On October 5, the Department of Environmental Protection provided an update on the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan efforts in its latest Healthy Waters Partnership newsletter.  Articles include--

-- DEP Forming General Permit PAG-13 Workgroup

-- DCNR Hires 5 New Regional Watershed Forestry Specialists

-- Alliance For Chesapeake Bay 24-Hour Tree Planting Oct. 28-29

-- DEP, Partners Showcase Stream Restoration Projects In Lancaster County

-- 2023 Countywide Action Plan Implementation Grant Round Announced

-- NFWF Innovative Nutrient & Sediment Reduction Grants Program Open

-- DCNR Special Fall Grant Round Open - Community & Watershed Forestry

-- PACD Accepting Applications For New Round Of CREP Mini-Grants

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Office Is Now The Bureau Of Watershed Restoration & Nonpoint Source Management

-- And much more….

The newsletter also includes updates from Adams, Columbia, Dauphin, Lancaster, Montour, Susquehanna counties.

Click Here to read the entire newsletter.

Visit DEP’s Chesapeake Bay Watershed webpage to learn more about cleaning up rivers and streams in Pennsylvania's portion of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.  Click Here to sign up for regular updates on Pennsylvania’s progress.

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Related Articles This Week:

-- Bay Journal: With 2025 Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goal Out Of Reach, Region Plans For What's Next At Oct. 11 Executive Council Meeting - By Karl Blankenship, Chesapeake Bay Journal  [PaEN]

-- EPA: Most States, Including Pennsylvania, Did Not Meet 2-Year Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Milestones [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation 2022 State Of The Chesapeake Blueprint Report Finds Restoration Efforts Are Off Track  [PaEN]

-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For Small Business Advantage Grants For Natural Resource Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Pollution Prevention Projects  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster County Community Foundation Announce More Than $100,000 In Lancaster Clean Water Fund Grants  [PaEN]

-- Register Now For NFWF Virtual Chesapeake Bay Agricultural Networking Forum & Listening Sessions Starting Nov. 8  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay States To Get Millions For Climate-Smart Farm Practices -- By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal  [PaEN]

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay: Monster Trunk Talley Photo Contest; Oct. 28-29 TreeLay; Riparian Forest Buffer Summit

-- Land Trust Alliance Magazine Highlights Efforts Along PA's Kittatinny Ridge To Document The Economic Benefits Of Land Conservation - By Marina Shauffler [PaEN]

[Posted: October 5, 2022]

10/10/2022