PA Environment Digest Articles
Armstrong County
*  [1/13/2025] Western PA Conservancy Seeks Riparian Steward Volunteers In Armstrong, Erie, Forest, Indiana, Jefferson, Potter, Venango Counties
*  [9/23/2024] DEP Discovers Wastewater Spill From Conventional Oil/Gas Well That Could Be Seen From Google Earth In Armstrong County As A Result Of A Complaint
*  [4/1/2024] DEP Issues Air Quality Permits For Keystone, Conemaugh, Homer City Coal-Fired Power Plants Including Previously Announced Shutdown Dates
*  [1/29/2024] If Requested, DEP Will Hold Feb. 28 Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Keystone Station Coal-Fired Power Plant In Armstrong County
*  [1/1/2024] Help Wanted: Armstrong Conservation District - Agricultural Technician
*  [10/30/2023] Buffalo Creek Coalition: Dec. 7 One Day Hybrid Summit - Buffalo Creek Confluence: Coming Together For Shared Solutions
*  [9/4/2023] Help Wanted: Armstrong Conservation District - Agricultural Technician
*  [9/4/2023] Armstrong Conservation District Hosts Sept. 24 Armstrong River Run & Watershed Walk To Benefit Local Watershed Groups
*  [5/8/2023] Winners Of PennDOT Innovations Student Challenge From Lenape Technical School Propose Eco-Stop Truck Parking Areas
*  [5/1/2023] Help Wanted: Armstrong Conservation District - Resource Conservationist
*  [4/24/2023] PA Master Naturalists Now Accepting Applications For Fall Volunteer Training
*  [3/20/2023] Audubon Society Of Western PA Hosts 3-Part Online Buffalo Creek Watershed Forested Land Workshops For Butler, Armstrong Counties
*  [3/20/2023] Online Supporting Wildlife On Your Property Workshop Series For Residents In Buffalo Creek Watershed Butler, Armstrong Counties
*  [1/9/2023] DEP Releases Bid Solicitations To Plug 46 Conventional Natural Gas Wells In Armstrong, Washington Counties At Taxpayer Expense
*  [10/24/2022] 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
*  [9/19/2022] University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Recruiting Families In Southwest PA For Study Of Childhood Cancer, One Of 3 Studies Of Potential Health Impacts Linked To Shale Natural Gas Development
*  [8/22/2022] Federal SBA Loans Available To Westmoreland County & Southwest PA Residents With Flood Damage As A Result Of The Aug. 5 Storms
*  [8/8/2022] DEP Collects $100,000 Penalty From Harsco Corp. For Improperly Disposing Of 375,618 Tons Of Metal Slag In Armstrong County
*  [8/1/2022] Help Wanted: Audubon Society Of Western PA Buffalo Creek Watershed Coordinator
*  [12/20/2021] Watershed Stewards In Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland Counties Plan Salt Watch Monitoring
*  [12/6/2021] NRCS-PA Now Accepting Applications For $300,000 For Funding Forest Easements In 12 PA Counties
*  [11/29/2021] Armstrong, Indiana & Westmoreland Master Watershed Stewards Plant Live Stake Nursery In Indiana County Park
*  [9/13/2021] DEP Sets Oct. 13 Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Keystone Station Coal-Fired Power Plant, Armstrong County
*  [6/7/2021] PA Resources Council, Western PA Audubon Host Electronic Waste Recycling Event June 19 Serving Armstrong & Butler Counties
*  [5/24/2021] PA Master Naturalist Training Sign-Up For Armstrong, Chester, Lehigh & Montgomery Counties; Discount Available On May 22 & 23
*  [5/24/2021] Help Wanted: Armstrong County Conservation District Manager
*  [5/3/2021] PA Master Naturalists Celebrate Arbor Day In Spring Field Notes Newsletter; May 11 - Bringing Nature Home
*  [4/19/2021] NRCS-PA Encourages PA Farmers To Apply For Conservation Assistance Thru 2 County-Specific Regional Conservation Projects By May 14
*  [4/5/2021] Audubon Society Of Western PA Workshop Series With Free Trees, Native Plants For Buffalo Creek Watershed Residents
*  [3/29/2021] Sign Up Now For PA Master Naturalist Training This Fall In 7 Counties
*  [3/15/2021] NRCS-PA: Healthy Forest Reserve Program Funding Available For PA Landowners In 12 Counties To Help Protect Indiana Bat
*  [2/15/2021] DEP: Range Resources Pays $294,000 Penalty For Delaying The Plugging Of 42 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In 8 Counties
*  [12/21/2020] Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Sulfur Dioxide Pollution In Indiana, Armstrong Counties
*  [11/23/2020] Deadline To Join Scenic Rivers Solar Co-Op In Clarion, Venango, Armstrong, Jefferson, Forest Counties Nov. 30
*  [10/5/2020] Audubon Society Of Western PA Hosts Online Buffalo Creek Watershed Riparian Buffer Workshops With Free Trees In Armstrong, Butler Counties
*  [9/21/2020] Outdoor Discovery Center At Crooked Creek Hosts Oct. 3 Knee High To Nature Program For Elementary Students
*  [9/7/2020] Outdoor Discovery Center At Crooked Creek Hosts Peregrine Falcons - An Environmental Success Story Online Program Sept. 17
*  [8/10/2020] PA Environmental Council: Renewable Energy In Southwestern Pennsylvania
*  [6/8/2020] Penn State Master Watershed Steward Program Training Available In Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland
*  [4/20/2020] Audubon Society Of Western PA, Partners Announce Award Of $1.17 Million NRCS Grant To Improve Water Quality In Buffalo Creek
*  [4/13/2020] Philadelphia, Pittsburgh Regions Participating In City Nature Challenge 2020 Citizen Science Event
*  [1/13/2020] Audubon Society Of Western PA Hosts First Buffalo Creek Watershed Coalition Meeting Jan. 23 In Armstrong County
*  [1/6/2020] DCNR Signs Submerged Land Lease Under Allegheny River For Gas Development For $1,162,800 In Armstrong County
*  [12/16/2019] Voting Now Open For Pennsylvania's 2020 River Of The Year
*  [12/9/2019] PA Resources Council Accepting School Registrations For Let's Clear The Air Student Poster Challenge In Western PA
*  [7/1/2019] DEP Holds Sept. 11 Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For GenOn Northeast, Armstrong County
*  [6/17/2019] 500+ Volunteers Picked Up 40 Tons Of Trash In PA During River Sweep In The Ohio River Watershed
*  [6/10/2019] Volunteers Needed For June 15 River Sweep Cleanup In Western PA
*  [4/8/2019] PPG Industries To Pay $1.2 Million Penalty To DEP For Disposal Site Violations In Armstrong County
*  [4/1/2019] U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Issues Contractor Notice To Proceed With Remediation Of Parks Township Radioactive Waste Site In Armstrong County
*  [3/18/2019] Proposed Water Quality Certification Published For Columbia Case East & West Pipeline Project, Armstrong, Butler, Clarion Counties
*  [3/11/2019] Southwest PA Water Resource Center Hosts Workshops On Grant Writing, Stormwater Pollution Control Implementation, Reporting
*  [2/18/2019] Audubon Of Western PA Hosts Feb. 27 Meeting On Buffalo Creek Watershed Plan 10-Year Update In Armstrong County
*  [12/24/2018] EPA Approves DEP Request To Eliminate 7.8 RVP Gasoline In Pittsburgh Region Which Increased Summer Gasoline Prices Up To 15 Cents/Gallon
*  [12/17/2018] Audubon Society Of Western PA Seeking Public Input On Buffalo Creek Watershed Conservation Plan Update In Armstrong, Butler Counties
*  [10/29/2018] DCED Awards 5 Community Block Grants For Water, Wastewater System Improvements Totaling Over $3 Million
*  [9/17/2018] Wildlife Leadership Academy Awards $2,500 In College Scholarships To 5 Teen Conservation Leaders In Honor Of Ralph Abele
*  [8/27/2018] Gov. Wolf Announces Funding For New Water, Gas, Electric, Sewer Utility Installation Training Facility In Armstrong County
*  [8/13/2018] DEP: Positive West Nile Virus Results Reported In 4 New Counties Bringing Total To 56
*  [7/23/2018] DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Water Quality Certification For Dominion Pipeline In Greene, Armstrong Counties
*  [7/16/2018] Army Corps Of Engineers Sets Flood Proofing, Floodplain Management Workshops In Allegheny, Armstrong Counties
*  [6/18/2018] River Sweep Volunteers Needed June 16 To Cleanup Waterways In Western PA
*  [5/28/2018] DEP Invites Comments On TMDL Water Quality Plans For Watersheds In 5 Counties
*  [4/23/2018] PA Resources Council, PA American Water, Partners Host 3 Drug Take-Back Day Collection Events In Allegheny County
*  [4/23/2018] DEP Suspends Enforcement Of Low-RVP Gasoline Requirement In Pittsburgh After Final Regulation Repealing The Requirement Published
*  [3/26/2018] State Of The Kiski-Conemaugh River Watershed Report Shows Significant Water Quality Improvement
*  [1/22/2018] After Century-Long Absence, Freshwater Mussel Found In Kiski River, Armstrong County
*  [6/19/2017] Volunteer For ORSANCO Ohio River Sweep In Western PA June 17
*  [6/19/2017] PennDOT: Recycled Asphalt Paving Saves The Environment And Money
*  [6/19/2017] DEP Declares Air Quality Action Day Saturday, June 17 For Southwest PA
*  [6/19/2017] Opportunity To Bid On DEP Mine Reclamation Projects In Armstrong, Beaver, Elk Counties
*  [6/5/2017] EPA Announces Brownfields Revitalization Grants, Including 8 In PA
*  [2/27/2017] Stonycreek Conemaugh River Improvement Project To Award $500 Student Scholarship
*  [1/9/2017] Nominations Now Being Accepted For Western PA Environmental Awards
*  [11/28/2016] DEP Suspends Stage II Vapor Recovery Enforcement For New, Modified Gasoline Stations
*  [11/28/2016] Comments Invited On Equitrans Pipeline Replacement Project In Armstrong/Indiana Counties
*  [11/14/2016] DEP Suspends Enforcement Of Stage II In Southeast Due To Diminishing Benefits
*  [8/22/2016] DEP: 14 Counties Nonattainment Areas For New Ozone Standard, August Meetings Set
*  [8/15/2016] PA American Water Announces $35,000 In Environmental Grants
*  [6/27/2016] PA American Water Awards 2016 Environmental Grants
*  [6/6/2016] John Linkes Recognized With National River Hero Award By River Network
*  [6/6/2016] River Sweep Seeking Volunteers For June 18 Cleanup In Western PA
*  [4/4/2016] Tribune-Review: John Linkes, Armstrong County, Receives National River Heroes Award
*  [1/25/2016] eLoop Electronics Recycling Company Pulls Out Of State E-Waste Recycling Program
*  [11/23/2015] New Federal Ozone Standard Causes Violations In 6 Counties In PA
*  [11/16/2015] PRC, SW Air Quality Partnership Student Let’s Clear The Air Poster Challenge
*  [10/12/2015] Southwest PA Clear The Air Student Poster Challenge Open For Entries
*  [3/23/2015] Kiski Conemaugh Stream Team Issues Annual Report
*  [2/16/2015] DEP Invites Comments On Proposed TMDL For Watershed In Armstrong, Indiana
*  [2/2/2015] DEP Invites Comments On TMDL For Watershed In Armstrong, Indiana Counties
*  [1/12/2015] Cost To Cleanup Armstrong County Nuclear Waste Dump Now Tops $350 Million
*  [11/24/2014] DEP Awards Nearly $3M For Reclamation Projects In Armstrong, Clearfield Counties
*  [5/5/2014] KPB Surveillance Supports Anti-Dumping Actions In Armstrong, Indiana Counties
*  [4/21/2014] Armstrong County Hosts Two Great American Cleanup Of PA Events
*  [2/17/2014] Kiski-Conemaugh Stream Team 2013 Annual Report Now Available
*  [2/3/2014] Redbank Valley In Western PA Is 2014 Trail Of The Year
*  [1/27/2014] Game, Fish Commissions Join In Land Conservation Agreement In Armstrong County
*  [12/30/2013] Opportunity To Bid On Orphan Well Plugging Projects In Washington, Armstrong
*  [11/25/2013] Armstrong Conservation District Hosts Jan. 25 Volunteer Workshop
*  [9/30/2013] Disaster Assistance Approved For Victims Of Storms In Armstrong County
*  [9/9/2013] House Committees To Hold 2nd Hearing On Endangered Species Bill Sept. 17
*  [9/9/2013] Opportunity To Bid On Mine Reclamation Projects In Armstrong, Northumberland
*  [9/2/2013] Kiski River Wade In Cleanup Set For September 14 In Armstrong County
*  [8/12/2013] Armstrong Conservation District Hosts Drilling, Water Supply Landowner Workshops
*  [8/5/2013] Crooked Creek Environmental Center Hosts Growing Up Wild Teacher Workshop Aug. 8
*  [4/15/2013] Opportunity To Bid On DEP Mine Reclamation Projects In Armstrong, Clarion Counties
*  [4/8/2013] Kiski-Conemaugh Stream Team Publishes Annual Report
*  [6/4/2012] Opportunity To Bid On DEP Well Plugging Projects In Armstrong, Washington Counties
*  [8/29/2011] DEP Notice To Bid On Mine Reclamation Projects In Armstrong, Butler, Clearfield Counties
*  [6/6/2011] WPC Seeks Public Input On Draft Watershed Plan For Lower Mahoning Creek
*  [6/6/2011] Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event June 18 In Armstrong County
*  [5/16/2011] DEP Asks EPA For Waiver From Low RVP Gasoline In Face Of Shortages In Pittsburgh
*  [5/9/2011] Opportunity To Bid On DEP Mine Reclamation Projects In Armstrong, Westmoreland
*  [5/2/2011] Southwestern PA Gearing Up For Annual Great Outdoors Week Beginning May 13
*  [3/28/2011] PRC: Western PA Schedule For Household Hazardous Waste Collection Events
*  [2/21/2011] Bid On Mine Reclamation Projects In Armstrong, Clarion, Schuylkill Counties
*  [4/19/2010] Earth Day: Volunteers Wanted For PA CleanWays Cleanups In Armstrong, Perry Counties
*  [4/12/2010] Free Drinking Water Source Protection Workshops April 21, 22
*  [3/22/2010] Save The Date: Ohio River Sweep Cleanup Set For June 19
*  [11/23/2009] Growing Greener Anniversary- Blackleggs Creek: When An AMD Treatment System Becomes A Park
*  [9/14/2009] PA CleanWays Holds Public Training Sessions On Illegal Dump Survey Results
*  [8/24/2009] A Decade Of Growing Greener - Kiski-Conemaugh Stream Team
*  [7/20/2009] Emerald Ash Borer Found In Armstrong, Washington Counties; Quarantine Expanded
*  [2/13/2009] DEP Inviting Comments On TMDL Plans In 3 Watersheds, Including West Branch Susquehanna
*  [1/30/2009] DEP Invites Comments On TMDL Watershed Plans In 3 Watersheds
*  [10/31/2008] DEP Amends Dredging Permit To Protect Salamander Mussel In The Allegheny River
*  [10/3/2008] DEP Invites Comments on Proposed TMDL Watershed Cleanup Plans
*  [7/4/2008] DEP Requests Comments on Armstrong County TMDL Watershed Plan
*  [5/30/2008] Online Video Feature - Cowanshannock Creek Mine Water Used to Raise Trout
*  [4/25/2008] DEP Invites Comments on Proposed Watershed TMDL Plans
*  [2/8/2008] DEP Invites Comments on TMDL Plans in 5 Watersheds, in 5 Counties
*  [7/20/2007] State Court Decision Puts Armstrong County Rail-Trail Back on Track
*  [1/19/2007] DEP Invites Comments on TMDL Plans on 6 Streams in 4 Counties
*  [12/8/2006] DEP OKs Project to Help Make Gypsum from Power Plant Sludge
*  [4/28/2006] 5 Rivers and Streams Placed on PA Rivers Conservation Registry
*  [2/10/2006] DCNR Adds New Watersheds to State Rivers Conservation Registry
*  [10/28/2005] Watershed Mini-Grants Available From Western PA Conservancy, Dominion
*  [10/7/2005] Game Commission Approves Acquisition of More Than 1,360 Acres
*  [7/15/2005] Conservation Plan Meetings Set for Red Bank Creek
*  [6/17/2005] Feature: Environmental Education is Alive and Well in Armstrong County
*  [6/17/2005] Feature: Guided by Water - Conserving Aquatic Biodiversity in Pennsylvania
*  [5/27/2005] Southwest River Sweep Volunteers Needed for June 18
*  [3/25/2005] Final TMDLs Available for 17 Streams in 12 Counties
*  [1/14/2005] Grants Made By Western PA Watershed Protection Project, New Apps Due