Upcoming conferences, meetings, workshops, plus links to other online calendars. Meetings are in Harrisburg unless otherwise noted. Go To: PA Environment Digest Calendar Page

· May 8-12 – “Show Me the Money” Grant Workshop. Lewisburg.

· March-April – No Cost Internet Based Site Remediation Training Courses.

· March 13 – Senate Appropriations Committee meets to consider House Bill 2317 (Feese-R-Lycoming) 2005-2006 Capital Budget for flood control, Keystone Recreation, Environmental Stewardship projects. Rules Committee Room. Off the Floor.

· March 13 – Governor’s Renewable Agricultural Energy Council meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

· March 13 – DEP Citizens Advisory Council and Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee to discuss proposed mercury regulation. Southcentral Regional Office, 909 Elmerton Ave. Harrisburg. 9:00.

· March 14 – House Agricultural and Rural Affairs Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 940 (Waugh-R-York) further providing for the Land Trust Reimbursement Program and Senate Bill 723 (Wenger-R-Lancaster) providing for definitions and legislative report under the Agricultural Area Security law. Hearing Room 2, North Office Building. 10:15.

· March 14 – Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 1104 (Tomlinson-R-Bucks) amending the One Call System Underground Utility Line Protection Law, Senate Bill 1052 (Waugh-R-York) amending the Fireworks law to further define consumer fireworks facilities. Room 8E-A East Wing. 11:00.

· March 15 – Joint Legislative Budget & Finance Committee meeting to consider reports on Game Commission compliance with strategic plan. Hearing Room 3, North Office Building. 10:00.

· March 15 – CANCELLED - DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting has been rescheduled for June 15.

· March 16 – House Republican Policy Committee hearing on alternative energy. Room 140 Main Capitol Building. 10:00.

· March 17 – CANCELLED - DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee meeting.

· March 21 – House Republican Policy Committee hearing on DEP Regulatory Process and Economic Development. Room 140 Main Capitol. 1:00.

· March 21 – Senate Public Health and Welfare and Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committees joint hearing to review energy assistance programs and outreach. Room 8E-A East Wing. 9:30.

· March 21 – CANCELLED – Environmental Quality Board meeting. Next scheduled meeting April 18.

· March 22 – House Democratic Policy Committee holds a hearing on deer management. J.E. DuBois Hose Company Fire Hall, 301 First Street, DuBois. 2:00.

· March 22 – DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Committee. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

· March 22 – CANCELLED – DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board.

· March 23 – Independent Regulatory Review Commission meeting to consider final Nutrient Management regulation. 14^th Floor Conference Room, 333 Market St., Harrisburg. 10:30.

· March 25 – PennFuture Global Warming Conference. Coraopolis.

· March 31 – Pennsylvania State Planning Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

· March 31 – DEP Workshop on Wetlands, Stream Impacts, Permitting for Local Officials and Developers in Mercer and Venango Counties. Mercer.

· April 3 – Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee Environmental Issues Forum – PA CleanWays update on rural dumping in Pennsylvania. Room 205 Ryan Building. 12:00.

· April 5 – Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee hearing on gasoline additives and their impact on the environment and fuel supplies (MTBE, ethanol). Room 8E-A East Wing. 9:00.

· April 18-19 - Chamber Environmental Conference and Trade Show. Camp Hill (near Harrisburg).

· April 28-29 – PA Land Conservation Conference. State College.

· May 18-19 – 2006 Pennsylvania Heritage Partnerships Conference. Preservation PA. Franklin, Venango County.

· June 12 – Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee Environmental Issues Forum – Jim MacKenzie, Octoraro Native Plant Nursery “Going Native – Opportunities for Using Native Plants in Pennsylvania.” Room 205 Ryan Building. 12:00.

· October 31-November 5 – National Historic Preservation Conference. National Trust for Historic Preservation. Pittsburgh.

DEP Calendar of Events

Watershed Events

(courtesy PA Organizations for Watersheds & Rivers)

Environmental Education Workshop/Training Calendar

(courtesy PA Center for Environmental Education)

Senate Committee Schedule

House Committee Schedule

3/10/2006