PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2024

You can do observations from your backyard, explore the Bayfront, visit a park, or come to Asbury Woods! It can be as simple as documenting the plants and wildlife in your own backyard, visiting a local park, or joining one of the organized walks. Last year we collected over 2,000 observations with 488 species!”

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The Fall issue of DCNR’s Forest Focus newsletter features articles on a variety of important issues in the Bureau of Forestry and State Forests, including-- -- Forests For All: A Plan for PA’s Forests And People -- Extended 2023 Wildfire Season In PA - What Can We Do About The Spongy Moth Outbreak? Click Here to sign up for your own copy.

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2024 2023 Conservation 101

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2024

The tour will run about 2.5 Visit the Lancaster County Master Watershed Stewards for information on how to get involved. Visit the Penn State Extension Master Watershed Stewards webpage to learn about Watershed Stewards in your county. to 3 hours. Click Here to register and for more information.

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2024 Conservation 79

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2024

Visit the Pocono Forest and Waters Conservation Landscape webpage to learn more about this initiative. Learn more about other landscape initiatives, visit DCNR’s Conservation Landscapes webpage. Visit PEC’s Audio Room for the latest podcasts. All applications must be submitted online.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 27, 2023

This SPC Workshop is your chance to learn about reducing pollution and making a positive impact on our environment and will provide valuable insights and strategies for implementing climate pollution reduction projects. Learn more about grants by visiting the SPC Climate Pollution Reduction Implementation Grants webpage.

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2023 93

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 30, 2024

In addition to repeating breakout sessions on marine debris and policy levers for stewardship and education, attendees will hear from national community stewards about the link between community activism and stewardship from Kristine Zieglar, Planet Women and the Power of Beauty from Dave Forsell, Keep America Beautiful.

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2024 Recycling Environmental Protection 105

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 17, 2024

Visit Explore PA Trails and Get Outdoors PA for recreation areas near you. Visit the PA Parks & Forests Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events for activities happening near you. Click Here to sign up for your own copy.

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2024 Conservation 104

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2024

For more information on environmental programs in Pennsylvania, visit DEP’s website , Report Emergencies, Submit Environmental Complaints ; Click Here to sign up for DEP’s newsletter; sign up for DEP’s eNotice ; visit DEP’s Blog , Like DEP on Facebook , Follow DEP on Twitter and visit DEP’s YouTube Channel.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2023

To formalize the affiliation, the Delaware County Office of Sustainability formed an advisory committee, made up of local non-profits and community leaders passionate about beautifying Delaware County. For more information about Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s local affiliates, visit KPB’s Affiliate Network webpage.

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Recycling Waste 2023 105

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 14, 2023

“Whether it is learning about the wonderful programs we offer at our parks, finding a new recreational hobby, or learning about the history of Pennsylvania through public lands, we encourage Pennsylvanians and visitors to connect more in 2024.” Visit Explore PA Trails and Get Outdoors PA for recreation areas near you.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 9, 2024

The PA Parks and Forests Foundation set out to learn about the health and experience of a quiet environment. “ The Role of Quiet” video explores the science of how sounds affect us, the benefits to our mental health, and tips for making the most out of visits submerged in nature. Click Here to become a member of the Foundation.

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Natural Resources 2024 Conservation 96

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2024

Visit DEP’s Falcon Cam webpage to learn more. The women worked, corresponded and visited together until Rachel Carson died in 1964. In a 1987 interview in the Los Angeles Times , Dorothy Thompson Seif said of Rachel Carson, "The thing that's so remarkable about her is that she was ordinary. "I Read more here.

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Conservation 2024 Government 97

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 17, 2024

In 2023, about 80 acres of meadows were seeded on former agricultural fields which will come into bloom this spring. More information about the tree planting relay can be found on the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay website. For more information about the park, visit DCNR’s Big Elk Creek State Park webpage.

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2024 Conservation Natural Resources 2023 102

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2024

The goals are to give state and regional leaders and experts in the field of ‘people and the environment’ an opportunity to connect with educational leaders in Pennsylvania about these topics and effective education about them, as well as highlighting programs like Green Schools and similar initiatives, and offer a networking opportunity.

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2024 61

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2024

Ideal candidates will be deeply familiar with the safe operations of lumber production, curious about how to successfully recreate production systems within an urban environment, and have a deep sensitivity to the structural inequalities and traumatic experiences that have often impacted our crew members’ lives.

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2024 105

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2024

The Alliance hopes to learn about scientific research, technology, alternative funding streams, internal and external capacity building, community engagement techniques, and other approaches that foster their long-term success. Visit the Chesapeake Watershed Forum webpage for more information.

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2024 Technology Technology 96

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2024

Questions about this new tool should be directed to Christopher Konrad, cpkonrad@usgs.gov. Visit the USGS Baseflow Stream Forecasting Web Tool page to start using this new resource. For more information on water resources in Pennsylvania, visit the USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center webpage.

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Natural Resources 2024 65

PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2024

Visit the Penn State Extension webpage for more information on other educational opportunities. Visit the PA Sea Grant Aquatic Invasive Species webpage to learn more about invasive species. Join us as we showcase ongoing efforts and empower communities to combat this threat. Click Here to register and for more information.

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2024 57

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Visit the PA Parks & Forests Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events for activities happening near you. Visit the PA Parks & Forests Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events for activities happening near you. Visit Explore PA Trails and Get Outdoors PA for recreation areas near you.

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Cooling Natural Resources Conservation 2024 102

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2024

Livestaking 101 Webinar Join the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay to learn more about the process and science of livestaking through their Livestaking 101 Webinar. Visit DEP’s Chesapeake Bay Watershed webpage to learn more about cleaning up rivers and streams in Pennsylvania's portion of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

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Conservation 2023 Climate Change 2024 93

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2024

Visit the Penn State Extension website to learn about many other educational opportunities. Workshop sessions will be held at 1:00 and 5:30 p.m.

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2024 Natural Resources Technology Technology 80

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2024

Starting A Watershed Organization Members of the Little Lehigh Watershed Stewards tell how they started their watershed group to help care about the plants, animals, and about 200,000 people who rely on the Little Lehigh as a source of fresh water. Click Here to learn how they did it. Click Here to get your feet wet.

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Clean Water Act 2017 Conservation Law 108

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 12, 2024

Click Here to read more about how the electronic waste recycling program can be fixed and recommendations on making the curbside recycling program more effective. For more information on this program, visit DEP’s Electronics Waste Recycling webpage. Read more here.

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Recycling Waste Law 2024 73

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Visit DCNR’s Conservation Education Opportunities webpage for more on programs and opportunities for people of all ages in all regions. Visit the PA Parks & Forests Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events for activities happening near you. Visit the PA Environment Digest Calendar Of Events for more opportunities.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz visited the KenCrest North Daycare Center in North Philadelphia in honor of Children’s Health Month. While there, he visited with students to read “Why is Coco Orange?”, To learn more, visit EPA’s Children’s Health Month webpage.

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Environmental Protection Climate Change 2023 98

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Click Here to learn more about each river. Visit DCNR’s Pennsylvania's Rivers Conservation Program webpage to learn more about these initiatives. Visit Explore PA Trails and Get Outdoors PA for recreation areas near you. The nominees are the Allegheny River, the Lackawaxen River and the Youghiogheny River.

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2024 Natural Resources Conservation 2023 107

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Growing Up WILD - Exploring Nature with Young Children is a national, award-winning, standards-based early childhood (ages 3-7) curriculum that builds on children’s sense of wonder about nature and invites them to explore wildlife and the world around them. Click Here to register and learn more about this program.

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Conservation 2023 104

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2024

Penn State Extension staff in partnership with the Penn State Eberly College of Science, Science U Camps took students to visit a stream to learn how to determine whether a stream is healthy or not. Visit the Science U @Home Stream Health Experiment page to participate in this activity at home.

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Earth Day Conservation 2024 Regulations 87

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 5, 2024

The Wildlife Management Area Visitors Center in Lebanon County will reopen for visitors January 16 and the annual migration of snow geese, tundra swans and Canada Geese may begin about the same time. 2024 Events The Game Commission just released a 2024 event guide and a detailed summary of those events so you can plan your visit.

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2024 Conservation 2023 101

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2023

During the count, staff, trainees, and volunteers will be perched at the Lookouts to help visitors learn about and identify raptors, including broad-winged hawks, redtails, ospreys, bald eagles, and more. The Sanctuary has monitored the spring raptor migration since the 1960s and reports an average of about 1,000 raptors each 45-day season.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2024

The PA Infrastructure Investment Authority will kick off a series of local, in-person and online educational events around the state to share information and answer questions about drinking water, wastewater, nutrient pollution reduction, stormwater management and other water infrastructure funding opportunities.

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2024 111

PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2024

Learn more about individual Remake Learning Day events on DCNR’s website or for community efforts , visit Remake Learning Days. Visit DCNR’s Conservation Education Opportunities webpage for more on programs and opportunities for people of all ages in all regions. Posted: May 1, 2024] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

It does this by asking a series of questions about the proposed work, the condition of the structure, current situation and includes ample photographs, examples and links. Visit DEP’s Maintenance of PA Streams webpage for more information, including a copy of the Stream Maintenance Booklet. Click Here to use the tool.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 2, 2024

The Farm Bill, which is renegotiated about every five years, has far-reaching outcomes for the way food is grown, the livelihood of farmers, and the health of rivers, streams, and the Chesapeake Bay. For more on Chesapeake Bay-related issues in Pennsylvania, visit the Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA webpage. How Clean Is Your Stream?

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2024

Visit the PA Chapter of the American Planning Association website to learn more about programs, initiatives and upcoming events. Nominations will be considered by the Great Places in Pennsylvania Judges Committee with notification to applicants in the summer. Click Here to submit a nomination or for more information.

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2024 97

PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2024

The goal of the hub is to equip nonprofits with the tools and information needed to educate residents about how utilities work in order to build trust and confidence in utilities. “We Visit the Coalition for The Delaware River Watershed website to learn more about initiatives, programs, upcoming events and how you can become involved.

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Environmental News Bits

APRIL 30, 2024

Experts from Illinois visited a cooperative prawn and rice farm in Southeast Vietnam to hear the farmers’ stories about their challenges and adaptations to a changing climate. Read the full story from the University of Illinois.

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