FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 14, 2021 MEDIA CONTACT: Janet Sweeney, 570-718-6507 Nominations Open for Northeastern Pennsylvania Environmental Partnership Awards The Northeast Environmental Partners (Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Pennsylvania Environmental Council’s Northeast...
For Immediate Release April 13, 2021 Media contacts: Janet Sweeney, POWR, 570-718-6507 POWR announces 2021 Pennsylvania Sojourn Grant Awards Luzerne – The Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers (POWR) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 Pennsylvania...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 02/01/2021 MEDIA CONTACTS: Terry Brady, DCNR, 717-877-6315 Janet Sweeney, POWR, 570-718-6507 Shenango River Named PA 2021 River Of The Year In Public Voting Harrisburg, PA — Winding through Northwestern Pennsylvania, connecting Pymatuning and Shenango lakes with the...
For Immediate Release January 18, 2021 Media Contacts: Janet Sweeney or Angela Vitkoski, POWR, 570-718-6507 POWR announces 2021 Pennsylvania Sojourn Grants Now Available The Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers (POWR) has announced the opening of the 2021 Pennsylvania...
There are two ways to participate in the 2021 Public Lands Ride. We are excited to promote both an in-person event returning to Black Moshannon State Park on October 2, 2021, and the release of six new routes in different...
It’s one thing for an environmental organization to tout its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. It’s another to live out that commitment at the level of programming and daily activities. On this episode: how Philadelphia’s Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership is...
Last month in Rector, PA, staff from six state parks around the Laurel Highlands gathered at Powdermill Nature Reserve. The gathering was the first of its kind for the Laurel Highlands Conservation Landscape since the onset of the pandemic, and...
There are two ways to participate in the 2021 Public Lands Ride. We are excited to promote both an in-person event returning to Black Moshannon State Park on October 2, 2021, and the release of six new routes in different...
A hiking and biking trail that would run from Phoenixville to Great Valley could be a possibility in five or six years. Details of the proposed Devault Trail Activation Project were unveiled at an open house hosted by officials at...
With the onset of paddling season, the Susquehanna Greenway Partnership (SGP) is excited to release another great tool for the paddling public. The Susquehanna Greenway Vessel Identification Stickers (ID Stickers) were produced in May 2021 and are a free resource...
In March of 2020 when COVID-19 took over our everyday world, keeping people at home, closing gyms and severely limiting indoor gatherings, many headed outdoors to trails for exercise and a pleasant distraction. Since then, the habits of biking, hiking...
Today, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn joined the Shenango River Watchers Spring Paddle Fest to celebrate the Shenango River being selected as the 2021 River of the Year. “The Shenango River is a...