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A Rousing Success at the 2025 Mid-Atlantic Chapter Meeting

ESA

Combining research findings with best practices in applied ecological restoration is exactly the kind of solutions science we love to advance.

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Recharge net metering (ReNeM) provides win-win-win for groundwater agency, landowners, & sustainable groundwater management

Legal Planet

Unlike groundwater banking, ReNeM has the potential to support environmental improvements and sustain groundwater supplies. ReNeM is highly adaptable and capable of producing substantial net benefits under a range of circumstances. ReNeM aligns the interests of agency and landowner participants in ways that other methods do not.

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Heights Philadelphia, EPA Announce New Partnership Aiding Black, Brown And First-Generation Students’ Pathways to Environmental Studies & Careers

PA Environment Daily

To formally kick-start the partnership, the EPA invited Heights students from the Lankenau Environmental Science Magnet High School to its Lower Darby Creek Area Superfund Site, the Clearview Landfill, to participate in activities with volunteers to celebrate Earth Day. Woods, Esq., C0-President, Heights Philadelphia.

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DCNR, Fish & Boat Commission, Partners Plant Stream Buffer In Snyder County To Combat Flooding, Improve Water Quality

PA Environment Daily

Streams with bare banks are less likely to host aquatic life and fish. The buffers help filter, absorb, and reduce runoff -- at the same time, they help to control stream bank erosion and provide shade, food, and shelter for aquatic organisms," said Executive Director Schaeffer.

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Highlighting Biodiversity: Spectacular Birds and the Amazon River

Academy of Natural Sciences

By collecting specimens of uncommon birds on both banks of the Roosevelt River, they found evidence that different bird species may be nearly identical on either bank of a river, but their genetics suggest they are divergent. Populations on the east bank have a gray throat, whereas populations on the west bank have a black throat.

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Teaming Up with United By Blue for Cobbs Creek

Academy of Natural Sciences

The Academy and Philadelphia clothier United By Blue are joining forces and calling for community participation in a partnership aimed at removing trash and debris from the banks and trail system around Cobbs Creek in West Philadelphia. On Saturday, Aug. 21 from 9 a.m.

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Penn State Extension, Partners: Collaborative School Planting Project Creates Lifelong Learners In Chester County

PA Environment Daily

Because of Carol’s concerns and the unsustainability of the stream as trees continue to fall from both banks, she proposed enhancing the existing vegetated buffer by adding more native trees and shrubs for increased density and biodiversity. Fellow MWS Sarah Newman soon joined Carol in developing the project.

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