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29 Dec 2020
Pennsylvania's Wins, Whiffs, and Wishes for 2020 and Beyond!
While enduring an unprecedented year of restrictions and challenges brought on by COVID-19, CBF staff and volunteers in Pennsylvania were able persevere during the pandemic and have a productive 2020. In the Keystone State, field work was significantly reduced and staff successes came from working virtually and at home.
Topics: Agriculture, Environmental Justice, Trees
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23 Nov 2020
Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Pennsylvania
The state is taking a stand against climate change and protecting human health, the environment, and the economy in the process.
Topics: Advocacy, Climate Change, Green Infrastructure
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29 Jul 2020
Bringing Silvopasture to the Keystone State
A new study, led by CBF, on five Pennsylvania farms is exploring how farmers can implement silvopasture cost-effectively and successfully.
Topics: Agriculture, Keystone Ten Million Trees Partnership, Trees
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30 Jun 2020
Reclaiming Polluted Mine Land
The Keystone 10 Million Tree Partnership is reclaiming polluted, abandoned mine land in Pennsylvania by planting native trees.
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24 Jun 2020
Seeds for Success
Success for the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership means planting 10 million trees in Pennsylvania by 2025. CBF looks at a new way to achieve that goal.
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25 Apr 2020
A Message for Pennsylvanians
CBF's new Pennsylvania Executive Director, Shannon Gority, knows the importance of clean rivers and streams to Pennsylvanians.
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16 Apr 2020
Tree Nurseries: An Essential Bay Business
In these uncertain times, Pennsylvania nursery growers provide essential crops for clean water. As life challenges in the days of COVID-19 continue, so does the work of adding trees and shrubs to Penn's Woods that will clean and protect Pennsylvania waters. The clean water work does not stop.
Topics: Restoration
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10 Jan 2020
Pennsylvania Has Been ‘Growing Greener’ for 20 Years
Twenty years after Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge signed a bill establishing Growing Greener at $650 million over five years, the Commonwealth struggles today to make the adequate investments necessary to clean and protect its waters.
Topics: Agriculture, Conservation, Land Use, Runoff Pollution, Restoration, Stormwater Runoff in Pennsylvania, The Susquehanna River, Water Quality
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07 Jan 2020
Floods and Fees: How a Pennsylvania Town Found a Fix for Stormwater
By re-envisioning stormwater management as a service, Derry Township energized efforts to proactively manage, repair, and upgrade aging infrastructure, reduce chronic flooding, meet the increasing regulatory requirements of its MS4 stormwater permit, and clean up its streams.
Topics: Runoff Pollution, Stormwater Runoff in Pennsylvania, Water Quality
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22 Nov 2019
Those Who Farm Deserve Thanks and Support
As we give thanks this season, let’s remember the important sacrifices our farmers and watermen make. This Thanksgiving, they are providing the plentiful food we’ll all enjoy.
Topics: Runoff Pollution
What's Up in Pennsylvania
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State and federal conservation programs provide critical funding and support to farmers who want to incorporate best management practices such as contour stripcropping (shown here), which keep valuable nutrients on farms and out of local streams and the Bay.
Tim McCabe/NRCS