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DEP Discusses How Restore PA Infrastructure Plan Will Help Franklin County Meet Chesapeake Bay Pollution Reduction Goals
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On July 24, Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Patrick McDonnell joined community leaders at Lurgan Lions Club Park in Roxbury to discuss how the proposed Restore Pennsylvania Infrastructure Plan could support stream restoration projects to prevent erosion and protect communities across the Commonwealth. “The erosion problem the Lions Club is striving to address is shared by communities across Pennsylvania as they see the impacts increasing rainfall can have on quality of life,” said Secretary McDonnell. “Restore Pennsylvania is the only solution for a challenge of this scale, addressing statewide green infrastructure needs to prevent flooding and erosion at the stream, floodplain, and watershed levels.” Lurgan Township Supervisor Chip Kolb discussed the popular annual youth fishing derby the Lions Club holds yearly on a section of Conodoguinet Creek and other activities at the facility that are threatened by significant erosion of the creek bank. Staff from the Franklin County Conservation District and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service outlined their planned project to put in-stream stabilization structures and native vegetation in place to end the erosion. The project would also contribute to Franklin County’s Clean Water Action Plan to help Pennsylvania reduce sediment and nutrients in its part of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Restore Pennsylvania proposes a commonsense severance tax that would invest $4.5 billion over the next four years in significant high-impact projects throughout the Commonwealth that would rebuild Pennsylvania’s infrastructure and increase resources for blighted properties, Internet access, storm preparedness, water quality, and disaster recovery to help make Pennsylvania a leader in the 21st century. Click Here for more on Restore PA. Special Article: “Do Unto Those Downstream As You Would Have Those Upstream Do Unto You" NewsClips: Sauro: Raw Sewage Discharged Into Harrisburg Waterways On 150 Days Last Year Lancaster City Asks For Sewer Rate Hikes To Fund Sewer OverFlow, Nutrient Reduction Upgrades How Efforts To Cleanup The Chesapeake Bay Can Lead To Cleaner Tap Water Lancaster Farming: As Animal Ag Evolves, So Will Nutrient Management Solution Found, Funding Needed For Stream Restoration In Franklin County A Workable Stormwater Management Plan Near Final Stages In Williamsport Scranton May Contract With Firm For Regional Approach To Reduce Stormwater Pollution Editorial: To Manage Stormwater Regional Approach Needed In Lackawanna Editorial: Courts Must Compel Pennsylvania To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay Related Articles - State Budget: CBF: State Needs To Step Up Support For Those Working Hard To Cleanup PA's Rivers And Streams - Harry Campbell Related Article This Week: PA Conservation Districts: 5 Farms Receive 2019 Clean Water Farm Awards Next Meeting Of PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Planning Steering Committee Aug. 16 Virginia Daily Press Editorial: Courts Must Compel Pennsylvania To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership: Over 60,000 Trees Planted This Spring, Double Last Year Extension How To: Stream Bank Stabilization On An Acre Or Less Delaware River Basin Commission Reports On The State Of The Delaware Watershed [Posted: July 24, 2019] |
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7/29/2019 |
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