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 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 – House Game and Fisheries Committee will hear a presentation by the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee on their 3-year audit of the Game Commission. Room 60 East Wing. 10:00.

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

· March 21 – Independent Regulatory Review Commission meeting to consider final State Conservation Commission Nutrient Management regulation.

· March 21 – House Game and Fisheries Committee meets to hear update on the results of the three-year audit of the Fish and Boat Commission. Room 60 East Wing. 10:00.

· 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 24 – DEP Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee Ad-Hoc Subcommittee on Monitoring Work Group Teleconference Meeting. 12th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00-11:00. Contact: Charles J. Zadakis, 717-772-3944 or send email to: czadakis@state.pa.us

· March 25 – PennFuture Global Warming Conference. Coraopolis.

· March 28 – DEP Critical Water Planning Area Subcommittee of Act 220 State Water Plan Statewide Committee meeting. 14th Floor Conference Room, Rachel Carson Building. 10:00.

· 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 5 – Forestry Task Force meeting (Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee). Penn Stater Conference Center. State College. 10:00.

· 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

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