The latest issue of The Guardian newsletter from the Susquehanna River Basin Commission highlights--

-- Proposed Cuffs Run Hydroelectric Project in York County

-- Filling Data Gaps In Water Sue

-- New general permit for cooperative fish nurseries

-- 2023 SRBC Annual Report now available

-- Partnering with Pinchot State Park on stream monitoring

-- Upcoming Calendar of Events

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Resource Links - Watersheds:

-- Penn State Extension - Special Flooding Resources Watershed Winds Newsletter

-- Penn State Extension Webinar: April 19 Uses And Benefits Of Rain Barrels, 7:00 p.m.

-- Penn State Extension: May 4 Rain Barrel Discovery Workshop, Lancaster; Registration Fee Includes Rain Barrel 

Related Articles - Watersheds:

-- US Dept. Of Interior Announces $244 Million In Abandoned Mine Reclamation Funding For Pennsylvania; Local Grants Available  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Newsletter Highlights Proposed York County Hydroelectric Project; Filling Water Use Data Gaps; 2023 Annual Report  [PaEN]

-- Request For Presentation Proposals: Delaware River Watershed Forum Sept. 26-27 In Bethlehem, PA  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Launches New What's Up Watershed?  Educational Series  [PaEN]

-- Protecting Clean Water Together: Water In Your Pocket: Why Not Buy Refurbished Tech? - By Carol Hillestad for the Brodhead Watershed Association  [PaEN]

-- Two BioBlitz Events, Earth Day Events In Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster Counties Coming Up!  [PaEN]

NewsClips:

-- TribLive: Work Begins To Stabilize Abandoned Mine Subsidence-Prone Portion Of Westmoreland Village

-- WESA: PA Leads Nation In Abandoned Coal Mines, But Feds See Light At End Of The Tunnel

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Feds Give PA $244 Million For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Problems

-- Tribune-Review: Mucky, Orangish Abandoned Mine Water Flows Out Of Hillside Into Johnstown Due To Heavy Rains

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Casey Announces $1.35 Million For Nanticoke Creek Restoration Project 

-- WNEP: $1 Million+ Abandoned Coal Mine Land Reclamation Project Announced In Luzerne County

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable, Jeremy Cox: As Rain Fell, Sewage Systems Across The Bay Region Buckled

-- LancasterOnline: Manheim Twp. Says City Of Lancaster Trying To Pass The Buck In Stormwater Lawsuit

-- Scranton Times: DEP: Sediment From Dam Repair Project Significantly Impaired Roaring Brook

-- The Allegheny Front: PennEnergy Plan To Withdraw Water From Big Sewickley Creek In Beaver County For Fracking Revives Worry About Threatened  Fish

-- GettysburgConnection.org: Adams County Planting Partnership, Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership, Watershed Alliance of Adams County Offers Free Native Trees For Adams County Residents

-- WGAL: Spreading Awareness While Also Planting Thousands Of Trees In Lancaster

-- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay: Check Here For Upcoming Earth Day Activities

-- Two BioBlitz Events, Earth Day Events In Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster Counties Coming Up!

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: Felled Trees Used To Improve Allegheny National Forest

-- Inquirer: Water Privatization Is Coming Under Renewed Scrutiny From PA Lawmakers, Regulators As Consumers Sour On Rate Increases

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Files Motion To Intervene In Susquehanna River Hydroelectric Facility Case With FERC

-- Delaware RiverKeeper April 5 RiverWatch Video Report

[Posted: April 4, 2024]

4/8/2024