Here are 69 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.

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-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining Recognizes DEP Anthracite Outdoor Adventure - Bear Valley Mine Reclamation Project In Northumberland County With National Award [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts Formal Notice Of Availability Of Abandoned Mine Land, Mine Drainage Grants

-- DEP Begins Accepting Applications For $103.4 Million In Abandoned Mine Reclamation Grants Starting Oct. 24  [PaEN]

-- National Wildlife Federal Blog: Mine-Scarred Land And Orange Rivers - A Story Of Land Degradation And Reclamation In Pennsylvania

-- GANT News: PA Coal Companies Showcase Employee Safety Records, Mine Reclamation Enhancements

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Plants Its 5-Millionth Tree In Franklin County Park; Thousands Of Volunteers Were Critical To Reaching This Milestone  [PaEN]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Five Million Trees Planted, Five Million More To Go - Cindy Adams Dunn, Secretary Of DCNR

-- Celebrating 10 Years Of Volunteers Impact - Greening The Lower Susquehanna - By Kristen Koch, Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA Visits Award-Winning Headwaters Restoration Project By Wissahickon Trails In Montgomery County  [PaEN]

-- East Lampeter Twp. First Municipality To Partner With Lancaster Revolving Water Fund On Pay-For Performance Contract On Improving Water Quality, Soil Carbon Sequestration  [PaEN]

-- PA Council Of Trout Unlimited: Adams County TU Chapter Awarded South Mountain Partnership Grant 

-- TribLive: Students Help With Tree Planting At Miners Memorial Park In Bethel Park 

-- Penn State Master Watershed Steward Volunteers Lead Stream Assessment In Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- Tribune-Democrat: Blacklick Creek Watershed Assn. Restoring Miners Mural, Working To Improve Blacklick Creek In Cambria County

-- PennFuture: Erie City Council Adopts Stormwater User Fee

-- Coalition For The Delaware River Watershed Celebrates 50th Anniversary Of Federal Clean Water Act  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: On 50th Anniversary Of Federal Clean Water Act, Much Progress, But Big Problems Remain

-- City & State PA Recognize The 2022 Pennsylvania Nonprofit Power 100 Leaders, Including 7 Conservation Leaders  [PaEN]

-- PennVEST Invests $236 Million In 23 Water Infrastructure Projects In 15 Counties [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Water Authority Receives $133 Million In Loans, $6 Million In Grants For Water Infrastructure Projects

-- CFA Accepting ARPA-Funded H2O Applications For Water Supply, Wastewater, Stormwater Projects  [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Sen. Baker Announces State Grants Available For Water, Sewer, Stormwater Projects

-- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Award $3.5 Million In Grants To Restore, Protect Habitats In Chesapeake Bay Watershed; 4 In PA Totalling $1.48 Million  [PaEN]

-- PUC Joins 8th Annual ‘Imagine A Day Without Water’ To Raise Water Awareness 

-- NO SPECIAL PROTECTION: The Exceptional Value Loyalsock Creek In Lycoming County Is Dammed And Damned - Video Dispatch From The Loyalsock - By Barb Jarmoska, Keep It Wild PA 

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Has No Exclusion Zones For Water Withdrawals From Any Streams, Including EV Or HQ Streams Subject To Water Quality Antidegradation Rules  [PaEN]

-- 175 Organizations, 6,751 Individuals Send Letter Urging Full Oil & Gas Fracking Wastewater Ban In Delaware River Basin 

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Environmentalists Fear A Massive New Plastics Plant Near Pittsburgh Will Worsen Pollution, Stimulate Natural Gas Fracking

-- Southwestern PA Grassroots Town Halls Hosts Oct. 24 Virtual Program On Eyes On Shell Ethane Plant Campaign In Beaver County  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Editorial: State Fines Should Be Higher Than Tax Cuts To Penalize Environmental Leaks [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald Editorial: State Lawmakers Should Adopt Rules That Preclude State Taxpayers From Subsidizing Pollution From Oil & Gas Industry  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Dangerous Course For Oil & Gas Well Emissions, Obstructionists Should Get Out Of The Way  [PaEN]

-- PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Host 2022 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference Online Nov. 15-16  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health News: For First Time, Natural Gas Production Linked To Lower Birth Weights In A National Study, Most Significant In Black, Asian Women

-- Penn State's Jenn Baka Receives National Science Foundation Grant For A 5-Year Study Of The Shell Ethane Plant's Environmental And Human Impacts In Beaver County - By Francisco Tutella, Penn State News  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Protect PT Westmoreland Will Host Radon Information Workshop Oct. 20 Via Zoom, Offer Sensor Rentals

-- Welcome The Inaugural Class Of 35 High School Keep PA Beautiful Young Ambassadors  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Penn Hills Council Recognizes Anti-Litter Group

-- TribLive: Seton Hill Program Pairs College, High Schools With STEM Education

-- Net-Zero Manufacturing Initiative, Venango County Trails Project Among Appalachian Regional Commission Grants To Support Coal-Impacted Communities In PA  [PaEN]

-- Bucknell University Dedicates 1.76 MW Solar Energy Facility In Union County - By Michael Taromina, The Bucknellian  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Fox Chapel Amends Ordinance To Make It Easier To Use Solar Panels

-- Inquirer: Students Pressure University Of Pennsylvania To Cut Ties With Fossil Fuel Companies

-- Inquirer: UPenn Students Storm Franklin Field At Halftime Protesting For Climate, Community Justice

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: PA Must Modernize Its Approach To Clean Energy Or Risk Falling Further Behind - By Vote Solar, POWER Interfaith

-- Penn State Oct. 24 EarthTalks Highlights Agricultural Integration And Solar Facilities - Agrivoltaics In Context  [PaEN]

-- Penn State To Host Virtual International Symposium Nov. 28-29 On Embodied Carbon - Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Building Materials

-- Inquirer: UPenn Students Storm Franklin Field At Halftime Protesting For Climate, Community Justice

-- EPA SmartWay Program Names Reading-Based Penske Trucking A High Performer

-- Warren Times Editorial: Electric Vehicle Chargers Need To Be Piece Of County Plan

-- Minnich Family Partners With Lebanon Valley Conservancy To Preserve 16-Acre Farm  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: New Resources Available For Forest Landowners And Managers For Climate Change Resilience  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Ask Me About Winning A Major Grant For Climate-Smart Farming [PASA Sustainable Agriculture] 

-- Think Outside Presents Oct. 25 Let’s Talk About Climate Change Student Panel Discussion With DCNR Secretary Dunn  [PaEN]

-- State, Local Officials Celebrate Acquisition Of Kiski Junction Bridge, 14 Miles Of Rail Corridor In Armstrong County With Help Of Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding; Fall Grant Round Still Open  [PaEN]

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Kiski Junction Railroad Trail Party Attracts Officials From State, Region

-- Conservation Groups Hold Oct. 27 Webinar To Celebrate PA's 3 New State Parks, 6:00 p.m.

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: New NE Philly K&T Connector Trail Being Built At Base Of Tacony-Palmyra Bridge

-- TribLive: Fox Chapel Eagle Scout Has Organized Free Community Concert At Allegheny RiverTrail Park Oct. 23 

-- Nearly 70 Runners Compete In Cameron County Sinnemahone Trail Run, Final Competition In Triple Crown  [PaEN]

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Remembering Ed Wesely At The Van Scott Nature Reserve 

-- MCall: Easton Dedicates Bridge Along Arts Trail To Late Community Activist Richard McAteer 

-- Williamsport Sun: Williamsport Invests In Parks: No City Can Thrive Without A Network Of Safe, Functioning Parks And Open Spaces

-- Parenting PA: Outdoor Recreation And Children - A Perfect Match! - PA Parks & Forests Foundation

-- PA Environmental Council Blog: New Developments For PA Outdoor Recreation & Transportation

-- Citizen Science Parasite Hunters Needed: Penn State Researcher Asking Deer Hunters For Help In Biting Flies Research Effort - By Penn State News  [PaEN]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Shares Results Of Urban Green Space Mammal Study [Video]

-- Sign Up For Delaware Highlands Conservancy Eagle Watch Volunteer Training, Eagle Watch Bus Tours

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Rehabbed Steel Mill Eagle Rosie Released With A 7-Foot Wingspan

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Rare Regal Fritillary Butterflies Find Refuge Thanks To Explosions At PA Fort Indiantown Gap

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[Posted: October 23, 2022]   PA Environment Digest

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