PA Environment Digest Articles
McKean County
*  [7/1/2024] Comments Invited By DEP On Renewal Of Air Quality Permit For American Refining Group Facility In Bradford, McKean County
*  [6/3/2024] DEP Disapproves Final Cleanup Report On Dozens Of Chemicals At The American Refining Group Bradford Refinery In McKean County For Not Meeting Cleanup Standards
*  [5/6/2024] Maryland National Guard Abandons Proposal To Do Very Low-Level Aircraft Combat Training Over The Pennsylvania Wilds
*  [4/22/2024] The Conservation Fund Transfers Conservation Easement For 19,800 Acres In Elk, McKean Counties To Western PA Conservancy
*  [4/1/2024] Penn State Extension Hosts April 13 Backyard Stream Repair Series Field Day In McKean County
*  [3/4/2024] 40 Individuals File Appeals, Most Handwritten, Of DEP’s Permit For Catalyst Energy Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In McKean County
*  [2/12/2024] Guest Essay: DEP Ignored Abandoned Wells During Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Permitting Process
*  [1/29/2024] Marcellus Drilling News: DEP Approves Catalyst Energy Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In McKean County [Jan. 26 Inspection Found Gas Bubbling From Well]
*  [1/8/2024] DEP Disapproves Land Recycling Risk Assessment For Dozens Of Chemicals At American Refining Group Refinery In Bradford, McKean County
*  [12/25/2023] Conventional Oil Well Storage Tanks Burn In McKean County, 6 Local Fire Companies Respond
*  [12/25/2023] Western PA Conservancy Protects 460 Acres In McKean County To Create New Nature Reserve
*  [9/4/2023] DCNR Celebrates Mount Jewett To Kinzua Bridge Trail As Pennsylvania’s 2023 Trail Of The Year
*  [8/21/2023] DEP Grants Variance From Containment Standard For 10 Aboveground Storage Tanks At American Refining Refinery In Bradford, McKean County
*  [7/17/2023] DEP: Risk Assessment Did Not Prove Chemicals Polluting Soil & Groundwater At American Refinery Group’s Bradford Petroleum Refinery Met Safe Environmental Cleanup Standards
*  [6/5/2023] PA U.S. Senators Casey, Fetterman Request Full Environmental Impact Statement On Maryland Air National Guard Very Low Level Military Training Flights [100 Feet] Over PA Wilds
*  [5/22/2023] Elk County Conservation District, 9 Other Districts Partner To Host Regional Forest Landowners Workshop June 17 In Ridgway
*  [4/17/2023] Auditor General Audit Finds PennVEST Loan Of $51 Million To Lyme Timber To Purchase 60,000 Acres Of Forest Land As Nonpoint Source Water Quality Project Eligible; But Recommends Changes In Law
*  [2/6/2023] EDF: Conventional Gas Wells In Allegheny National Forest Leaked Over 6 Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas In 2019; Conventional Operators Seek To Block Methane Limits
*  [2/6/2023] DCNR: Mount Jewett To Kinzua Bridge Trail, McKean County Selected As PA’s 2023 Trail Of The Year
*  [12/5/2022] Headwaters RC&D Council Accepting Applications For Sinnemahoning Watershed Grant Program In McKean County
*  [10/3/2022] DEP Posts First Invitation For Bids For Plugging 79 Conventional Natural Gas Wells In Allegheny, Butler, McKean, Potter Counties Under Federally-Funded Program
*  [10/3/2022] PA Wilds Invites Communities To Become A Host Community For Remote Workers
*  [9/26/2022] Master Watershed Stewards Program Expands Across Pennsylvania Wilds
*  [9/19/2022] West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund, Six&Kane Will Host Oct. 7-8 Programs On A 120+ Year Old Commercial Building In McKean Being Reborn To Passive House Energy Standards
*  [8/1/2022] Allegheny National Forest Tionesta Scenic & Research Natural Area Added To Old-Growth Forest Network In McKean County
*  [7/18/2022] Bradford Era: 24-Inch Natural Gas Pipeline Ruptures, Explodes In McKean County Causing Wildfire; Force Majeure Declared In 2 States
*  [4/11/2022] PA Wilds Launches Initiative To Attract Remote Workers To Region For A Lifestyle Experience
*  [4/4/2022] Help Wanted: McKean Conservation District - Conservation Technician
*  [3/7/2022] Met-Ed/Penelec Sustainable Energy Fund Awards $230,000 Grant For Rooftop Solar At University Of Pittsburgh-Bradford, McKean County
*  [1/3/2022] DCNR Submits Comments Calling For A Full EIS, Comment Extension On Proposed Low-Altitude Combat Training Flights Over The PA Wilds
*  [11/22/2021] PA Wilds Center Seeks Public Meetings On Proposed Low-Level Combat Training Flights By Maryland National Guard; Asking Others To Sign-On To The Request
*  [11/22/2021] DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Requests Public Meetings On Proposed Very Low-Level Combat Training Flights By Maryland National Guard In PA Wilds
*  [11/15/2021] DCNR's Conservation & Natural Resources Council Meets Nov. 17 On Proposed Maryland National Guard Low-Level Training Flights Over PA Wilds, State Forest Timber Harvests
*  [10/11/2021] PA Wilds Center Announces 2021 Champions of the PA Wilds Award Winners
*  [9/27/2021] Well Done Foundation, Seneca Resources Partner On Orphaned Well Plugging Project In McKean County
*  [12/21/2020] DEP Issues Water Quality Certification For National Fuel Gas FM 100 Natural Gas Pipeline Project In Cameron, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk, McKean, Potter Counties
*  [9/28/2020] Environmental Assessment On The Proposed Maryland National Guard Very Low-Level Training Flights Over PA Wilds To Be Ready In January
*  [7/27/2020] DCNR Concerned About Proposed Maryland National Guard Plan To Fly Very Low-Level Training Flights Over Cameron, Clinton, Elk, McKean, Potter, Tioga Counties In PA Wilds
*  [6/15/2020] Allegheny National Forest Accepting Comments About Bradford Wildlife Habitat Improvement Project
*  [4/20/2020] DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Water Quality Certification For National Fuel Gas Pipeline Project In Cameron, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk McKean, Potter Counties
*  [1/13/2020] Just 15 Local Keep PA Beautiful Affiliates Recycled Over 2 Million Pounds Of Electronics, 21,000 Waste Tires In 2019
*  [12/9/2019] DEP Sets Hearings [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plans For Facilities In Lancaster, McKean, Westmoreland Counties
*  [11/25/2019] House Agriculture Committee Holds Info Meeting With County Conservation Districts
*  [10/14/2019] EPA Settles Federal Clean Air Act Violations At ARG Refinery In Bradford, McKean County
*  [9/16/2019] Kinzua Bridge State Park In McKean County Named Best In Culture Category By American Bus Association
*  [8/5/2019] PA's Zippo Lighter Company To Fight Global Deforestation With Tree Planting Initiative
*  [7/15/2019] West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund Expands Investments, Partnerships In Pennsylvania Wilds
*  [7/1/2019] Lyme Timber, Three Rivers Forest Mgmt To Hold Public Meetings On Lyme’s Investment In Timber In Northcentral PA
*  [3/25/2019] EQB Invites Comments On Changes To Class A Stream Redesignations, April 26 Hearing Set
*  [12/31/2018] McKean Conservation District Receives $400,000 DEP Grant For Streambank Fencing, Buffers
*  [10/15/2018] Retailers, Producers, Public Invited To 3rd Annual PA Wilds Buyer’s Market March 2 At Clarion University
*  [9/3/2018] DEP Hearing Oct. 10 On Georgia Pacific RACT II Air Quality Plan In McKean County
*  [8/6/2018] DEP: Record Mosquito Numbers Spread Positive West Nile Virus Results To 52 PA Counties
*  [7/2/2018] Grants Available To Improve Sinnemahoning Watershed In Cameron, Elk, McKean, Potter Counties
*  [6/4/2018] The Conservation Fund Purchases 32,598 Acres Of Forest Land In Elk, McKean Counties
*  [5/28/2018] CFA Awards 9 Grants Totalling $16.1 Million For Energy Efficiency, Clean Energy, Energy Infrastructure Projects
*  [4/2/2018] House Ag Committee: Is A $50M PennVEST Loan To Buy Forest Land The Best Use Of That Public Funding?
*  [3/12/2018] DEP Blog: Sharing A Love For Engineering At Kinzua Bridge State Park Student Program
*  [2/19/2018] Keep PA Beautiful Recognizes Outstanding 2017 Volunteers & Program Achievements
*  [12/4/2017] West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund, PA Wilds Center Funding Opportunities For Clean Energy Dec. 15
*  [11/27/2017] DEP Updating Probable Maximum Precipitation Events To Better Define High-Hazard Dams
*  [10/30/2017] Lyme Timber Company Receives $25.4M PennVest Loan To Put 9,362 Acres In Working Conservation Easement, Create Jobs In 7 Counties
*  [9/11/2017] Cambria, McKean, Washington County Groups Collect Over 7,000 Tires, More County Events Planned
*  [8/21/2017] Help Wanted: McKean County Conservation District Watershed Specialist
*  [8/14/2017] Keep PA Beautiful: 8 Communities Get A Fresh Coat Of Paint Thanks To Behr, The Home Depot
*  [5/1/2017] Seneca Resources Assessed $375K Penalty For Multiple Violations At Drilling Operations
*  [3/6/2017] Jim Clark, McKean County, Receives Keep PA Beautiful President’s Award
*  [2/13/2017] NRCS: Applications Due For Forest Landowners Conservation Assistance In 15 Counties
*  [2/13/2017] FERC, DEP Approves Empire Pipeline In McKean County Into New York
*  [1/9/2017] Nominations Now Being Accepted For Western PA Environmental Awards
*  [12/26/2016] FAW: Allegheny National Forest’s Lump Of Coal For Tracy Ridge Wilderness Area
*  [11/28/2016] Comments Invited On Projects Proposed For Funding In January By PennVEST
*  [10/10/2016] DEP Proposes Water Quality Certification For Empire Pipeline In McKean County
*  [9/19/2016] New Kinzua Bridge State Park Visitor Center, PA Wilds Gift Shop Ready For Tourists
*  [8/15/2016] Keep PA Beautiful Affiliates In 3 Counties Collect 5,571 Tires With DEP Support
*  [8/1/2016] FERC Accepting Comments On National Fuel Gas Northern Access Pipeline Draft EIS
*  [7/25/2016] Fish & Boat Commission Funds Sinnemahoning Watershed Restoration Projects
*  [6/27/2016] DEP Invites Water Quality Data For 19 Proposed Stream Redesignations
*  [6/13/2016] CBF-PA: Cameron, Dauphin, Franklin, McKean, Montgomery Join Clean Water Counts
*  [5/16/2016] Kinzua Sky Walk Named 1 Of 10 Most Beautiful Sky Walks In The World
*  [5/9/2016] Opportunity To Bid On DEP Non-Coal Mine Reclamation Project In McKean County
*  [5/2/2016] Agencies Announce Plans To Improve Bicycle Access, Revitalization Of PA Wilds Region
*  [4/25/2016] Grants Available For Sinnemahoning Creek, Cameron, Elk, McKean And Potter Counties
*  [3/28/2016] Help Wanted: McKean County Conservation District Recycling Director
*  [3/14/2016] Champion Of PA Wilds’ Award Nominations Due March 24
*  [2/8/2016] KPB Recognizes Volunteers In Allegheny, Blair, McKean, Mifflin, Philadelphia Counties
*  [11/23/2015] EPA Settles Safety Violations With Gas Processing Facilities In McKean, Warren Counties
*  [11/9/2015] Hemlock Wooly Adelgid Monitoring Workshop Nov. 24 In McKean County
*  [9/28/2015] Wildlife For Everyone: Clermont Habitat Improvement Progress In McKean County
*  [9/21/2015] Record Breaking Unwanted Medication Collection In McKean County
*  [6/8/2015] DEP: Mosquito Spraying Set For McKean County On June 8
*  [5/18/2015] DEP Announces $20,750 Settlement Against Casella Waste Management
*  [5/4/2015] DCNR To Add 17,000 Acres To Elk State Forest In McKean County
*  [4/20/2015] Opportunity To Bid On 36 Well Plugging Projects In McKean County
*  [10/27/2014] Opportunity To Bid On DEP Well Plugging Project In McKean County
*  [8/25/2014] DCNR, Partners Break Ground For Kinzua Bridge State Park Office/Visitor Center
*  [8/4/2014] DCNR: Groundbreaking For Kinzua Bridge State Park Office/Visitor Center Aug. 21
*  [7/21/2014] Grants Awarded For Sinnemahoning Creek Projects By Fish & Boat Commission
*  [6/2/2014] June 18 Open House Invites Comments On Planned Kinzua Bridge State Park Exhibits
*  [5/5/2014] Opportunity To Bid On DEP Well Plugging Projects In Erie, McKean Counties
*  [11/25/2013] Sinnemahoning Watershed Grants Available For Cameron, Elk, McKean, Potter Counties
*  [9/9/2013] Wildlife For Everyone: Species Of Young Forest Focus Of McKean County Project
*  [4/15/2013] Headwaters Watershed Group Receives Growing Greener Grants
*  [3/18/2013] Elk, Jefferson, McKean County Water Suppliers April 2 Source Water Protection Meeting
*  [7/2/2012] DEP Awards Contract To Plug Abandoned Oil Wells In McKean County
*  [2/27/2012] DEP Fines Catalyst Energy $185,000 for Water Contamination, Erosion Violations, Spills
*  [2/20/2012] Opportunity To Bid On McKean County Abandoned Well Plugging Project
*  [9/19/2011] Visitors Invited To View Restored Kinzua Bridge Viaduct In McKean County
*  [7/4/2011] EPA Seeks $157,000 Penalty For Dumping Oil Well Brine
*  [5/16/2011] DCNR OKs Sinnemahoning Creek Watershed River Conservation Plan
*  [4/11/2011] DEP Orders McKean Resident To Plug 3 Abandoned Wells Near Site Of Explosion
*  [1/24/2011] March 8 Dirt & Gravel Roads Workshop In McKean County
*  [12/13/2010] Opportunity To Bid On DEP Projects In Butler, Clearfield And McKean Counties
*  [9/6/2010] Environmental Heritage- DCNR At 15: Kinzua Railroad Bridge
*  [5/3/2010] Opportunities To Bid On DEP Projects In Allegheny, McKean Counties
*  [4/5/2010] Opportunity To Bid On DEP Projects In Fayette, McKean Counties
*  [3/1/2010] DEP Orders Schreiner Oil & Gas To Restore Water Supplies In McKean County
*  [2/19/2010] Marcellus Shale Coalition Condemns Disregard For Environmental Laws
*  [2/8/2010] Feature- Sealing Mines and Installing Treatment Systems Restores McKean County Stream
*  [1/25/2010] Opportunity To Bid On DEP Project In McKean County
*  [12/14/2009] McKean Conservation District Celebrates 50th Anniversary
*  [11/9/2009] DCNR Proposes 4,248 Acre Land Exchange In Northwest, Public Meetings Scheduled
*  [10/26/2009] Second Round Of Sinnemahoning Watershed Grants Now Being Accepted
*  [5/8/2009] DEP Notice Of Bid Opportunity For Oil And Gas Well Plugging, McKean County
*  [3/13/2009] Climate Change, Forestry And Carbon Markets Forum April 16
*  [2/13/2009] Bid Opportunities From The Department of Environmental Protection
*  [2/6/2009] McKean Environmentally Sensitive Maintenance Of Dirt, Gravel Roads Workshop March 4
*  [12/12/2008] Sinnemahoning Creek Watershed Restoration Grants Due February 14
*  [11/21/2008] DEP Bidding Opportunities For Well Plugging, Concrete Channel Access
*  [10/10/2008] Fish and Boat Commission Creates Sinnemahoning Creek Watershed Restoration Program
*  [8/22/2008] Proposals Wanted for Sinnemahoning and Portage Creek Watershed Projects
*  [7/4/2008] PA CleanWays Releases Illegal Dumpsite Surveys for 9 Counties
*  [3/28/2008] Water Researcher Dr. Conrad Volz to Speak in McKean County April 7
*  [3/7/2008] Commission Invites Public Input in Norfolk Southern Stream Cleanup Plans
*  [8/11/2006] $2.7 million in Grants Announced for 11 Water Quality Projects
*  [3/3/2006] Celebrating the Headwaters Program, Coudersport April 20
*  [2/3/2006] McKean County Workshop Set on Wetlands, Stream Impact Issues
*  [1/27/2006] Game Commission Adds 400+ Acres, Including Important Bird Area
*  [1/27/2006] Workshops to Help Municipalities With Sewage System Issues In Northwest
*  [10/28/2005] Watershed Mini-Grants Available From Western PA Conservancy, Dominion
*  [9/2/2005] Dzemyan, Land Management Supervisor, Recognized for Conservation Work
*  [4/29/2005] Extension Sponsors Pond Management Workshop May 21
*  [2/25/2005] Regulations
*  [1/21/2005] Rozell Stidd To Receive Ralph Abele Conservation Heritage Award
*  [12/31/2004] Cost Recovery Agreement Proposed with McKean County Cabinet Company
*  [9/24/2004] Minard Run Oil Company Recognized for Good Work By EPA