FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 16, 2021 Pennsylvania Environmental Council Receives $50,000 from Appalachian Regional Commission’s POWER Initiative Pittsburgh, PA— Today, the Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC) was awarded $50,000 by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to assess the feasibility of...
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...
Philadelphia’s trails took a beating from Hurricane Ida, and some will take months to recover. Two weeks after the floodwaters receded, we look at conditions along the Schuylkill River Trail with representatives from the City of Philadelphia and the Schuylkill...
If someone tells you they host a program for underserved and under-represented youth in Pittsburgh and Johnstown, PA that includes three days of river surfing, conservation, and filmmaking… you might have questions. For starters: what’s river surfing? This concept is probably...
In August, Pennsylvania released its updated State Forest Action Plan. A requirement of the federal Farm Bill, these plans are completed by all U.S. states and territories every ten years to assess the condition of their forests and guide future...
On June 19th, paddlers gathered at Riverside Park in Greenville, PA to celebrate the Shenango River as 2021’s River of the Year. The sojourn was hosted by the nominating organization, the Shenango River Watchers. Each year, the Pennsylvania Department of...
Picture a 1,500-mile trail connecting Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and New York. The trail would connect 51 counties, establishing one of the largest multi-use trail networks in the country. There’s only one essential piece of the trail network missing: Beaver County. The Industrial...
A half-dozen new biking exploration routes and one in-person event on gravel roads and mixed-surface trails have been added to the Pennsylvania Environmental Council’s Public Lands Ride program for 2021. The in-person event will return on Oct. 2 to Black...
The bipartisan infrastructure bill currently under debate in Washington includes a new, $4.7 billion program to address a significant environmental legacy of the fossil fuel industry — the plugging and remediating of orphan oil and gas wells. Orphan wells have...
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...