PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Josh Shapiro and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn announced a $52.5 million investment for more than 225 recreation and conservation projects across Pennsylvania that will create new recreational opportunities, conserve natural resources, and help revitalize local communities.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The Michigan Constitution, ratified in 1963, states that “ the natural resources of the state are hereby declared to be of paramount public concern in the interest of the health, safety and general welfare of the people. The statute outlaws conduct that is “likely to pollute, impair, or destroy” natural resources and the environment.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Year after year environmental groups, conservation districts, farmers, local governments oppose the cuts and outline the critical environmental infrastructure needs communities have. million mid-year budget freeze cuts additional resources for environmental programs: Agriculture: $2.6 Read more here. million from DEP, $1.5

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2023

On May 17, John Donahue, Executive Director of the Pinchot Institute for Conservation signed a master agreement with USDA Forest Service Chief Randy Moore. They accomplish this through nonpartisan research, education, and technical assistance on key issues influencing the future of conservation and sustainable natural resource management.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 13, 2024

The Forest Buffers Outcome included in the 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement has a target of restoring 900 miles of forest buffers each year across the entire watershed. Federal, state and local agencies coordinate with landowners and conservation groups to meet this goal, planting new forest buffers on both public and private land.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2024

. -- Appreciation: Promote recreational activities that allow people to enjoy and engage with our state’s resources. Encourage participants to explore, play, and connect with their surroundings. -- Conservation: Create initiatives that empower individuals to contribute to the health of Pennsylvania’s lands.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

New York State congratulates Executive Director Kristen Bowman Kavanagh, who brings 30 years of experience and expertise in water resources management and engineering to this role. DRBC Alternate Commissioner and Director of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Division of Water.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Environmentalists have successfully advocated for low fixed charges on the basis of conservation. The idea is that a volumetric rate based on marginal costs may be more economically efficient, but could create a price signal too weak to incentivize conservation, another important goal. But this principle isn’t new.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 12, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. 22, 23, 24 PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Hosts Aug.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 30, 2023

We felt it was necessary because [the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources] plays an important role in ensuring our water resources or resources are protected, and that there’s a sustainable water supply available for future generations.” — Katie Smith, the department’s director of ecological and water resources.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 17, 2023

In the weeks since late October, when the province tabled its various proposals, conservation authorities and regional and municipal governments have published reports and statements containing their preliminary evaluation of the effects they are expecting within their jurisdictions. Image courtesy of Conservation Ontario.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

AUGUST 28, 2024

This post analyzes the bill’s potential impacts on climate resilience through the lens of conservation, research, and organic programs. As weather becomes more volatile because of climate change , the need to fund technical assistance, conservation projects, and research is increasingly urgent. 2501, 2502). 2402, 2404, 2501, and 2405).

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The funding opportunities listed below are broken down into three categories: Research and Education Local Food (including urban and rural-focused programs) and Nutrition Climate, Conservation, and Energy The Requests for Applications (RFA) in this post are organized by category and then by application date, from earliest deadline to furthest out.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2023

The PA Groundwater Symposium has been a forum for groundwater education and networking since 2014. The Symposium is sponsored by Penn State Extension, the Department of Environmental Protection, the PA Water Resources Research Center , and the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences.

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HumanNature

MARCH 16, 2022

2021, Martin and Gates 2014, and Uribe et al. Irrigation guide, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA. Agricultural Water Management , 252 , 106898. Martin, C. A., & Gates, T. Uncertainty of canal seepage losses estimated using flowing water balance with acoustic Doppler devices. 210-vi-NEH, Sept.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2023

Woodwell has been associated with PEC since 1991, including roles as staff attorney, director of the western PA office, and as a vice president, before becoming president in 2014. Under Woodwell’s leadership, PEC’s work has touched almost every environmental and conservation issue and spanned the entire geographic reach of the Commonwealth.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2021

By Amy Mall, Natural Resources Defense Council This article first appeared on the NRDC Blog July 21, 2021 -- The U.S. And this waste—along with drilling and fracking waste--can contain radioactive elements known as “technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material,” or TENORM.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2022

On May 4, Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn and Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding joined members of the Chesapeake Bay Commission to plant a streamside forest buffer in Lancaster to improve the water quality of Landis Run, and eventually the Chesapeake Bay.

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ESA

APRIL 1, 2024

ESA has honored past award recipients for policy work that included: wildlife conservation green urban renewal initiatives stream, river & lake restoration ESA’s 2024 Annual Meeting will take place in Long Beach, California. degrees Celsius. 2019 Annual Meeting in Louisville, Kentucky Congressman John Yarmuth, U.S. degrees Celsius.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2018

However, the 2018 Farm Bill authorizes $867 billion over 10 years across 11 different titles covering an array of USDA programs with important environmental consequences, including the commodity programs, rural infrastructure and economic development, trade, conservation, energy, horticulture, forestry, and crop insurance. smaller programs.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 17, 2022

On June 17, leaders from seven state agencies highlighted the importance of protecting native species, which are critical to protecting our natural resources, at a stream restoration site at Fish and Boat Commission headquarters. Tom Wolf has proclaimed the first Pennsylvania Native Species Day. Pennsylvania has 2.2

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

On November 22, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources invited vendors to participate in an open forum discussion on December 16 to determine the most cost-effective and successful way to operate a four-season recreation center at Denton Hill State Park in Potter County. “We

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Vermont Law

OCTOBER 20, 2014

utilization, development, and conservation of. all resources. replenishable resources.”. [12]. as trustee of the environment for the present and future generations”; and to “conserve, improve, and protect its natural resources and environment and control water, land, and. of Natural Resources. ,

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 25, 2021

The law provided a non-lapsing annual allocation of $5 Million, with $4 Million going to the State Conservation Commission and $1 million going to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. In 2013, Act 89 was passed increasing the funding for the Program from $5 Million to $35 Million annually in 2014-15.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2024

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources bans road dumping oil and gas wastewater for any purpose on its over 6,500 miles of state forest roads. Read more here. DCNR is the largest owner of dirt and gravel roads in the Commonwealth.

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Vermont Law

MARCH 24, 2014

Spokane Riverkeeper, and Natural Resources Defense Council––took big coal and the railroad to court. On March 12, 2014, the Honorable John C. A native of suburban Chicago, Kelly holds a BS in Environmental Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Leadership and Management from Northern Michigan University. Sierra Club v.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Bloser: The DGLVR program, administered by the Pennsylvania State Conservation Commission and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, funds projects on local publicly owned roads that seek to not only improve the road, but to reduce the environmental impacts of the road on local waterways.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2022

2025 is a deadline, not a finish line, and was envisioned in the 2014 Chesapeake Watershed Agreement. The use of technology like satellite imagery can help credit where conservation practices are being implemented across the watershed. Click Here to review the entire report. Pennsylvania's Milestone Commitments CBF used?the

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 22, 2023

While the main focus of the fly-in was conservation and crop insurance programs, farmers and advocates also spoke about the importance of urban agriculture, organic farming, local and regional food systems, and climate challenges. We applied along with many others, and we actually got an EQIP contract.

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CEQA Developments

AUGUST 23, 2021

Watershed Conservation Authority (2021) Cal.App.5th. Defendant Watershed Conservation Authority, a joint powers agency of the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers Mountain Conservancy and the Los Angeles County Flood Control District, is the lead agency for CEQA purposes. Save Our Access – San Gabriel Mountains v.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2021

We’re pleased to see youth putting their creativity and enthusiasm toward protecting our state’s vital economic and natural resources,” Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding said. The Squad plans to partner with county conservation districts and nature preserves.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

MAY 12, 2023

However, many settlers were not equipped with the skills necessary to farm the land in a way that would allow them to conserve natural resources while also making a living. When operating under the desire to accumulate wealth, natural resources become nothing more than a set of inputs utilized to maximize profit.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2023

2018) determined that between 2008 and 2014, spreading OGPW on roads in Pennsylvania released 4-times more radium than centralized treatment facilities and potentially 200-times more than accidental spill events.” For example, Tasker et al. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2024

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources bans road dumping oil and gas wastewater for any purpose on its over 6,500 miles of state forest roads. Read more here. Read more here. DCNR is the largest owner of dirt and gravel roads in the Commonwealth.

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The Energy Law

MAY 6, 2016

The Court concluded that the Longmont Article addressed a matter of mixed state and local concern and found the Article conflicted with and materially impeded the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Act. This moratorium, like the home-rule charter article, was preempted by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Act. In 2014, St.

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

In March of 2014, the EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers issued an “interpretive rule” regarding section 404 of the Clean Water Act, circumventing a notice and comment period. Agricultural Conservation Flexibility Act of 2014.”. shall be applied without regard to the interpretive rule issued on March 25, 2014, entitled ‘U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Don has taken on the responsibility of maintaining an American Chestnut planting site that was done in 2014. Financing partners include Appalachian Regional Commission, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Warren County Corporate and Foundation community. -- Great Design Award: Mickayla Poland – St.

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