Planning is underway for our 2022 Watershed Forestry Summit! This event was previously known as the Riparian Forest Buffer Summit, which has been held by DCNR and WPC since 2018. The Summit will now also include Lawn Conversion topics in addition to Riparian Forest Buffer topic Please save the date and share the attached PDF with your networks as appropriate. As always, Summit presentations will be recorded for later viewing. Registration and agenda details will be posted on the DCNR […]

Move Past Plastic, MPP, would like to invite you to a program developed to help municipalities find out if their drinking water is safe from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination. PFAS are a large family of chemicals persistent in our environment including groundwater. Join MPP to learn about this emergent contaminant that has been found in twenty seven percent of the 412 public water system sources the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) tested in Pennsylvania.  Learn how you […]

Trash problem? Looking to take your annual clean-ups to the next level? Trash monitoring data can lead to informed decision-making and action. River Network invites you to Join us on March 3rd at 1 pm EST to learn how others are finding innovative solutions to trash pollution by conducting trash assessments and taking informed action. Learn how you too can use trash data and the Clean Water Act to take action! Following the webinar, on March 31st, River Network will be […]

Move Past Plastic, MPP, would like to invite you to a program developed to help municipalities find out if their drinking water is safe from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination. PFAS are a large family of chemicals persistent in our environment including groundwater. Join MPP to learn about this emergent contaminant that has been found in twenty seven percent of the 412 public water system sources the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) tested in Pennsylvania.  Learn how you […]

Please join the Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers (POWR) and the Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC) for a gathering of watershed group leaders to share resource information, learn techniques to help build capacity, and network with other groups in the Southeast Pennsylvania region. Invited guests include staff from PennFuture, Penn State Extension, PA DEP's Office of Environmental Justice, and regional and local environmental organizations with watershed-focused programs and resources.  We hope you'll join us on Friday March 11 from 9:00 […]

We Conserve PA is hosting The Pennsylvania Land Conservation Conference, Pennsylvania’s premier networking, training, and inspirational event for staff and volunteers of conservation groups On March 15-17 at the Wyndham in Gettysburg, PA. Learn more, view the agenda, and register HERE

Please join the Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers (POWR) and the Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC) for a gathering of watershed group leaders to share resource information, learn techniques to help build capacity, and network with other groups in the Northcentral Pennsylvania region. Invited guests include staff from PA DEP Office of Environmental Justice, PennFuture, the Clean Water Institute at Lycoming College, as well as a local landscape architect who will talk about a major stream restoration project in Union […]

Join CRC for a spring cleaning on our watersheds! Let's keep trash and plastic out of our water by cleaning up all the streams of the highly populated Chester, Ridley, and Crum Creek watersheds. 24th Annual CRC Streams Cleanup March 26, 2022 9:00 - 11:30 A.M. Rain Or Shine! Anyone registered before March 16 receives a FREE T-shirt at the event. We will be hosting a complimentary Volunteer Picnic following the event at Rita Reves Park until 1PM. REGISTER

The Juniata Watershed Alliance will be hosting a litter clean up at the Canal House for Pick Up PA   Saturday, March 26, 2022 Meet us, rain or shine, at the Canal House 10 a.m. until noon Located at the dead end of Old Route 22, Mifflintown   Please dress for the weather and wooded, riverbank terrain.  Sturdy shoes, long sleeves, and long pants are recommended. Gloves, bags, visibility vests, and pickers will be provided.  Youth under 18 years must […]

  Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful is pleased to announce a second year of Healing the Planet grants in partnership with The Giant Company.  All grant guidelines, information, and the application can be found here - https://www.keeppabeautiful.org/grants-awards/grants/healing-the-planet-grant/healing-the-planet-2022/.  Please send on to anyone you know that may be interested.   Thank you for helping to Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful!

Three Live Virtual Hearings | April 5, 12, and 28  The Department of Environmental Protection will hold three virtual public hearings to accept comments on the Draft Environmental Justice Policy. Each hearing will include a brief presentation about the policy. The hearings will be held on the following dates: Tuesday, April 5, 2022 at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, 2022 at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 28, 2022 from 12 p.m. The changes that PA DEP have been discussing and devising […]