The watershed protection project is one of 73 throughout the state intended to improve watersheds by addressing such environmental concerns as stream bank restoration.
The state Department of Environmental Protection has announced it will invest in 73 watershed protection projects - including three in the Lebanon Valley - intended to improve watersheds, stormwater runoff, acid mine drainage and educational programs.
The Pike Run watershed in Washington County was the first place in Pennsylvania where biologists and volunteers teamed to see if they could create a sustainable population of pheasants using wild birds imported from outside the state.
SUNBURY - Northumberland County Conservation District (NCCD) has been awarded a $195,193 Growing Greener Grant for improvements to the Little Shamokin Creek Watershed. The grant is part of a larger pool of 73 watershed protection projects that the Depar
HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Environmental Protection announced today that it will invest in 73 watershed protection projects intended to improve watersheds, stormwater runoff, acid mine drainage and educational programs, among other environmental efforts.
By Laura Lynn Yohe BROOKVILLE - Referring to the 2012-13 budget for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Douglas E. Hill, Executive Director of the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania (CCAP), said recently, "This will be a watershed year."
Pennsylvania American Water announced today that entries are now being accepted for its 10th Annual “Protect Our Watersheds” Art Contest. All fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students in schools served by Pennsylvania American Water are eligible, as well as individual students who live in the company’s service area.
Easttown Township supervisors listened as Brady Flaharty, engineer for ARRO Engineering and Environmental Consultants, narrated a PowerPoint presentation describing upcoming watershed-based storm-water management plan changes.
Little Sewickley Creek, one of Western Pennsylvania's most precious commodities, which runs about 7.8 miles through seven communities, from Sewickley Heights to the Ohio River in Edgeworth, is highly unusual for Western Pennsylvania because it has managed to avoid industrial pollution that fouled most streams and rivers in the region.
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