Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults--

-- Expanding Meaningful Environmental and Watershed Literacy With Geospatial Technology Tools And Practice Online Educator Training Starting Sept. 27  [PaEN]

-- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake, Brightside Baptist Church Rain Garden Proves Green Infrastructure Is Beautiful And Functional In Lancaster County - By Sean O'Connor, Communications Intern, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay  [PaEN]

-- Western PA Conservancy: Rain Garden System Expands Environmental Benefits, Offers Opportunities To Teach Green Infrastructure At Pittsburgh Schools  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: 'Precision' Stream Conservation In 6 PA Counties Gets Federal Funding - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal  [PaEN]

-- Meadville Tribune: Western PA Conservancy Watershed Mini Grant Will Aid Allegheny College’s Creek Connections Program

-- Sustainable Pittsburgh: Sept. 23 Innovative CEOs Enabling And Expanding Decarbonization; Part Of Global Clean Energy Action Forum  [PaEN]

-- DCNR, Crawford & Warren Conservation Districts Host Field To Forest Workshops On Sept. 24, Oct. 1  [PaEN]

-- Penn State To Hold Cancer And The Environment Symposium Sept. 29; No Information Yet On Whether Oil & Gas Development Health Risks Will Be Included  [PaEN]

-- Western PA Conservancy Webinar: Benefits Of Water-Thirsty Trees Sept. 30  [PaEN]

-- Sustaining The Serpentine Barrens Conference-Tour Oct. 18-19 In Chester County  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: Learn More About Pond Management At Twilight Pond Walks At 6 Locations Around PA

-- Lancaster Farming: Stroud Water Research Center Gets Grant To Help Sustain State’s Agriculture Industry

-- Sept. 7 Screening Of Hurricane Agnes 50: Life After The Flood; It Happened Before And Flooding Will Be Worse In The Future Due To Climate Change  [PaEN]

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Partners With Westminster College H.S. Science Camp; Completes Blacks Creek Maintenance Pond  [PaEN]

-- Only 15 Out Of 256 Conventional Oil & Gas Operators Who Abandoned Wells Without Plugging Them Were Fined By DEP; Small Penalties No Deterrent To Future Abandonments  [PaEN]

-- Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Reported Spreading 977,671 Gallons Of Untreated Drilling Wastewater On PA Roads In 2021  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Wastes Generated By The New Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Program Will NOT Be Exempt From Hazardous Waste Regulations, Unlike Wastes From Active Wells  [PaEN]

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front: DEP Hears Concerns Over Proposed Leachate Evaporator At Westmoreland County Landfill That Processes Frack Waste

-- BobScaping: New Video-- Blowout: Who’s Next?’  Tells Story Of Fracking-Related Pollution Cases, Including Dimock, Susquehanna County

-- TribLive: Nature-Based Child Care Center Opens At Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve In Fox Chapel, Allegheny County

-- TribLive: Eagle Scout Projects At Morosini Reserve Offer New Chances To Check Out Local Wildlife In Murrysville, Westmoreland County

-- Williamsport Sun - Lycoming County Audubon: Being A Birder Is A Fun Hobby For Many People

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Highlights September Educational Events, Activities

-- Lehigh Valley-Based Wildlands Conservancy Invites You To Fall In Love With Nature Autumn Special Events

-- Schuylkill Banks: Philly Fun Fishing Fest Sept. 10

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Competitive Virtual Walking Program Sept. 12 to Nov. 7 

-- Manada Conservancy Hosts Sept. 15 Program In Hershey On How Citizen Science, Place-Based Learning Are Helping To Address Environmental Challenges  [PaEN]

-- The Litterbug Continues To Strike, Strike Back By Entering The PA Resources Council Lens On Litter Photo Contest  [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Is EnviroDIY Citizen Science Water Quality Data As Good As USGS [Spoiler - It’s A Close Match]

-- Lock Haven Express: Sugar Valley Watershed Assn. Hosted Fish Commission Reptile And Amphibian Expert In Clinton County

-- Warren Times: Entries Being Accepted For Warren County Conservation District Photo Contest

-- The Sentinel: Namesakes And Waterways Of The Midstate: Susquehanna River Serves As ‘Mother’ Of Chesapeake Bay

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Southern PA Geology Being Scanned From The Sky

-- Registration Now Open! Laurel Highlands Trail Summit, Sept. 20, In Somerset County

-- Erie Times: How To Keep Your Recyclables Out Of The Trash

-- TribLive: Some Oakland Residents Upset About Trash As Pitt Students Move In

-- MCall - Paul Muschick: How New Reverse Vending Machines And Prizes For Students Are Helping The Environment At Lafayette College

-- WLVR: PUC Shares Tips To Offset Rising Utility Costs

-- EPA Announces Winners Of Let’s Talk About Heat Challenge Includes 1 From PA; Sharing Strategies To Help Communities Stay Safe During Extreme Heat  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: 100 Philly Schools Will Close Early Tuesday, Wednesday Due To High Heat

-- Inquirer: Philly Schools Won’t Be Fully Air Conditioned Until 2027

-- Inquirer: Summer 2022 In Philly Is About To Set More High Temperature Records

-- Clean Water Is Up To You: Brown Lawn? Here’s How To Really Go Green! - By Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County  [PaEN]

-- Nature At Risk: Your Small Changes Can Help Bring Monarchs Back - By Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County  [PaEN]

-- Study Suggests One-Third Of Wild Bee Species In PA Have Declined; Bee Diversity Can Help Conserve Pollinators - By Chuck Gill, Penn State News  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Wild Bees Declined By One-Third In Central PA Orchards, Penn State Study

-- Penn State: Boy’s Discovery Reveals Wasps Highly Complex Interaction With Ants, Oak Tree Galls

-- POLLINATORS! The Musical Coming To Millbrook Marsh Nature Center, State College Sept. 11 - By Alexandra McLaughlin, Penn State News  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Master Gardeners Of Cumberland County Sept. 17 Pollinator Festival At Adams Ricci Park 

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front: Goats Do Hard Work Clearing Invasive Plants At Pittsburgh’s South Side Park

-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center Audubon Little Explorers Learn About Mammals Sept. 10

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Many Of Nature’s Berries Will Be Ripening Soon

-- TribLive: Fun With Fungi: Western PA Mushroom Club Plans Sept. 24 North Park Foray In Allegheny County

-- WESA: Entomologist Explains The Secret To Stomping Out Spotted Lanternflies

Visit the PA Parks & Forests Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events for activities happening near you.

Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources.

Visit the PA Environment Digest Calendar Of Events for more opportunities.

[Posted: September 4, 2022]  PA Environment Digest

9/5/2022