RiverStewards

Fully funding the farm pollution-reduction practices needed to restore the Chesapeake Bay would inject $655 million annually into the region’s economy, according to a new report released by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Read on at paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2022/11/chesap…

Amazing progress for clean water is being made across Lancaster County. Read all about it in the Lancaster Clean Water Partner's latest e-newsletter at ow.ly/jiKa50LuAtP

Pennsylvania organizations are invited to nominate waterways for the 2023 Pennsylvania River of the Year. The nomination period is open through November 18. Learn more and submit a name at …aenvironmentalcouncil.submittable.com/submit

What Is a Riparian Forest Buffer and Why Should You Care? Our friends at the Pennsylvania Parks and Forests Foundation provide the answers in their latest blog at paparksandforests.org/news/what-is-a… @PaPFF

As the weather turns colder, the PA Fish & Boat Commission urges boaters to take special precautions. Also in the e-news is info about hunting the invasive snakehead fish. Learn more at media.pa.gov/pages/fish-and…

Good news for water quality in Lebanon County! Palmyra and Myerstown boroughs will each receive $150,000 from the Watershed Restoration Protection Program to deal with polluted stormwater runoff. Learn more at lebtown.com/2022/10/25/two…

We're branching out of the Susquehanna River watershed for a moment to highlight the importance of the Atlantic sturgeon in the Delaware River. Check out this video to learn why these ancient looking fish need our help and more protection: youtube.com/watch?v=a_iDSe…

Legacy sediment, something our colleagues at LandStudies have been working on for decades, is in the news a lot right now, especially as one potential way to help clean up waterways within the Chesapeake Bay. Learn more at pennlive.com/life/2022/10/p… @LandStudies

What do you know of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and all that it did for Pennsylvania's parks and forests? Find out about its lasting legacy to the Chesapeake Bay watershed at bayjournal.com/travel/civilia…

For 10 years, volunteers have partnered with Penn State and others on "Greening the Lower Susquehanna", which provides opportunities to plant trees, weed rain gardens, and more to help improve the health of waterways. Learn more at paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2022/10/celebr…

The Clean Water Act is 50 years old. Much progress has been made, yet improvements in water quality have slowed in recent decades. How can progress be stepped up? Read on at ow.ly/xXyV50Lfqpv

Learn more about the Amish farmer outreach project that RiverStewards is kicking off in partnership with an "Amish Liaison" and Lancaster Farmland Trust in our latest blog post at riverstewards.info/lancaster-clea…

Government leaders steering a nearly 40-year effort to clean up the Chesapeake Bay said they will likely fall short of the 2025 cleanup deadline, now just a little more than three years away.... but that won't stop them from trying. Read on at ow.ly/OLGK50LbWPo

Retiring Director of Chesapeake Bay Commission, Ann Swanson, says that on-farm conservation provides cheapest & most efficient nutrient reductions for the Bay. Farmland covers 1/4 of its land and its livestock produce 10x more excrement than its people: ow.ly/XIN050L97EU

"As a 2025 federal deadline for states to meet ambitious goals for cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay draws closer, it is starting to dawn on state and U.S. officials and other stakeholders that some states will fall short." What can be done? Read on at ow.ly/BYuI50L97r8

Members of the Chesapeake Executive Council met for their annual meeting, elected EPA Administrator Michael Regan as chair, and began discussion of the steps needed for states to get closer to meeting the 2025 pollution reduction milestones. Learn more at ow.ly/r2ip50L8aGG

We are excited to receive a Clean Water Fund grant from Lancaster Clean Water Partners & Lancaster County Community Foundation! Our award will support outreach to Amish farmers to protect & restore streams & floodplains! More at ow.ly/kQXk50L5XUq paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2022/10/lancas…

Two upcoming event reminders... The PA Riparian Buffer Summit is this Wed (10/12) and the Treelay tree planting extravaganza takes place Oct 28. Learn more about this two great tree and water quality related events (and more!) at mailchi.mp/allianceforthe…

CBF released its 2022 State of the Blueprint report to assess whether restoration efforts are on track to meet the 2025 deadline. The answer is ‘no.’ States have achieved ~42% of nitrogen and 64% of phosphorus reductions, but more must be done. Read on: ow.ly/9U9150L4laz

USDA’s Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program selected 70 projects for $2.8 billion in grants, including $980 million for 23 initiatives in the Chesapeake Bay, to get farmers and forest landowners to adopt climate-smart practices. Learn more at paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2022/10/bay-jo…