Voting is now open for the Viewers’ Choice Awards in the 2025 Chesapeake Bay Foundation Photo Contest.  Voting ends April 25.

CBF judges reviewed the almost 800 photos submitted this year, and picked 10 of the best for you to judge.

Two photos by John Reitzel from Pennsylvania made the final 10--

-- Marmalade Sky - spectacular colors of the morning sky over the Veterans Memorial Bridge across the Susquehanna River at Wrightsville, York County; and

-- Backlit Egret takes an early-morning strong along the Susquehanna River near Washington Borough and the Conejohela Flats in Lancaster County.

Click Here to vote.

For more on Chesapeake Bay-related issues in Pennsylvania, visit the Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA webpage.  Click Here to sign up for Pennsylvania updates (bottom of left column).  Click Here to support their work.

Also visit the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership to learn how you can help clean water grow on trees.

CBF has over 275,000 members in Bay Watershed.

How Clean Is Your Stream?

The draft 2024 report has an interactive report viewer that allows you to zoom in to your own address to see if the streams near you are impaired and why.

Click Here to check out your streams.  Click Here for a tutorial on using the viewer.

Related Articles This Week:

 -- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Now Accepting Applications For Coldwater Conservation Grants; Energy Transfer/Sunoco Mariner East/Revolution Pipelines Penalty Settlement Grants  [PaEN]

-- Fish & Boat Commission Funds 5 Watershed Restoration Projects In Lancaster, York Counties Totaling $150,000  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Updates PA Drought Conditions: Berks County Remains In Drought Warning; Drought Watch Lifted In 6 Counties; 27 Counties Remain In Drought Watch  [PaEN]

-- Conowingo Dam Steering Committee Releases Update On Conowingo Reservoir Nutrient Reduction Efforts  [PaEN]  

-- Vote Now! For Chesapeake Bay Foundation Photo Contest Viewers’ Choice Award - Look For Photos From Pennsylvania! [PaEN]

NewsClips:

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Farm Conservation Work In Chesapeake Region Hit Hard By Federal Funding Freeze 

-- Courier Times Guest Essay: Federal Funding Freeze For Pennsylvania Farmers Is A Blow To Cleaner Waterways - By Jullia Krall, Chesapeake Bay Foundation

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Fetterman, McCormick Must Defend Federal Program That Connects Farmers, Food Banks - By Second Harvest Food Bank

-- The Derrick: How A Rainy Day, Finicky Fish Launched A PA Dedicated To Unpaved Roads [Dirt & Gravel Road Program]  [PDF of Article]

-- Penn State College Of Ag Sciences Course Helps Students Plan, Design Conservation Structures On Farms

-- Penn State Extension: May 3 In-Person Workshop On Benefits Of Installing Rain Barrels In  Lancaster County, 10:00 a.m.  [Participants Will Take Home Rain Barrel]

-- TribLive: Western Pennsylvanians Prepare To Capture April Showers In Rain Barrels

-- Central PA Conservancy: April 11-12 Celebrate Letort Spring Preserve Weekend In Cumberland County

-- Republican Herald - Tyler Frantz: What Lies Beneath The Logjam, Including Debris And Vegetation, Benefits Trout Streams

[Posted: April 7, 2025]

4/14/2025