Latest Susquehanna River Stories
HARRISBURG, Pa., July 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) today awarded approximately $400,000 in boating facility grants to projects in four counties and approved fish passage and habitat grants for projects on the Lehigh River and in Franklin County. Also during the quarterly meeting, Commissioners elected William Worobec as president and Robert Bachman, Ph.D., as vice president. The boating facility grants include: Borough of Berwick, Columbia...
WASHINGTON, June 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Williamsport, Pa., Sanitary Authority (WSA) has agreed to make significant improvements to its combined sewer system at an estimated cost of approximately $10 million, in order to resolve long-standing problems with combined sewer overflows to the Susquehanna River, which flows to the Chesapeake Bay, the Justice Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. Under the settlement agreement, filed today in federal...
Benchmark Report Details Restoration of Water Quality, Fish Population HARRISBURG, Pa., May 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Twenty years of coordinated efforts to restore life to the West Branch Susquehanna River in north-central Pennsylvania have led to marked improvements in water quality, as well increases in fish populations and diversity that are detailed in a benchmark study announced today by Trout Unlimited. The study was coordinated by Trout Unlimited in cooperation with the...
HOLTWOOD, Pa., May 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- While honoring 100 years of generating clean, renewable electricity at the Holtwood hydroelectric plant in Lancaster County, PPL Generation focused on the plant's future Monday (5/3) by breaking ground on a $434 million expansion project that will more than double its production of renewable energy. PPL Corporation Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer James H. Miller officially kicked off the project, joined by Pennsylvania Gov....
Ag Department, Penn State Extension Invite Residents to Rent Plots HARRISBURG, Pa., April 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Residents in the area of Selinsgrove, Snyder County, will gain a better understanding of agriculture's important role - and save money - by growing their own food in the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture/Selinsgrove Community Gardens, said Secretary Russell C. Redding today. "Community gardens are an excellent way to connect consumers with Pennsylvania's number one...
WARRENDALE, Pa., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- East Resources, Inc. announced today that it will donate $750,000 to the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) to underwrite the deployment of a remote water quality monitoring network in the upper reaches of the Susquehanna River watershed. The network will routinely observe and record water quality conditions in smaller rivers and streams flowing through areas of the watershed where Marcellus Shale development and other water...
HOLTWOOD, Pa., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission of a request by PPL Holtwood, LLC, is a significant milestone in the plan to increase generation of clean, renewable energy and improve migratory fish passage, the company said Tuesday (11/3). "Expanding the Holtwood plant is part of PPL's commitment to make sound financial investments while increasing the proportion of non-fossil-fuel resources in our strong generation portfolio," said...
HERSHEY, Pa., Aug. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association of State Dam Safety Officials (ASDSO) has selected Pennsylvania American Water to receive the 2009 Northeast Regional Award of Merit. The association presents the award annually to organizations or individuals that have made outstanding contributions to dam safety. The award will be presented to Pennsylvania American Water on September 29, at the ASDSO Annual Conference Banquet in Hollywood, Florida. ASDSO is a national non-profit...
DOYLESTOWN, Pa., May 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the second time in 13 years, Pennsylvania Game Commission and Philadelphia Zoo officials teamed up to foster a zoo-hatched eagle into a wild nest in the Commonwealth. This time the eaglet was placed in a wild nest already holding two eaglets near Doylestown, Bucks County. The last time the two organizations worked together was on May 16, 1996, when a zoo-hatched eaglet was fostered into a wild nest holding two eaglets in a sycamore...
Presidential Executive Order Makes Restoration of Bay a National Priority HARRISBURG, Pa., May 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger today outlined how new, clearly-defined and attainable nutrient reduction goals for the Chesapeake Bay and a presidential order calling for increased federal participation in the cleanup will accelerate recovery of the bay while greatly improving the health of Pennsylvania's rivers and streams. Hanger represented...
