Here are 54 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

Thank you for your leadership!

-- PA Resources Council Celebrates Three Pioneering Women - Hilda Fox, Cynthia Calhoun, Ruth Becker  [PaEN]

-- Centre County Gazette: 20 Years Of Stream Stewardship - Centre County PA Senior Environment Corps  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Blog: Abandoned Mine Drainage Treatment Brings Streams, Rivers Back To Life  [PaEN]

-- Casey, Cartwright Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Fund Abandoned Mine Treatment O&M Costs  [PaEN]

-- Appalachian Citizens' Law Center: 34 Community Groups Endorse New Bipartisan Federal Bills To Address Mine Treatment O&M Costs [Including EPCAMR]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Welcomes Increased Funding For Chesapeake Bay In Proposed Federal FY 2023 Budget  [PaEN]

-- Courier Express: Elk Conservation Receives $138,702 Growing Greener Grant For Johnson Run Remediation Project

-- Butler County-Based Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Looking For Stream Bank Restoration Projects, Other Updates  [PaEN]

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Offering Free Trees, Volunteers To Plant Them In Lancaster County  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Franklin Regional Fly Fishing Club Works With Trout Unlimited To Promote Conservation

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Study Highlights Live Stake Success To Improve Streams Using Volunteers

-- Watershed Alliance Of Adams County Hosts Annual Meeting April 13  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Provide Update On Implementing County Clean Water Action Plan-- Water Testing, Grants Available, Much More

-- WESA: ALCOSAN Wants Public Input On A $2 Billion Tunnel System To Reduce Sewage Overflows

-- PennLive Guest Essay: PA Must Do Better To Address Stormwater Flooding - Rep. Joe Webster (D-Montgomery)

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Mandate Stormwater Improvements

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: Forests, Fishing & Clean Water - By Jeff Woleslagle, President of PA Outdoor Writers Association  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Highlights How American Rescue Funds Would Help Pay For $1.4 Billion Of State Park, Forest Infrastructure Needs

-- PA Capital-Star: How PA Would Benefit From U.S. Dept. Of Interior Budget Boost

-- Post-Gazette: Long-Awaited Repairs For Emsworth Locks & Dams To Get $77 Million Boost In Federal Funds

-- Reading Eagle: Projects At Blue Marsh Lake Get $6 Million In Federal Funding

-- Sen. Casey: Announces $2.1 Million Water Infrastructure Projects In Crawford, Forest Counties

-- DEP Secretary Highlights Importance Of Environmental Justice For Pennsylvania, Upcoming Hearings On Changes To Permit Review Policy

-- WITF: Chesapeake Mapping Initiative Uses Crowdsourcing Tool To Search For Historic African American Sites In PA

-- WESA: Allegheny Health Dept. Signs Off On Plans To Avoid The Worst Air Pollution Days In The Mon Valley

-- American Lung Association: Transition To Zero-Emission Transportation, Non-Combustion Renewable Energy Will Save Lives 

-- Environmental Health News: One Year After Our Investigation Of Health Impacts Of Fracking, What’s Changed?

-- League Of Conservation Voters: 43 PA Conservation, Faith, Business, Environmental Groups Oppose House, Senate Bills To Kill RGGI

-- PennLive Letter: Pennsylvanians Support Caps On Power Plant Pollution - PA League Of Women Voters

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Best Way To Fight High Oil [Natural Gas] Prices Is To Use Less, Transition To Renewable Fuels

-- $3.8 Million Federal Grant For Coal Community Revitalization Awarded In Bedford, Huntingdon Counties  [PaEN]

-- Generation180, FedEx Team Up To Launch Solar For All Schools In Pennsylvania [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Solar Companies Carve Out Their Piece Of PA’s Farmland, Dividing Farmers

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Solar Heats Up In Western PA - PA Could Become A Model For Solar Energy And Farmland Preservation

-- Sen. Casey: PA To Receive $186 Million To Lower Energy Costs For Families From Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: North Philly E-Waste Recycling Program Employs Formerly Incarcerated Individuals For Environmental Purpose

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Tire Cleanup April 9 Targets West Nile Virus; Volunteers Needed

-- Williamsport Sun: Lairdsville Community Unity Seen After Historic Wind Damage

-- WHYY: New Federal Flood Insurance Pricing Brings Big Savings To Flood-Prone Philly Neighborhood

-- WHYY: How Is Montgomery County Preparing For Future Floods?

-- Warren Times: State, Feds Partner To Combat Spongy [fmr Gypsy] Moth In Allegheny National Forests

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Promotes Investments In Pollinator Research, Strengthen Resilience Of PA Specialty Crops

-- Post-Gazette: PA Will See A $100 Million Increase In Federal Funds For Transportation Alternatives Like Trails, Bike Paths, Safer Routes For Children Going To School Over 5 Years

-- Pittsburgh’s New $32 Million Urban Park Reconnects Historic Hill District Neighborhood With Downtown “Cap” Project Establishes Frankie Pace Park  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Historic Mount Carbon Bridge To Be Relocated To Walking Trail

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Efforts Underway For New Allegheny River Trail Section

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Riverfront Plan Vitalizes Pittsburgh’s Future

-- Centre Daily Times: Organic Climbing Revives Philipsburg’s Sewing Trade To Serve A Global Market

-- Post-Gazette: Beaver County-based Communicycle Is On A Roll Fixing, Providing Bikes

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Releases 2021 Annual Report, Highlights Spring, Summer Events

-- Bipartisan Resolution Advances In House To Study Wildlife Conservation Corridors  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: On The Ground, Volunteers Keep Harrisburg’s Famous Falcons In The Air

-- PA Capital-Star: Here’s How You Can Help Pittsburgh Collect Data On Urban Wildlife Encounters

-- WHYY: Philly Bird-Watching Groups Are Changing The Way We See Birds

-- ABC27: Dozens Of Eels Released Into The Conodoguinet Creek In Cumberland County

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Going The WRONG WAY:

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[Posted: April 3, 2022]   PA Environment Digest

4/4/2022