PEC and TNC Statement on House Budget Negotiations
Text of Letter from Don Welsh, President & CEO of PEC, and William Kunze, Pennsylvania State Director of The Nature Conservancy:
July 16, 2009
Call for Nominations: Western PA Environmental Awards

Please read all nomination information before completing the nomination form.
Shale drilling could provide a way to deal with abandoned oil wells
Almost all of the 20 homeowners in Belmar pay to run a water chlorination system to replace what was free well water from an Allegheny River aquifer. In the 1980s, an oil driller polluted the water, in part, they believe, by dumping waste brine into abandoned oil wells that could date to the 1800s, when Edwin L. Drake set off the boom by tapping his famous well in Titusville.
Job posting: Conservation Landscape Coordinator (NEPA)
POSITION DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: Conservation Landscape Coordinator
The Conservation Landscape Coordinator is currently listed as a contract position with no benefits; renewable annually contingent upon availability of funds. However there is potential for future full-time employment with PEC which would include additional responsibilities.
REPORTS TO: Pennsylvania Environmental Council Northeast Office Director
Montgomery School and PEC plant native grass meadow
The Montgomery School in Chester Springs will install a new native grass meadow on their campus this winter in partnership with the Pennsylvania Environmental Council.
PEC receives Grant Awards from PA DCNR
Thanks to a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resource (DCNR), the Pennsylvania Environmental Council (PEC) will continue important recreational programs across the state. Recently funded programs include PEC’s water trail work, assistance to enhance the Explore PA Trails web site, and ongoing coordination of two conservation landscape initiatives.
PEC President Paul M. King announces new leadership for water resources team
Paul M. King, President of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, is pleased to announce the promotion of Janie French to the position of Director of Water Programs, Statewide for the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, effective immediately.
Now recruiting Delaware River Ambassadors
If you like kayaking, fishing, walking, biking or any other activity along the Delaware River, then become a Tidal Delaware River Ambassador! River Ambassadors are volunteer leaders who organize trips and cleanups, make presentations and other activities - whatever your interest and schedule! Through these activities, Ambassadors provide new opportunities for friends, colleagues and community members to experience the Tidal Delaware River, and educate people about the importance of the river as a natural resource.
Stonycreek River Voted PA's 2012 River of the Year
HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 9, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Stonycreek River, flowing through Cambria and Somerset counties, has been voted Pennsylvania's River of the Year for 2012.
For the second year, a public, online vote selected the winning river from among four nominees. Stonycreek River received 2,777 votes among the more than 8,300 ballots cast. The other finalists were the Kiskiminetas, Middle Monongahela and Upper Juniata rivers.