The Western PA Conservancy is now accepting applications for the BHE GT&S Watershed Mini Grant Program to support grassroots watershed groups.  Applications are due December 19.

Grants are available to support expenses related to--

-- Water Quality Monitoring-- $3,500 limit;

-- Restoration Projects-- $3,500 limit; and

-- Organizational Promotion & Outreach-- $2,500 limit.

Applicants in Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Bucks, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Crawford, Elk, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson, Juniata, Lawrence, Mercer, McKean, Potter, Tioga, Venango, Washington and Westmoreland counties are eligible.

Funding for this grant program is provided by BHE GT&S, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy.

Click Here for all the details and to apply.

Upcoming Programs

November 16 webinar on Western PA Conservancy Education Programs - Connecting Youth To Nature Through Art and Science. Noon.  Click Here to register.

More information is available on programs, initiatives and special events at the Western PA Conservancy website.  Click Here to sign up for regular updates from the Conservancy, Like them on Facebook, Follow them on Twitter, join them on Instagram, visit the Conservancy’s YouTube Channel or add them to your network on Linkedin.  Click Here to support their work.

The Conservancy has helped to establish 11 state parks, conserved more than 250,000 acres of natural lands and protected or restored more than 3,000 miles of rivers and streams, maintains 132 community gardens and other green spaces that are planted with the help of more than 11,000 volunteers and the support of more than 9,000 members.

(Reprinted from the Western PA Conservancy Water Land Life newsletter.  Click Here to sign up for your own copy.)

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-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining Awards PA $26.63 Million For Mine Reclamation Projects Related To Economic Development  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Volunteers Plant Trees Around-The-Clock In 4 Pennsylvania Counties In Chesapeake Bay Watershed - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Implementing Farm Conservation Practices In Pennsylvania Will Result In $352.5 Million In Economic Benefits, Support 3,457 Jobs A Year  [PaEN]

-- DEP Reports On 2021-22 Farmers’ Efforts To Improve Water Quality In Chesapeake Bay Watershed  [PaEN]

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Honors Longtime Board President Kathy Snavely - By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper   [PaEN]

-- Songs Of The Susquehanna Vol. 3: Original Songs Inspired By The River Now Being Accepted By the Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper - By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper   [PaEN]

-- Open Space Institute's Appalachian Landscapes Protection Fund Now Accepting Proposals To Protect Forests For Carbon Sequestration, Wildlife Habitat, Other Benefits  [PaEN]

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Nov. 15 Webinar On Technology & Tips For Volunteer Management  [PaEN]

-- A Study Finding Microplastics In 100% Of Exceptional Value, High Quality, Class A Trout Streams Sampled In PA Is Disturbing To Wildlife Advocates  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times/Republican Herald Editorial: Legislators Like Plastics, Expect More  [PaEN]

[Posted: November 4, 2022]

11/7/2022