July Environmental Synopsis Available From Joint Conservation Committee
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The July edition of the Environmental Synopsis newsletter is now available from the Joint Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee featuring articles on--

-- Pennsylvania’s State Parks System

-- “Heaven Is Under Our Feet As Well As Over Our Heads” Thoreau

-- Gaps In Oversight Of Antibiotics In Agriculture

-- Mountaintop Mining Changes Streamflow, Composition

-- Lessons From 30 Years Of North American Wind Energy

-- U.S. And Canada Release Joint Great Lakes Report

-- Conservation History: 1977 Johnstown Flood - July 20; Alexander Wilson, Father of American Ornithology, born and immigrated to Philadelphia in 1794.

Next Environmental Issues Forum

The Joint Conservation Committee is tentatively scheduled to hold its next Environmental Issues Forum on September 18 featuring a presentation by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources on its Penn’s Parks For All Initiative.

The Forum will be held in Room 8E-A East Wing of the Capitol Building starting at noon.

Sen. Scott Hutchinson (R-Venango) serves as Chair of the Joint Conservation Committee.

For more information, visit the Joint Conservation Committee website, Like them on Facebook or Follow them on TwitterClick Here to sign up for regular updates from the Committee.

(Photo: Kinzua Bridge State Park, McKean County.)

[Posted: July 24, 2017]


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