Central
The mightly Susquehanna and its three branches dominate the landscape and often the economy of Central and Northcentral Pennsylvania. It’s a huge landscape, full of opportunity and challenges, such as the excess nutrients and sediments that impair the Chesapeake Bay. The Pennsylvania Environmental Council has been engaged throughout the region in a wide range of innovative projects that are making a real difference.
Central Programs
Central Susquehanna Valley Wellness Trails Partnership
We are replicating our highly successful Wyoming Valley Wellness Trails Partnership in Columbia and Montour Counties by creating the Central Susquehanna Valley Wellness Trails Partnership. Geisinger Health System and the Central Susquehanna Foundation are major…
Climate Change Roadmap for Pennsylvania
Stakeholder-driven process produces 38 recommendations for Pennsylvania action -- we're a big part of the problem, we should be a big part of the solution!
Forested Buffer for Environmental Credits Project
Partnership installed a forested riparian buffer to demonstrate how a corporation can fund a conservation project yielding measurable environmental credits that can be recognized by state and/or federal environmental credit registries and potentially be sold…
Golf Course Best Management Practices
Golf courses have the potential to become more "green" - on their greens and in everything they do - if they use an interactive, on-line "Green Toolbox" that is being developed by PEC and LandStudies,…
Governor's Environmental Excellence Awards Gala
For the past two years, PEC has hosted a gala dinner in celebration of the recipients of the Governor's Environmental Excellence Awards.
River Conservation Planning Initiatives
PEC is implementing or has implemented River Conservation Plans in almost a dozen watersheds across the Commonwealth.
Susquehanna Greenway Partnership
Dramatic greenway stretches 500 miles from New York State to Maryland through the heart of Pennsylvania.