Growing Greener Coalition

Investing in PA’s environment brings numerous benefits to Pennsylvanians, including safe drinking water, reduced flooding, better air quality, added jobs, and more spaces to recreate, exercise, and unwind. #WorldEnvironmentDay

How can American Rescue Plan Act Funds be used to support conservation, trails, parks and recreation? An opportunity for counties and municipalities to invest in critical infrastructure and make the outdoor economy part of their COVID-19 recovery plan.

Across Pennsylvania we are seeing growing understanding and interest in planting trees as a natural solution to many issues including for climate resilience, improving water and air quality, reducing flooding, and the impact forests and trees have in improving human health.

REMINDER: Growing Greener Plus grant applications are due in less than a month (June 25th)! The program has $18 million available for local governments and nonprofit organizations in need of watershed funding. Check out the guidelines here https://bit.ly/3bUOL7W

Communities along Columbia County's Fishing Creek are unpredictably flooded every year. State funding is needed to restore the watershed and reduce the flash floods that endanger their homes and livelihoods! Read the full story here https://bit.ly/2SscBki (Photo credit to Brittney Hartzell)

With support from the #EnvironmentalStewardshipFund and #KeystoneFund, watershed associations, land trusts, conservation districts, and other groups have brought hundreds of miles of stream back to life, making our water safe to drink, fish, and swim!

COVID-19 has made open spaces, parks, and outdoor recreation even more essential to Pennsylvanians. A recent poll shows that 9 out of 10 Pennsylvanians believe protecting open space is important.

96% of Pennsylvania voters believe protecting the quality of PA’s drinking water is important, yet 1 out of every 3 miles of rivers and streams in PA have impaired water quality.

Clean drinking water means protecting the source! #FundTheDelaware River Basin to ensure over 13 million people and countless ecosystems get the drinking water they need to thrive and survive

A movement is emerging in Pennsylvania to secure more wildlife corridors, especially by connecting core tracts of public forests and ecosystems with each other.

DCNR announces funding to provide a kayak launch and fishing platforms, and help restore a portion of Codorus Creek in the City of York. This 1.4-mile greenway ...project will create several new public access points to the creek, recreate and re-vegetate the banks of the creek, and create a series of multi-use trails connecting residents and visitors to the creek and to other parts of the city. Learn more https://bit.ly/2Kz0b6t #DCNRgrants #KeystoneFund

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