The Pennsylvania Environmental Council

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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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.