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12 Apr 2023
Student's Stream Dream Salutes Enslaved Kitty Payne
Student Aidan Kissner has succeeded in getting the little stream behind his house, which carries many personal memories, named "Kitty Payne Creek" so that it can get the respect, attention, and protection it deserves.
Topics: Black History and the Bay, Educate
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16 Mar 2023
A Trout’s Journey: Behind the Scenes of Pennsylvania’s Fish Hatcheries
Getting 3.2 million hatchery-raised trout into waterways, as well as sustaining wild trout populations, is a critical part of the worldclass fishing for which Pennsylvania’s mountain streams are renowned. Both require good water, and lots of it.
Topics: Chesapeake Wildlife
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16 Feb 2023
New Conowingo Dam License Critical to Bay Restoration
The new Conowingo Dam license process can be transformative for the Bay, but only if Maryland officials can work through the challenges of dealing with the dam’s private operator, the utility Constellation Energy.
Topics: Agriculture, Conowingo Dam and
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13 Feb 2023
Pennsylvania Eyes Next Steps to Reduce Agricultural Pollution
Funding will soon be flowing from Pennsylvania’s new cost-share Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program (ACAP) to help more farmers put pollution-reduction measures on the ground, creating optimism and momentum for cleaner rivers and streams in the Keystone State.
Topics: Trees, Water Quality
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25 Jan 2023
A New Year, a New Governor, a New Chance to Clean up the Chesapeake Bay
As one year ends and another begins, many of us have hope and optimism for the new year. In these early days of 2023, CBF is encouraged that momentum in 2022 can bring us closer to cleaner rivers and streams in Pennsylvania.
Topics: Agriculture, Runoff Pollution
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26 Jul 2022
A Brighter Future for Pennsylvania Students
New education standards include critical environmental requirements for all Pennsylvania students.
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16 May 2022
A Symbol for Pennsylvania
The largest salamanders in North America were plentiful in the Bay watershed decades ago. Today, with their populations teetering and habitat facing multiple threats, the Eastern hellbender is still as charismatic and ugly a critter as ever.
Topics: Chesapeake Wildlife, Educate, Hellbender Campaign
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10 May 2022
A Cleaner, Greener Future for Pennsylvania Is Within Our Reach
State legislators have the chance to enact change by passing the Clean Streams Fund.
Topics: Advocate, Agricultural Cost-Share in Pennsylvania, Agriculture, Chesapeake Clean Water Blueprint, Water Quality
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06 May 2022
Acid Mine Drainage: A Toxic Brew Flowing Downstream
The headwaters of Kittanning Run are like other coldwater fisheries in Pennsylvania. The stream is clear and supports diverse aquatic life. But less than a mile downstream, the Kittanning turns ugly.
Topics: Fisheries, Keystone Ten Million Trees Partnership, Runoff Pollution, Trees, Water Quality
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13 Apr 2022
River Protector
Pennsylvania resident John Naylor is on a mission to rid the Susquehanna of its plastic problem.
Topics: Community
What's Up in Pennsylvania
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
