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WVIA: Bernie McGurl, Lackawanna River Conservation Assn. - A Life Dedicated To The River's Flow

PA Environment Daily

This profile of Bernie McGurl of the Lackawanna River Conservation Association first appeared on the WVIA website March 3, 2024 -- Bernie McGurl remembers his mother pulled the bath stopper out of their tub when he was about three years old. “I Click Here to read the entire profile. I said 'Mommy where’s the water go?’

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Species on the Move: How Climate Change Is Re-Making Ecosystems

Union of Concerned Scientists

We need to better understand these changes, and to adapt biodiversity conservation strategies to take them into consideration. The National Audubon Society predicts massive reductions in future climate suitability of habitat for hundreds of North American birds as the climate continues to warm. Photo: National Park Service.

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PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Awards Environmental Science Scholarships To Molly Hoffman And Megan Kownurko

PA Environment Daily

On August 16, the PA Association of Environmental Professionals announced the award of college scholarships to Molly Hoffman - Pinchot Scholarship-- and Megan Kownurko - Goddard Scholarship. Gifford Pinchot Scholarship Molly Hoffman is currently enrolled at Gettysburg University with a 4.06

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).

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In Memoriam: Jim Brett - Conservation Educator, Naturalist, Recognized For His Local And Global Leadership

PA Environment Daily

Brett, 84, of Kempton, Berks County, who died on Friday, December 29, 2023, had a natural resource conservation career that spanned over 48 years in Pennsylvania and on a global scale. The international intern program grew from a fledgling effort in 1976 to an internationally recognized conservation education program under Jim’s leadership.

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How a Federal Drought Relief Program Left Southern Oregon Parched—and Contributed to the Ongoing Groundwater Crisis in the West

Circle of Blue

That’s because the region’s ongoing groundwater woes are at least two decades in the making, exacerbated in part by the very federal programs meant to conserve water in the area, The Counter has found. Then came new conservation regulations and litigation that complicated USBR’s water obligations.

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Deserts as Ecosystems and Why They Need Protecting

Environmental Science

A Brief History of the Use, Study, and Conservation, of Deserts. The birth of the science of eremology (the study of the desert biome) began in the mid-20 th century and with the dawning of the understanding of such environmental concepts as human geography, ecology, and, of course, conservation. In Antiquity.