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Applications are now open for Three Rivers Quest’s 2024 GAPS assistance program. GAPS, or Generating Awareness for Project Success, is a collaboration between the Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds (FPW) and Three Rivers QUEST (3RQ) to assist small colleges and universities carrying out real-world stream restoration projects. 3RQ provides funding and technical expertise needed to set up a successful remediation project. The aim of GAPS is to collect the baseline data and information needed to secure funding for the engineering and

Dallas – Pennsylvania organizations are invited to nominate waterways for the “2024 Pennsylvania River of the Year.” The nomination period is open through November 10, 2023 until 5pm. Selected nominations will be voted on by the public beginning in late November. “Each year the River of the Year competition highlights one of Pennsylvania’s special waterways, and I am excited to announce that we are again partnering with the Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers to accept nominations for the 2024

Dallas – The Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC) has announced the opening of the 2023 PA Water Trails Mini-Grant cycle. Grants are available on a competitive basis for projects that implement the PA Water Trail Program’s eight guiding principles: Partnership • Stewardship • Volunteerism • Education • Conservation Community Vitality • Diversity • Wellness and Well-being Proposed projects must advance program goals such as creating recreational opportunities for all Pennsylvanians on Water Trails; developing trails that support sustainable use of natural resources; increasing

Posting on behalf of POWR’s Partner, the Susquehanna River Basin Commission: HARRISBURG, Pa. – The Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) is announcing a new grant program aimed at supporting local organizations dedicated to the health and wellness of our local watersheds. The Stream & Watershed Enhancement Grant program will provide funding for community-based environmental and water resource projects or events that improve, restore or protect our Basin’s waterways. “Local watershed groups are often small and financially-challenged, yet so vitally important

July 25, 2023Contact:Lisa Hollingsworth-Segedy, 412-680-2255Amy Souers Kober, American Rivers, 503-708-1145 Susquehanna, PA– In a major step forward for public safety and river health, demotion ofOakland Dam on the Susquehanna River begins today. The project is the largest dam removal todate in Pennsylvania. Oakland Dam, a dangerous and obsolete former hydropower dam, is 755 long and 16 high.Removal will eliminate a severe safety hazard at #350 on the North Branch Susquehanna RiverWater Trail, eliminating the need for water trail users to