Here are 82 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!

-- Guest Essay: Investments In Clean Pennsylvania Air, Land And Water Will Pay Off For Decades - By Cindy Adams Dunn, Secretary of DCNR & Ramez Ziadeh, Acting Secretary of DEP [PaEN]

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: PA Budget Delivers Big Wins For Lake Erie Cleanup, Recreation, More - PennFuture

-- Chesapeake Bay Program Blog: Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Develops Corporate Partnerships To Tackle Agricultural Pollution Along Susquehanna River - By Caroline Grass, Communications Intern, Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay   [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Pequea Creek Restoration Work Moves Ahead In Lancaster County -- By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal

-- The News-Item: Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance Receives $4,300 Grant To Update Passive Mine Water Treatment System 

-- PA American Water Helps Plant Nearly 2,000 Trees In Recognition Of Customers’ Switch To Paperless Billing  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Aquatic Restoration Above Sweet Arrow Lake Latest Conservation Project By Schuylkill Conservation District, Partners

-- USDA Awards Regional Conservation Partnership Program Grants To 2 Projects In PA Totaling $17.8 Million [PaEN]

-- Feature: Lenape Nation Travelers Journey Hundreds Of Miles Seeking PA Recognition, To Renew A Years-Old Treaty With Lenape Sipu (Delaware River) Communities  [PaEN]

-- Bucks County Courier Times: Lenape Tribe Bring Treaty, Fight For PA Recognition To Bucks During Delaware River Journey

-- Courier Times: Lenape River Nation Journey, Treaty Signing Arrives In Bucks County [Photos]

-- StateImpact PA - Rachel McDevitt: Penn State Researchers Find Spreading Conventional Drilling Wastewater On PA Roads Can Lead To Harmful Runoff  

-- Tribune-Democrat: Study: Spreading Drilling Wastewater On PA Dirt Roads Poses Risks To Health, Environment 

-- Bedford Gazette: Study: Drilling Wastewater On PA Roads Dangerous To Human Health, Environment

-- WESA: Researchers Find Spreading Drilling Wastewater On PA Roads Can Lead To Harmful Runoff

-- Journal Of Petroleum Technology: Study: Drilling Waste On Pennsylvania Roads Bad For Health, Land 

-- Environmental Health Project: Setback Distances And The Regulations We Need To Protect Public Health From Oil & Gas Facilities  [PaEN]

-- Irish Mirror: Dimock, Susquehanna County Man Who Said His Life Was Destroyed By Fracking Traveled To Ireland To Urge The Government To Block Shannon New Fortress Energy LNG Project

-- Ohio River Valley Institute: 6% Population Loss, 3.3% Job Loss In PA's 'Natural Gas' Counties Show Misplaced Faith In Economic Benefits Of Oil & Gas Development By Policymakers  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Documentary ‘Boom & Bust’ Gives A Potential Preview Of Beaver County’s Petrochemical Future

-- Penn State Calls For Taking Next Step To Demonstrate Technology For Recovery Of Rare Earth & Critical Minerals From Mine Drainage, Coal Refuse - Build A Processing Facility  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Reclaiming Rare Earth Elements Could Clean Up PA Acid Mine Drainage

-- Warren Times: Reclaiming Rare Earth Elements Could Clean Up PA’s Acid Mine Drainage

-- U.S. DOE Invites Comments On Implementing A Rare Earth & Critical Materials Research, Development, Demonstration & Commercialization Program  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: State’s Rare Opportunity In Rare Earth Minerals

-- Pittsburgh Magazine: Can Pittsburgh Save The Planet? - Hosting The Global Clean Energy Action Forum 

-- PA Solar Center Aug. 19 Webinar: A Brighter Future - Solar Energy For PA Schools; Save Millions, Avoid Energy Cost Spikes [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Sun-Tracking Solar Panels Could Be Installed In Former Martic Twp. Coal Ash Basin In Lancaster County

-- Post-Gazette: Groundbreaking Set For This Fall For Rachel Carson Ecovillage On Chatham University’s Eden Hall Campus

-- Post-Gazette: PennDOT Submits Plan To Install 150 Charging Stations For Electric Vehicles

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Authority Mulls Adding Car Charging Stations At Regional Airport

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Adds Electric Pickup Trucks To City Vehicle Fleet

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: We Need More Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Now, Before We Really Need Them

-- Citizens Voice: Luzerne County Transportation Authority Adds 5 CNG Natural Gas Buses

-- Philadelphia Citizen: Michael E. Mann, Founding Director Of Penn’s New Climate Change Institute, Is Coming For Your Climate Doomism

-- Congress Gives Final Approval To Climate, Energy, Healthcare Bill Sending It To President Biden  [PaEN]

-- Young Evangelicals For Climate Action Celebrate Progress On Historic U.S. Senate Climate Legislation  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: Sen. Casey Applauds U.S. Senate Passage Of Climate, Energy Bill

-- York Dispatch Guest Essay: Passage Of Major Federal Climate Legislation A Victory For Future Generations - Citizens’ Climate Lobby

-- StateImpact PA - Adriana Delagarza: PA Environmental Group Pushing For Air Quality Monitors In Delaware County To Protect Hispanic, Latino Communities 

-- DEP Environmental Justice Newsletter: Aug. 18 Advisory Board Meeting; Upcoming Westmoreland Landfill Air Permit Hearings

-- MCall: Fmr Tire Dump In Slate Belt Closer To Becoming An Industrial Park

-- WESA: Fmr North Allegheny H.S. Students Release Guide For The Next Generation Of Young Activists 

-- Penn State City Semester Students Become Architects Of Sustainability With Pittsburgh Businesses  [PaEN]

-- Keep PA Beautiful To Work With PennDOT To Reduce Cigarette Litter At State Welcome Centers  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Erie ReuseFest Set For Sept. 10, Donate Used Items To Local Nonprofit Groups [PaEN]

-- Triblive/AP: Major Test Of First Possible Lyme Disease Vaccine In 20 Years Begins In PA

-- Altoona Mirror: Local Clinic Hosts Trial For First Possible Lyme Disease Vaccine

-- Warren Times - Katie Finch, Audubon Community Nature Center: Nature Inspires With Both Diversity And Unity

-- Post-Gazette: Fred Rogers Production’s Family Nature Day Series, Experience Butterflies, Bunnies And Mister Rogers - Oh My! 

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: What Is The Economic Value Of Protected Open Space In Pennsylvania? -- By Jason Lenker, Intern, PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- WITF Smart Talk: Outdoor Recreation In Pennsylvania Is Serious Business

-- PA Environmental Council Blog: William Penn Foundation Circuit Trails Funding Cultivates An Appreciation For The Outdoors

-- Pocono Record Guest Essay: National Recreation Areas Boost NE PA Economy - John Plonski

-- Rockenbeck And Umberger Families Partner With ClearWater Conservancy To Preserve 8.78 Acre Property In Centre County  [PaEN]

-- PA Groups Urge Individuals & Organizations To Participate In, Host Volunteer Events To Celebrate First-Ever Healthy Lands Week Sept. 24 to Oct. 2  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Acquires 5,600-Acre Property in Schuylkill, Luzerne Counties For Motorized Recreation Area  [PaEN]

-- Northwest Commission Seeking Public Input On NW PA Greenways/Recreation Plan Update; Aug. 18 Virtual Meeting  [PaEN]

-- Temple University Invites Families Living Near Their Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Ambler Campuses To Join HOOT - Healing Ourselves Outdoors Together  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: 107 Foot Three Rivers Heritage Trail Segment In Natrona, Allegheny County Has Big Impact

-- Scranton Times: Girl Scouts Recognized For Park Contribution In Dalton

-- Republican Herald: Boy Scouts At Hawk Mountain Scout Reservation Build Leadership Skills In 6-Day Training Program

-- Williamsport Sun: Internship Experience With Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Was Beneficial For College Student

-- TribLive: Off-Road Vehicle, Ropes Needed To Rescue Man From Rugged Terrain In Murrysville Park

-- Warren Times: PA American Water Grant To Expand Trails At Jakes Rocks

-- South Mountain Partnership Sept. 30 Power Of The Partnership Celebration.  Hauser Hill, Biglerville, Adams County.  11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

-- DCNR Blog: Digging Into History In State Parks & Forests - PA Outdoor Corps Cultural Resources Crew -- By: Angie Jaillet-Wentling, M.A., RPA, DCNR Cultural Resources Program Coordinator  [PaEN]

-- PA Horticultural Society: Inspiring Tree Ambassadors Of All Ages In Southwest Philadelphia  

-- American Chestnut Foundation 2022 American Chestnut Symposium Accepting Student Poster, Talk Proposals; Hunting Chestnut Trees!  [PaEN]

-- WFMZ: Wildflowers Flourishing Again At Bob’s Woods In Alsace, Berks County Thanks To Volunteers

-- Inquirer: Montgomery County Couple Create Homegrown Meadow To Attract Pollinating Insects, Birds

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: To Reduce Violence In Philly, Plant Trees And Gardens

-- TribLive: North Area Environmental Council, Master Gardener Offer Tours Of North Park Pollinator Garden Aug. 22 In Allegheny County

-- WLVT: Monarch Butterflies Are Endangered, But You Can Help 

-- Game Commission Celebrates Another Successful Piping Plover Nesting Season In Erie  [PaEN]

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: National Aviary Researchers Submit Drone Footage To Make Case For Ivory-Billed Woodpecker’s Existence

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: That’s No Fish!  It’s An American Eel In The Kiski River

-- Pocono Record: Brodhead Watershed Assn. Nature At Risk: Otters Still Call Delaware River Home, For Now 

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: PA’s Elk Herd Can Be Viewed Throughout The Year In Elk County

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Elk Watching Season Gets Under Way With Annual Elk Expo Aug. 20-21 In Elk County

-- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership: John Arway, Fmr Fish & Boat Commission Executive Director, Named To New Blue-Ribbon Aquatic Invasive Species Commission

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[Posted: August 14, 2022]   PA Environment Digest

8/15/2022