pennsylvania Watersheds Announces $650,000 In Conservation Grants; Next Grant Round Opens In August [PaEN] 

-- David Staebler Posthumously Honored With Kathy Snavely Environmental Advocate Award By Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper  [PaEN] 

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Amidea Daniels, Fish & Boat Commission Educator, Strives To Connect People To Natural Resources Through Creative Efforts Like Women’s Programming, Trout In Classroom  [PaEN]

-- CBF: Chesapeake Bay Restoration Progress Underscores Need For Investment And Commitment  [PaEN] 

-- Applications Now Being Accepted For The Giant Company, Keep PA Beautiful Healing The Planet Grants To Support Tree Planting Projects  [PaEN]  

-- The Nature Conservancy GSI Impact Hub Helps Municipalities, Practitioners Quantify The Benefits Of Green Stormwater Infrastructure  [PaEN] 

-- Reforest Our Future Launches Native Tree Nursery & Education Center In Beaver County Supported By Shell Petrochemical Plant Mitigation Grant  [PaEN] 

-- Water At Risk: Clean Water, Shared Commitment - Behind The Scenes In Monroe County - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association  [PaEN]

-- Protecting Clean Water Together: More Than Just Water: Mill Creek Flows With Community, Connection, Conservation In Monroe County - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association  [PaEN] 

-- June 26 In-Person Lake Erie Environmental Forum Features Native Plant Conservation Experts At Presque Isle State Park, Erie  [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Extension July 9 Wednesday Water Series Webinar - Hard Water Issues  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Master Watershed Stewards Host July 10 Webinar Ahead Of Statewide Native Tree And Shrub Sale [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Extension Hosts July 14 Webinar On Community Science Tool To Track Stream Health  [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Extension Hosts July 16 Webinar On Uses And Benefits Of Rain Barrels  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension July 23 Webinar On Private Water Supply Education And Water Testing  [PaEN] 

NewsClips:

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: The Balancing Act - Keeping Farms Productive While Reducing Polluted Runoff 

-- Chesapeake Bay Program Model Estimates Lower Amount Of Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Sediment Pollution Entering Chesapeake Bay

-- Chambersburg Public Opinion: Nature And Education Come Together At Furnace Run Park In Shippensburg Township 

-- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership: More Pennsylvania Trout Streams Lack Protections, But Anglers Can Have A Voice

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper - John Zaktansky: Ripple Effects Environmental Literacy Convening To Offer Hands-On Learning Across Williamsport June 17 

-- Penn State Extension Hosts July 16 Webinar On Uses And Benefits Of Rain Barrels  [PaEN]

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper - John Zaktansky: Registration Opens For West Branch HERYN Kayak And Fish Programs July 1-2 At Bald Eagle State Park, Centre County 

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper - John Zaktansky: Wildlife Photographer’s Viral Hellbender Photos Offer Learning Opportunity About Species Myths  [No Hellbenders Don’t Eat Fish] 

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper - John Zaktansky: Susquehanna  County Conservation District’s Don Hibbard Urges Observation, Thinking Through Bigger Decisions At Home To Make A Difference For Nature 

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper - Emily Shosh: Unassessed Water Program, Public Comment Offer Key Tools For Protecting Wild Trout Populations 

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper - Emily Shosh: Amidea Daniels Fish & Boat Commission Educator Strives To Connect People To Natural Resources Through Creative Efforts Like Women’s Programming, Trout In Classroom

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper - John Zaktansky: New Aquatics & Acoustics Collection Of Songs Focuses On Environmental Education Opportunities 

-- Milton Standard-Journal: Abandoned Mine Pools Reimagined As Assets For Geothermal Energy, Other Uses

-- Discover NE PA: Explore The Susquehanna River Water Trail With PA Environmental Council

-- Herald-Standard: Efforts Underway To Restore Freshwater Mussels In Dunkard Creek In Greene County After 2009 Injection Well, Mine Discharge Pollution Event

-- Pike County Conservation District: Down The Drain - Where Does The Water Go?

-- MCall: These Virtual Reality Games Can Teach You About The Lehigh Valley’s Watershed History

-- EPA Awards $216,000 Grant To Pennsylvania To Protect Beachgoers From Bacteria

-- Pittsburgh Water Authority Announces $75.4 Million Water Main, Lead Service Line Replacement Projects

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Water Authority Launches $75.4 Million Project To Replace 10 Miles Of Mains, 1,000 Service Lines

-- KYW: Sinkhole Opened Up In South Philadelphia Neighborhood More Than 1 Month Ago, Residents Still Waiting On Repairs

-- The Patch: Mandatory Drought Restrictions Lifted In Doylestown Boro, Bucks County

-- WHYY: Forecasters Predict Busy Hurricane Season For 2025

[Posted: June 5, 2025]  PA Environment Digest