Feb. 26 PA Environment Digest Now Available

The February 26 PA Environment Digest is now available.

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[ Headlines ]

Budget Hearing: DCNR To Release Monitoring Report On State Forest Drilling By Early Summer

Budget Testimony By DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn, Celebrating 125 Years Of The State Park System

Next Week’s Budget Hearings: DEP, Agriculture, DCNR

PA Resources Council Honors 18 Western PA Organizations With Zero Waste Awards

Bay Journal: PA's Environmental Rights Amendment Grows Some Teeth

[ News From The Capitol ]

Senate/House Agenda/Session Schedule/Gov’s Schedule/ Bills Introduced

[ Flooding ]

DEP Releases Information On Maintaining Streams To Assist Flood Recovery Efforts

[ Water ]

DEP Rolls Out New Chapter 105 General Permit-5 Water Obstruction, Encroachment Form, Instructions

NFWF Delaware River Restoration Fund Grant Applications Due April 12

NRCS-PA Seeks Proposals For Farm Conservation Innovation Grants

Franklin County Farm Adopts Unique Technology To More Precisely Apply Manure Nutrients

Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Seeks Volunteers For Watershed Data Loggers

February Catalyst Newsletter Now Available From Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition

Penn State Researchers Team Up To Tackle State’s Acid Mine Drainage Problem

DEP Opportunity To Bid On Mine Reclamation, Gas Well Plugging Projects

[ Education ]

Wildlands Conservancy/Stroud Water Research Center Citizen Science Volunteer Training April 28

Weathering The Storm Stormwater Workshops To Be Offered In June In Erie, Latrobe

Teaching Green Newsletter Now Available From DEP

Wildlands Conservancy Highlights March Education Programs, Hiring Naturalists, Citizen Science Workshop

Stroud Water Research Center Announces Bernard W. Sweeney, Ph.D. Executive Director's Fund

Philadelphia Water Summit March 7, Part Of Philadelphia Flower Show

Registration Now Open For PA Groundwater Symposium May 8 In State College

PA Section American Water Works Assn Annual Conference May 8-10

Water Insights Seminar Feb. 27: Climate Change Impacts On Wetland Hydrology

Green Sisters To Talk On Faith, The Environment March 8 In Pittsburgh

[ Storage Tanks ]

EQB Invites Comments On Proposed Changes To Storage Tank Regulations

[ Waste ]

Lancaster County Solid Waste Authority CEO Jim Warner To Retire

Household Hazardous Waste, E-Waste Collection In Butler County March 18, April 22

BioHiTech Supports Keep PA Beautiful's 2018 Great American Cleanup Of PA

Fill Policy, Changes To Recycling Law On March 8 Agenda Of Solid Waste & Recycling Advisory Committees

DEP To Hold March 26 Meeting/Hearing On TCE Contamination Site In Lycoming County

[ Energy Conservation ]

DEP Awards Total Of 155 Small Business Advantage Grants To Cut Energy, Other Costs, Program Now Closed

[ Recreation - Forests ]

PA Recreation & Park Society Annual Conference March 27-30 In Monroe County

A Role Model For Multiple Generations To Gather And Play In Lycoming County

Brodhead Watershed Assn March 17 Cherry Valley's Ridge Trail Hike In Monroe County

DCNR Initiative To Replace, Renovate Fire Towers Across The State

Learn About Backyard Forestry At Free Seminar In Dauphin County March 17

Recognizing The Conservation Work Of Black CCC Companies In PA

Video: Pennsylvania’s Parks And Forests Are For Everyone!

February 21 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR

Manada Conservancy In Dauphin County Accepting Short Story Writing Contest Entries

[ Wildlife ]

Auditor General DePasquale To Audit Game Commission

Game Commission Asks Public For Information On Bald Eagle Harassment By A Drone In Mercer County

[ Opportunities ]

Help Wanted: PA Assn. Of Conservation Districts Conservation Engineer

Help Wanted: Wildlands Conservancy Seasonal Naturalists, Intern Opportunities

Help Wanted: Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA Director Of Major Giving In PA

[ Useful Resources ]

Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events

Grants & Awards

Environmental NewsClips - All Topics

Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits

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