There are 20 new stories in this week’s PA Environment Digest that show the leadership of a late conservation leader, a sugar maple farmer, people of faith planting Trees of Peace, a forest industry group promoting sustainability and stewardship, a RiverKeeper trying to connect to people with songs, green stormwater infrastructure innovators, many groups pointing out the need for more resources for local environmental projects and putting the spotlight on equity and diversity issues in recreation.

There are many, many more people just like these working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

Thank you for your leadership!

-- In Memoriam: Dr. Edward Bellis, Penn State Professor, Conservationist

-- Tioga County Sugar Maple Farmer Plants Trees For The Next Generation, To Protect Water Quality

-- Join People Of Faith Throughout Lancaster County In Planting Trees Of Peace

-- Lebanon Valley Conservancy Needs Volunteers For April 16-17 Tree Plantings

-- PA Forestry Assn. Tells House Committee About Importance Of  Sustainability, Forest Stewardship

-- Penn State Extension: Introduction To Forests, Carbon Sequestration & Markets April 21 & 28

-- SBN Green Stormwater Infrastructure Partners Announce Finalists For Excellence In GSI Awards; Celebrating 10 Years Of Philadelphia's Green City, Clean Waters Plan

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Songs Of The Susquehanna Project CDs Are Available, Order Your Copy Now!

-- Lackawanna College Environmental Ed Center Offers Early Explorers Outdoor Program For Children

-- Wildlife, Environmental Groups Unveil New Underfunded and Polluted: Solutions to Fund Clean Water In PA Report

-- Farm, Conservation Groups Applaud Bipartisan Senate Bill Setting Up Cost-Share Program To Support Clean Water Efforts By Farmers - If Funded

-- Agriculture, Conservation, Wildlife Groups Advocate For Robust Funding For Federal USDA Conservation Programs

-- DCNR's Conservation & Natural Resources Council Holds April 29 Equity In The Outdoors Conversation

-- We Conserve PA: May 17 - Attempting To Understand The Disconnect Between African Americans And The Outdoors

-- Potter-Tioga Counties’ Cherry Springs State Park Ranked One Of Nation’s Finest Stargazing Spots

-- Allegheny Land Trust Finalizes Acquisition Of 155 Acres In Girty's Woods, Allegheny County

-- Natural Lands: PECO Green Region Grants Awarded To 19 Southeast PA Municipalities, Nonprofits

-- Senate, House Democrats To Introduce Bill To Transition PA To 100% Renewable Energy By 2050

-- New Report: Electrifying Buildings Could Reap Major Health, Climate Pollution Reduction Benefits In PA

-- Op-Ed: Pennsylvania's Environmental Protection Must Be Strengthened - Rep. Vitali

Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

NEW! Conservation Leadership - NewsClips - This Week:

John Hayes: Bees, Butterflies, Other Pollinators Get $5 Million Lift In Western PA

NextPittsburgh: Husband-And-Wife Filmmakers Explore Rare PA Ecosystem In The Last Prairie

Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership In Action: What Do Trees And Trout Have In Common?

TribLive: 125 Trees Planted On Eliza Furnace Trail In Pittsburgh

Natural Lands: Delaware County Yard Tree Giveaway April 24

Reading Eagle: Berks County Conservation District Uses Coconut Husks To Help Protect Local Watershed

Marcus Schneck: Apple Tree Planting In Centralia Part Of Larger Environmental Effort

Susan Phillips: Neighbors, Anglers Cry Foul Over Sunoco’s Mariner East Pipeline Construction Polluting Chester County Trout Stream

Op-Ed: PA Needs Federal Infrastructure Bill To Help Prepare Our Communities For Flooding - PA Assn. Of Floodplain Managers

ErieT: Small Erie Shop Works On Battery-Hybrid Locomotive

ABC6: PA Woman Adopts Highway, Spends Weekends Cleaning Litter In Chester County

NextPittsburgh: Pittsburgh Street Stewards Seeks Volunteers To Redd Up The City

WFMZ: Palmer Twp, To Join Pilot Program To Recycle Flexible Plastic (grocery, potato chip, cereal bags) In Northampton County

TribLive: Bicycle Industry Still Booming A Year Into The Pandemic

ErieT: Discover Presque Isle Organizers Make Changes For 2021 Fundraiser At State Park

PG: At Flight 93 Memorial Site, Flora And Fauna Return To Hallowed Ground: ‘A Breathing, Living Memorial’

Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Podcast: Hellbender Expert Peter Petokas On Dwindling Populations, The Amphibian's Importance And What Can Be Done

Op-Ed: Here’s How PA’s Clean Energy Businesses Are Poised To Grow A Local Energy Economy - Practical Energy Solutions

Letter: Now Is The Time To Put A Price On Carbon - Slippery Rock Citizens Climate Lobby

PG: Allegheny County Council Names Members To Sustainability & Green Initiatives Committee

MCall: PPL Promotes Names First Woman To Lead Company’s Electric Distribution In PA

Conservation Leadership - Articles - 2021:

-- 17 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

-- 16 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

-- 19 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

-- 10 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

-- 18 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

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-- 10 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

-- 17 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

-- 20  New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

-- 8 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

-- 6 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

-- 8 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

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-- 9 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

-- 233 Stories: These Conservation Leaders Gave Us Cleaner Water, Land & Air In 2020! They Deserve Our Thanks, Our Support!

[Posted: April 11, 2021]

4/12/2021