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DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Sept. 27 At Tiadaghton State Forest Center, Lycoming County

PA Environment Daily

DCNR's Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council will hold its next meeting September 27 at the Tiadaghton State Forest Resource Management Center, 10 Lower Pine Bottom Road in Waterville, Lycoming County from 10:00 a.m. Those interested should contact Nicole Faraguna at nfaraguna@pa.gov. Click Here to register.

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Science article argues that conservation should be allowed to pay its own way on public lands

Legal Planet

This extractive bias against conservation is legally mandated for most of America’s public resources. Preventing conservation interests from participating in resource markets betrays current values and foments controversy. She intended to keep the oil in the ground. BLM promptly canceled the lease. Download as PDF.

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Supreme Court Finds California Labor Access Regulation Works Unconstitutional Taking of Private Property

Legal Planet

Supreme Court today held unconstitutional a longstanding California regulation allowing labor unions intermittent access to agricultural workplaces for labor organizing purposes. The implications of today’s ruling on environmental, natural resources and public health regulatory programs are unclear at best. The A.L.R.B.’s

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Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators

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Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators Cause of Michigan’s worst water pollution is too much waste spread on too little land. The legislature shall provide for the protection of the air, water and other natural resources of the state from pollution, impairment and destruction.”. Photographs by J.

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Federal Water Tap, May 15: Appeals Court Orders EPA to Regulate Drinking Water Contaminant

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Federal fisheries regulators propose a salmon experiment in northern California. News Briefs Drinking Water Regulation: Perchlorate, Again A federal appeals court ordered the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit “sided with environmental groups,” which had objected to the agency’s decision not to regulate.

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PA Environmental Council Now Accepting Applications For Pocono Forests & Waters Conservation Landscape Mini Grants

PA Environment Daily

The PA Environmental Council is now accepting applications for Pocono Forests and Waters Conservation Landscape Mini Grants for projects in Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, and Wayne counties. The DCNR funding is provided through the Environmental Stewardship Fund administered by the Bureau of Recreation and Conservation.

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Massachusetts Codifies “No Net Loss” Conservation Policy Under Article 97

Law and Environment

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. PLPA also requires that regulations be enacted under the PLPA no later than August 17, 2024.