The US Department of Agriculture has selected PASA Sustainable Agriculture to be one of 28 organizations to host participants of the Working Lands Climate Corps (WLCC), a new AmeriCorps program under the American Climate Corps initiative.

In its first cohort, at least 100 WLCC AmeriCorps members will receive technical training, develop high-demand skills, and access career pathway opportunities in the clean energy and climate resilience economies.

Through their work with Pasa, WLCC AmeriCorps members will aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase carbon sequestration, and improve climate resilience on farms through a variety of conservation practices, including improving soil health, regenerative livestock grazing, implementing agroforestry systems, building wildlife habitat and biodiversity, restoring disturbed lands, and improving energy efficiency.

Click Here to learn more and apply.

Visit PASA’s Workshops & Events webpage for upcoming educational opportunities.

For more information on programs, initiatives, research, educational opportunities and how you can get involved, visit the PASA Sustainable Agriculture website or follow them on Facebook and Twitter.  Click Here to sign up for regular updates.  Click Here to become a member.

PASA works to build a more economically-just, environmentally-regenerative, and community-focused food system through education and research that directly supports farmers.

PASA Resource Links:

-- Attention Farmers!  Apply For A $600 Workers Relief Grant

-- American Farmland Trust: Brighter Future Fund Underserved Farmers Grant

Related Articles This Week- Watersheds:

-- Western PA Conservancy Awards 16 BHE GT&S Watershed Mini Grants In 8 Counties; Next Grant Round Opens This Fall  [PaEN]

-- Master Watershed Steward Katie Stanley Leverages Knowledge In Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center Celebrates 75th Anniversary Of Dr. Ruth Patrick’s Study Of The Conestoga River With July 29 Educator Program, Aug. 1 Special Program By Dr. Bern Sweeney  [PaEN]

-- Faithful Green Leaders Training Being Offered For Congregation Green Teams In October By Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay  [PaEN]

-- USDA NRCS Invites Landowners To Take Survey On Why People Choose To Use Or Not Use Different Conservation Practices  [PaEN]

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture Invites Applications To Working Lands Climate Corps, AmeriCorps Program  [PaEN]

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture Hosts July 18 Maximizing Your Farm Operation With Silvopasture Pasture Walk In Lancaster County  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension July 16 Webinar On How To Plant A Tiny Forest In Your Neighborhood  [PaEN]

-- Pike, Wayne Conservation Districts, Trout Unlimited Partner On New Stream Keepers Youth Program Aug. 3  [PaEN]

NewsClips:

-- Public News Service: Calls For More Funding In PA State Budget For Clean Water Initiatives

-- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Grants For Projects In PA Come At An Opportune Time, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Says

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Planting Of Streamside Forests Picked Up In 2023, But Loss Might Outpace Gain; PA Plants 268 Miles Of Buffers

-- Citizens Voice: Grant Will Help Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Examine Water Quality In Shickshinny

-- Morning AgClips: Monroe Conservation District Protecting Pocono Creek Homes Through Streambank Stabilization

-- StateCollege.com: PA Senior Environment Corps Volunteers Watch Over Centre County Waterways

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA July News: Philadelphia Heat Map; Freshwater Restoration; Black Bear Sightings In Long Pond Barrens Preserve

-- Brodhead Creek Watershed Holds River Ramble July 28 At ForeEvergreen Nature Preserve And Brodhead Creek Heritage Center In Monroe County

-- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Blog: Conservation Funding Assists In Restoration At Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge In Monroe County - By Su Fanok, Director Of Freshwater Conservation, The Nature Conservancy-PA

-- The Allegheny Front: PA American Water To Spend $300,000 For Watershed Project For Polluting Lackawanna County Streams

-- Beaver County Times: Beaver County Children Enjoy Critter Hunt In Brush Creek

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Floating Classroom On Susquehanna At Williamsport Combines River Learning With Paddlewheel Charm

-- Franklin County Free Press: Buttonwood Nature Center’s Watershed Science Coordinator Update

-- Erie Times: EPA Research Vessel To Visit Presque Isle Bay With 3 PA Teachers

-- Erie Times: How Deep Are Lake Erie And Great Lakes?

-- Delaware RiverKeeper July 5 RiverWatch Video Report

-- Tribune-Democrat: Archpriest Blesses Little Conemaugh River, Continuing 45-Year Tradition

[Posted: July 4, 2024]

7/8/2024