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Friends of PEC,
With May in the rear view mirror,
summer is upon us, and with that
comes an abundance of outdoor
activities to engage in over the next
several months.
With the Pennsylvania Organization
for Watersheds and Rivers (POWR)
Sojourn Mini‐Grants along with the
Conewango Creek River of the Year
events taking place all summer,
PEC encourages you to get
outdoors and enjoy what the
The Schuylkill Sojourn is one of 15 events made possible by
Commonwealth has to offer. In
POWR mini‐grants this summer.
fact, this weekend is PEC's annual
Environment Ride, a trek that stretches from Lancaster County into Philadelphia. There is
still time to support Team PEC as riders get set to travel either a 65 or 40‐mile course.
May ended with the Western Pennsylvania Environmental Awards dinner last Wednesday,
an event that honored four local environmental conservation and education programs
throughout the region. We now turn our attention to the Environmental Partnership Dinner,
set to take place in Philadelphia on June 17. We welcome Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection Secretary John Quigley and will honor Pennoni Associates, Inc.
President and CEO Anthony S. Bartolomeo, PE with the PEC Achievement Award. Click on the
invitation below to register or for additional information!
While our regional dinners and outdoor activities played a big part in the last month for PEC,
we also engaged in so much more. Scroll through the links below for a complete listing of all
of PEC's activities from May.
Blog Posts
PEC Travels to Oregon for International Trails
Symposium
Taking Action in the Wissahickon Watershed
A Busy Time for Water in Southeast PA
PEC's Lindsay Baxter Receives QEP
Certification
Cleveland to Erie Corridor Meets for the First
Time
Recapping the Residential Energy Efficiency
Summit
PEC Program Manager Frank Maguire
stopped by Oregon's Mt. Hood on his visit.
What's New
Western Pennsylvania Environmental
Award‐Winner Features
Environmental Charter School
McKean County Conservation District
Paint Creek Regional Watershed
Association
Sustainable Pittsburgh
Press Releases/Policy Posts
PEC and Partners Submit Comments on
Environmental Protection Standards at
Oil and Gas Well Sites
PEC Outlines Concerns Over
Watershed Bill
PEC in the News
The momentum behind the Spring Garden Street Greenway program continued, as media
outlets wrote about the 2.2 mile‐long pathway, even raising the question if it may
become Philadelphia's iconic greenway. Meanwhile, PEC announced that it is accepting
applications for the Pocono Forest and Waters Conservation Landscape Mini‐Grants, and the
media was there to cover it. Also, as natural gas drilling continues to be a popular topic of
conversation in Harrisburg and across the state, PEC has been at the forefront of the
discussion as a rational and leading voice.
Click here for a complete list of all eight news stories that PEC was mentioned in last month.
Project Updates
Northeast Pennsylvania Trail
Symposium
POWR River of the Year:
Conewango Creek
POWR Sojourn Mini‐Grant
Program
As a part of the Northeast
Pennsylvania Trails Forum,
regional trail representatives
and organizations alike
descended upon the
symposium to share
resources and best
management practices.
In conjunction with being
named Pennsylvania's River
of the Year, the Conewango
Creek Watershed Association
announced eight River of the
Year activities this summer,
made possible through a
$10,000 Leadership Grant.
The Pennsylvania
Organization for Watersheds
and Rivers (POWR) granted
mini‐grants to 15 sojourns
across the state. A guided
paddling trip, each sojourn
that applied needed to
incorporate educational
programming and be open to
all participants.
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