The Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 has been awarded a $20,000 state grant to assist teachers in developing environmental lessons.
The grant, announced Thursday on Earth Day by Gov. Tom Wolf, was among a series of Environmental Education Grants from the Department of Environmental Protection supporting 51 projects worth nearly $460 million.
âThese grants support projects that increase the environmental knowledge of community members statewide,â Wolf said in a news release. âThis yearâs awardees underscore the values of our Earth Week theme: Protect the Environment for All Pennsylvanians.â
With the grant, the IU13 will conduct a five-day summer institute for teachers serving students in kindergarten through 12th grade to build environmental literacy curriculum-aligned units and meaningful watershed educational experiences.
CHRIS MORELLI cmorelli@lockhaven.com
BELLEFONTE A Bellefonte resident brought her concerns about a local funeral home to borough council earlier this week.
During public comment on Monday night, Elizabeth Hay spoke at length about the Wetzler Funeral Service and Victorian Crematory Inc., located at 206 N. Spring St.
According to Hay, there is a “strong odor” coming from the funeral home.
“With some regularity, we will smell charred bodies,” Hay said. “We will get that smell. It’s very disconcerting. It’s very upsetting. I know there’s been some issues with that even before I moved in here.”
Hay said she has lived a few doors down from the funeral home for four years.
First sign of Red Tide found in lower Tampa Bay, state says Zachary T. Sampson, Tampa Bay Times
Water samples taken this week off Manatee County showed low to very low levels of the organism found in Red Tide, the state said.
It is the first sign of Red Tide in Tampa Bay, a discovery that amplifies concerns that contaminated water pumped into the estuary from the old Piney Point phosphate plant property could fuel a bloom.
The presence of the Red Tide is “not thought to be a direct result of the Piney Point discharges,” the Florida Department of Environmental Protection said in a statement. “However, elevated nutrients have the potential to exacerbate these algal blooms, and increased sampling is ongoing.”
bkibler@altoonamirror.com
The Altoona Water Authority expects to start $30.8 million worth of work at the Bellwood reservoir in October or November, after years of delays.
Consulting engineer Gwin Dobson & Foreman is updating specifications and plans for the $20.9 million renovation of the dam and the $9.9 million renovation of the water treatment plant and has tentatively set up bid advertisements in July for the dam and in August for the plant, company President Mark Glenn told the board Thursday.
The authority will pay for the projects with $30.9 million that Pennvest awarded in January, several weeks after the Department of Environmental Protection had issued a permit for the dam and five months after it had issued a permit for the plant.
Program aims to increase knowledge
Apr 23, 2021
HARRISBURG On Thursday, in celebration of Earth Day, Gov. Tom Wolf announced $459,823 in environmental education grants to 51 projects addressing environmental justice, climate change, and water quality, including two in local counties.
Eighty-eight percent of grant funds will support projects that engage youth and adults living and/or working within environmental justice areas.
“These grants support projects that increase the environmental knowledge of community members statewide,” Wolf said in a statement. “This year’s awardees underscore the values of our Earth Week theme: Protect the Environment for All Pennsylvanians.”
Grants were awarded by the Department of Environmental Protection to schools, institutions, conservation districts and environmental and community organizations.