The Appalachian Landscapes Protection Fund, an $18 million initiative launched Thursday by the Open Space Institute, will provide grants and loans to purchase or arrest development on forested Appalachian properties, including Pennsylvania's Kittatinny Ridge.
A million-dollar grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation will pay the total costs of riparian buffers and other conservation practices on farms in three contiguous watersheds in Pennsylvaniaâs Lancaster, Lebanon and Dauphin counties.
âWhen you say total cost, is there anything the farmer has to pay out of pocket?â we asked Lauren Shaffer.
âNope,â she said. âThereâs even a bonus.â
A cover crop of winter rye was no-till planted between corn stubble from a prior year s crop to ensure live roots are in the soil year round. Penn State Ag and Environment C
Shaffer is an outreach specialist with the Penn State Agriculture and Environment Center in Lancaster. The grant covers 220 square miles of heavily farmed land in watersheds drained by the Chiques, Conoy and Conewago creeks.
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Tarsha and Keisha Scovens at the pond at Awbury Arboretum in Philadelphia near the Wingohocking Creek. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
WHYY asked five individuals to tell us about their visions for the Delaware River Watershed what it is, and what it could be.
Keisha Scovens is the co-founder, with sister Tarsha Scovens, of Let’s Go Outdoors, whose mission it is to connect city communities to outdoor experiences.
My twin sister, Tarsha, and I grew up in South Norwalk, Conn., a very different place today than it was then. For us, being outdoors meant playing Red Light, Green Light or Freeze Tag or Double Dutch in the street. It wasn’t until an overnight Girl Scout camping trip when we were 12 that we even engaged with a forest.
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Westmoreland Cultural Trust Arts in the Alley project will use mini-grant funds for an interactive video introducing featured artists.
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Art and music along the Lincoln Highway are getting a boost, thanks to mini-grants funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Bureau of Recreation and Conservation and administered by the Lincoln Highway Heritage Corridor.
Westmoreland Cultural Trust received $675 toward creating an interactive video tour of its Art in the Alley project in downtown Greensburg, along with placing plaques referring to the LHHC in the alley itself.
Feb 24, 2021
John Eastlake, 79, of South Williamsport hiked to his heavenly home on Saturday, February 20, 2021 from UPMC Susquehanna Williamsport with his loving wife and all four children holding his hands.
Born July 16, 1941 in Greenville, PA, John was the son of the late James A. Eastlake and A. Martha (Bricher) Eastlake. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his younger sister, Katherine at a very young age.
John is survived by his wife of 56 years (June 6, 1964), Joan (Matovic) Eastlake, his daughter, Alicia (Greg) Swaggerty of Cocoa Beach, FL, daughter, Cynthia “Cyndi” (Randy) Jackemeyer of Fort Wayne, IN, son David (Cindy Casale) Eastlake of Williamsport, PA, son, Brian (Mindy) Eastlake of Spotsylvania, VA; six grandchildren, Danica & Samantha Swaggerty, Carolina & Sara Eastlake, Nate & Ashlee Jackemeyer. He is also survived by his brother Edward (Ellen) Eastlake of Springfield, MA, nieces Erica (Rob & son, Owen) Lucier of Palmer, MA and Rachel (Bret)