department of environmental protection

Given the stateDepartment of Conservation and Natural Resources'mission to sustain the environment and make the great outdoors accessible, it's approp...

SMETHPORT — The McKean County Conservation District was awarded an Environmental Educational Grant through the Department of Environmental Protection ...

From irresponsibly low taxation, to direct tax subsidies, to favorable zoning and much more, many state lawmakers relentlessly have pandered to the na...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Pennsylvania’s latest plan for cutting pollution to the Chesapeake Bay is still inadequate, so the U.S. Environmental Protection Ag...

State Rep. Jonathan Fritz has concocted an efficient but dangerous plan to hasten Department of Environmental Protection permit reviews. On a mostly p...

At a state Senate budget hearing on March 2, Sen. Gene Yaw, the Lycoming County Republican who heads the chamber’s environment committee, asked how th...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — Pennsylvania’s oil and gas regulators are rolling out a voluntary program meant to encourage fracking and pipeline companies to red...

Motorists are traveling too fast on the access road to Gilbert Reservoir. Ken Kane, president of Generations Forestry, shared the information Wednesda...

COUDERSPORT — Potter County officials are asking landowners to take a short survey to provide essential data for the development of their Countywide C...

HARRISBURG — Gov. Tom Wolf, on Earth Day, announced Environmental Education Grants to projects addressing environmental justice, climate change, and w...

HARRISBURG — After a meeting of the Commonwealth Drought Task Force, the Department of Environmental Protection on Thursday moved Potter County to dro...

HARRISBURG — After a meeting of the Commonwealth Drought Task Force, the Department of Environmental Protection on Friday declared a drought watch for...

GENESEE, Pa. — Chemical contamination of water supplies for five households in Potter County, which also resulted in fish kill in a small pond, is und...

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s first probable human case of West Nile Virus (WNV) infection in 2020 has been detected in a Potter County resident. Sample...

SMETHPORT — Conservation districts began nationwide after the Dust Bowl removed valuable top soil from farms and caused serious health and economic is...

HARRISBURG — Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Secretary Patrick McDonnell, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secreta...

HARRISBURG — The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) reminds the more than 2.5 million Pennsylvania households that heat with oil or propane ...

The days-long boil water advisory imposed on the City of Bradford was lifted Thursday at noon, and local officials are saying it wasn’t necessary in t...

The Department of Environmental Protection and Danzer Lumber North America, which operates the facility on High Street in Bradford formerly known as B...

HARRISBURG — With the aim of showcasing the best of the best among Pennsylvania’s environmental stewards, the Wolf Administration invites all Pennsylv...