Workgroup: Agriculture
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AGRICULTURE UNDERSCORED IN HOUSE CLIMATE COMMITTEE REPORT
Link: https://sustainableagriculture.net/blog/agriculture-underscored-house-climate-committee-report/?emci=5110e289-76bc-ea11-9b05-00155d039e74&emdi=2fcd193f-46bd-ea11-9b05-00155d039e74&ceid=1992023 Workgroup: Agriculture
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DCNR Seeking Online Public Input On Pennsylvania’s Public & Private Forests
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn invited public input in an online survey helping DCNR chart the future course for forestlands in Pennsylvania. Beginning July 1 and continuing through August 31, the survey takes approximately 10 minutes to complete. Stakeholders, outdoors enthusiasts and others who visit and enjoy approximately 17 million acres of…
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DEP Draft 2020 Water Quality Report Found 25,468 Miles Of Streams Have Impaired Water Quality
The PA DEP is inviting comments on the draft 2020 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report. The report found 25,468 miles of streams in Pennsylvania– about 30 percent, and an increase from 2016– have impaired water quality for one or more uses– water supply (84 miles), aquatic life (17,547 miles), recreation (9,935 miles) or fish consumption…
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From the Lab to the Field: Agriculture Seeks to Adapt to a Warming World
Link: https://e360.yale.edu/features/from-the-lab-to-the-field-agriculture-seeks-to-adapt-to-a-warming-world Workgroup: Agriculture
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Agriculture: Pollinators Need Pennsylvanians’ Help To Sustain Future Of Food Security
Link: http://paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2020/06/agriculture-pollinators-need.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PaEnvironmentDaily+%28PA+Environment+Daily+Blog%29 Workgroup: Agriculture, Engagement & Stewardship
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DCNR Conducting AgroForestry Survey Of Practices Combining Raising Trees With Crops, Livestock, Ecological Benefits
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PAagroforestry Link: http://paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2020/06/dcnr-conducting-agroforestry-survey-of.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PaEnvironmentDaily+%28PA+Environment+Daily+Blog%29 Workgroup: Agriculture
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Op-Ed: Tackling climate change by investing in our watershed
Link: https://www.goerie.com/opinion/20200622/op-ed-tackling-climate-change-by-investing-in-our-watershed Workgroup: Abandoned Mine Drainage, Agriculture, Engagement & Stewardship, Pathogens and Point Source, Recreation, Stormwater, Watershed Land Protection
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Lancaster County Clean Water Fund Now Accepting Applications
Applications are due on July 26, 2020, by 11:59 p.m. If you are interested in applying, contact Allyson Gibson (agibson@lancastercleanwaterpartners.com) or click here. Link: http://paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2020/06/lancaster-county-clean-water-fund-now.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PaEnvironmentDaily+%28PA+Environment+Daily+Blog%29 Workgroup: Agriculture, Pathogens and Point Source, Stormwater
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Agriculture Preserves 48 New Farms, 4,432 Acres; Urbanization Threatens Agricultural Lands
Access to farmland is vital to food security and meeting demands in both a regular and crisis climate. In 2019, an agriculture research study funded by the department and conducted by Dr. Thomas Daniels, University of Pennsylvania, found the total economic impact of farmland preservation in Pennsylvania to be valued from $1.8 to $2.9 billion…
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Registration Now Open For 8th Annual (Virtual) Delaware River Watershed Forum Sept. 14-17
Link: http://paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2020/06/registration-now-open-for-8th-annual.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PaEnvironmentDaily+%28PA+Environment+Daily+Blog%29 Workgroup: Agriculture, Engagement & Stewardship, Recreation, Stormwater, Watershed Land Protection
Cover photo credit: Ed Bacon