Here are 64 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 Environmental Council Recognizes DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn With Lifetime Achievement Award [PaEN]

-- PA Wilds Launches Initiative To Attract Remote Workers To Region For A Lifestyle Experience  [PaEN]

-- 3-Part Webinar Series Highlights Importance Of PA's Outdoor Recreation Industry, Starting April 19  [PaEN]

-- PA County Conservation Districts Celebrate Conservation District Week April 10-16  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Youth Recognized By Bassmaster H.S. All-State Fishing Team

-- Environmental Justice Champion In PA: Veronica Coptis, Center For Coalfield Justice

-- Registration Open For Schuylkill Sojourn June 17-24; Sojourn Steward, Sojourn Diversity, First-Time Sojourner Scholarships Available  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Bureau Of State Parks Offers Special Environmental Education Activities For Earth Day In April  [PaEN]

-- PA Council Of Trout Unlimited Accepting Applications For Trout In The Classroom Funding  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Eels In The Classroom Program Partners With Schools To Release American Eels  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Harrison Cub Scouts Help Stock Trout For Fish Commission At Deer Lakes Park In Allegheny County

-- Get Outside With Penn State Extension In May For Programs On Watersheds, Trees, Stormwater BMPs, Flowering Shrubs, Connecting With Nature And Much More [PaEN]

-- Reading Eagle: Education Secretary Visits Reading Schools To Promote Environmental Education, School Funding Increases 

-- Eastern PA Alliance Of Climbers Hosts April 11 Bats + Climbers Virtual Panel Discussion  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Ashley Murray/Laura Legere: Sen. Casey, Bipartisan Lawmakers Look To Federal Infrastructure Law To Pay For O&M For Acid Mine Drainage Treatment 

-- University of Pittsburgh, Atlantic Council Host April 12 Webinar On State Of Abandoned Mine Reclamation, PA Perspectives  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Control Mine Drainage For Long Term

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Region’s EPA Leader Seeks ‘Transformational’ Changes To Reduce Agricultural Runoff - By Karl Blankenship

-- Rodale Institute Launches New Regional Resource Center At Pocono Organics In Monroe County  [PaEN]

-- Civil Eats: A Regenerative Grazing Revolution Is Taking Root In The Mid-Atlantic

-- PA Environmental Council Blog: Partners Learn, Share, Reconnect At 2022 Watershed Workshops [3 More Coming Up!]

-- PA American Water Partners With Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership To Plant Trees For Customers Who Switch To Paperless Billing In April  [PaEN]

-- Stewards Of The Water Start On Land, Susquehanna River Basin Commission Volunteers Plant Trees At Horn Farm Center In York County  [PaEN]

-- Gettysburg: Adams County Watershed Alliance, Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Hands Out Trees Thru April 9

-- WHYY: Nonprofit Restoring Floodplain, Cobbs Creek Golf Course Could Get $3 Million Boost With Philly Funds

-- Indiana Gazette: Indiana Conservation District Wins $131,000 Watershed Grant

-- LebTown.com: $370,000 Growing Greener Grants Support Quittie Creek And Killinger Creek Restoration Efforts In Lebanon County

-- Baltimore Sun Guest Essay: Generations Of Legacy Sediments Choking Chesapeake Bay - Dorothy Merritts, Robert Walter, Patrick Fleming, Franklin & Marshall College   [Click Here for background on Legacy Sediments]

-- TribLive: Jacobs Creek Watershed Group Plans Tire, Trail Cleanups, Wetlands Walks In Westmoreland

-- PA Resources Council: Help Celebrate Earth Day By Putting Your 'Lens On Litter'  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council: 5 Large-Scale Public Events Have Committed To 'Zero Waste' In Pittsburgh Region  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Volunteers Pick Up Trash Along Harrisburg Streets To ‘Lead By Example’

-- Erie Times: Giant Eagle To Stop Providing Single-Use Plastic Bags At Erie County Markets

-- Post-Gazette: Possible Ban On Plastic Bags In Pittsburgh Up For Council Discussion

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Poised To Adopt Ban On Plastic Grocery Bags

-- DEP Appeals Commonwealth Court Order Blocking Publication Of Final RGGI Regulation  [PaEN]

-- Comcast Signs Agreement To Purchase 250 MW Of Solar Energy In Step Toward Carbon Neutral Goal  [PaEN]

-- U.S. DOE Awards Grant For Pittsburgh Hill District Project To Develop Renewable Energy Plan Focused On Vacant Lots  [PaEN]

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Host April 20 Webinar On Clean Energy And Energy Independence  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: PA Communities Should Be Allowed To Choose Clean Energy - PennEnvironment

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable/Timothy B. Wheeler: More Than 800 Solar Energy Projects In Chesapeake Bay States Stuck Waiting For Review [PA Has 443 Solar Projects Waiting]

-- Senate Committee Reports Out Rare Earth Minerals Resolution; Bill Redirecting Coal Mining Penalties [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Allegheny County’s Last Coal-Fired Power Plant Is Closing; Could Be Redeveloped For Renewable Energy, Industrial Use

-- PennDOT Hosts April 27 Teleconference On State Plan For National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Funding  [PaEN]

-- PA Insurance Dept., Bipartisan Group Of State Insurance Regulators Endorse Internationally Recognized Climate Risk Disclosure Standard For Insurance Companies  [PaEN]

-- Allegheny College To Host Fifth World Symposium On Sustainable Development At Universities June 16-17  [PaEN]

-- PA League Of Women Voters Hosts April 20 Reimagine Ursinus-Collegeville Program To Envision A Healthy, Sustainable Future In Montgomery County  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Ask Me About How University Of Pittsburgh Will Get To Net Zero Emissions

-- Post-Gazette: More Parking-Protected Bike Lanes Could Be Built Under House Bill

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Stop Messing Around And Pass Bike Safety Bill  

-- Natural Lands, Robinson Family Take Steps Toward Preserving 208 Acre Crebilly Farm In Chester County  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Chester County Town Enters $21 Million Deal To Buy Revolutionary-Era Crebilly Farm And Turn It Into A Park 

-- Erie Times: Zenchenko Family, Foundation For Sustainable Forests Partner To Permanently Preserve 106 Acres In Erie County Adding It To The Floraroze Forest

-- Dionisio Family, ClearWater Conservancy Partner To Permanently Preserve 22 Acre Farm In Centre County  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Highlights Benefits Of Trees In Communities; TreeVitalize, TreePennsylvania, Keystone Tree Fund Can Help  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: Bring Life To Your Yard With Native Plants - Start With These; Garden Templates; Where To Buy  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Fort Indiantown Gap Crews Practice Wildfire Training With Helicopters, Water Buckets: ‘It’s Pretty Dangerous Stuff’

-- PA Forestry Association, Ned Smith Center Release 5th Forest Heritage Video - History Of PA's Forest Products Industry  [PaEN]

-- PA Forestry Association: Drone Release Of Weevils To Control Mile-A-Minute Invasive Plant; Weevils Available  [PaEN]

-- Nature At Risk: Bee Kind - Three Ways You Can Help Rusty-Patched Bumble Bees Survive - By Brodhead Watershed Association  [PaEN]

-- ExploreClarion.com: Cook Forest Living History Weekend Set For May 27-29

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Eaglet Hatches At A U.S. Steel Mill In West Mifflin  

-- DCNR Blog: Beavers Provide Many Unique Benefits To The Ecosystem

-- Courier Times Guest Essay: Protecting Wildlife Corridors Is Good For Environment, Motorists - Poquessing Watershed Assn, PennEnvironment

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[Posted: April 10, 2022]   PA Environment Digest

4/11/2022