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.

· April 3 – Senate Appropriations Committee meets to consider House Bill 2054 (Grell-R-Cumberland) making changes to the Eminent Domain Code in response to the Kelo Supreme Court decision and House Bill 2317 establishing the 2005-2006 Capital Budget for flood control, Keystone Recreation, Environmental Stewardship projects. Rules Committee Room. Off the Floor.

· 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 4 – House Agricultural & Rural Affairs Committee hearing on deer damage. Hearing Room 1, Keystone Building. 9:00.

· April 4 – House Finance Committee meets to consider House Bill 906 (S.Miller-R-Berks) phasing out the Inheritance Tax. Room 205 Ryan Building. 9:30.

· April 4 – Senate Democratic Policy Committee hearing on deep mine safety. Room 8E-B East Wing. 9:00.

· 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 13 – DEP Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy Steering Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 2:00 to 5:00.

· 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.

· May 26 - DEP Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy Steering Committee meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 10:00 to 1:00.

· 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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