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SRBC efforts, research and staff are making headlines:

Date Headline
05/12/25 Southern Tier Land Conservancy and Upper Susquehanna Coalition Preserve Land for Water Conservation
04/30/25 SRBC Awards $6.1 Million to Support 17 Drought Resiliency Projects
04/24/25 York County Partners with USGS on Water Quality Monitoring
04/22/25 York County Water Testing Reports
04/15/25 Raising Chesapeake Critters in Classrooms
02/16/25 North Branch Land Trust Receives Stream & Watershed Enhancement Grant
01/27/25 Duncannon Residents Face Water Shortages Amid Cold Weather Crisis
01/17/25 Luzerne County Officials Closely Monitor Susquehanna River for Potential Ice Jam Threats
01/10/25 Susquehanna River Basin Commission To Hold Jan. 30 Hearing On New General Into Basin Transfers Permit, Water Withdrawal Requests - 6 For Shale Gas Development
01/09/25 SCRA Receives Stream and Watershed Enhancement Grant
01/09/25 Susquehanna River Basin Commission Touts Growth of ‘Enhancement’ Grant Program
11/21/24 Susquehanna River Water Levels Plummet Amid Persistent Drought Conditions
11/21/24 Susquehanna River Level Drops Due to "Very Bad" Drought Across Much of Central Pa.
11/19/24 Outdoors Maryland - Episode 3602
11/18/24 Susquehanna River Hits Near-record Low Levels Amid Ongoing Drought
11/18/24 Drought has Susquehanna River at Exceedingly Low Levels
11/12/24 Low Streamflow Conditions Prompt SRBC to Advise Water Users for Alternative Operations
11/07/24 66 Water Withdrawals Now Restricted In Susquehanna River Basin Due To Low-Flow Water Conditions, Most Shale Gas-related
10/14/24 The Creek Where We Fed on Eels - The Disappearance of a Defining Fish from the Susquehanna Watershed (scrolling story)
09/27/24 Runoff Cutoff: Rain Gardens Foster Health for Waterways, Beauty for Yards
09/24/24 US Nuclear Plants Won't Power Up Big Tech's AI Ambitions Right Away
09/18/24 Susquehanna River Basin Commission Invites 2nd Round Of Nutrient Pollution Reduction Proposals As Part Of Conowingo Dam "Pay-for-Success" Program; Webinar Set For Oct. 9
08/15/24 Susquehanna River Basin Commission Awards More Than $11 Million For Pay-For-Success Nitrogen Reduction Projects
08/14/24 Funding Opportunity for Local Watershed Enhancements
08/05/24 Susquehanna River Basin Commission Now Accepting Applications For Watershed Restoration, Improvement Grants; 2 Applicant Webinars Coming Up
07/30/24 Elmira accepts grant for Mark Twain Golf Course Irrigation System
07/09/24 Overall Health of Chesapeake Bay Gets Best Grade in More than 2 Decades
07/09/24 Pennsylvania, Maryland Team up to Clean Chesapeake Bay Pollution
06/12/24 NPC Awarded Grant to Support River Health
06/12/24 Waste-to-energy Facility Upgrade Improves Environmental Sustainability
06/08/24 New Display, Live Cam Helps Shed Light on Plight of Eels
05/21/24 Montour Preserve Adds Live Eels, 24/7 Underwater Livestream in New Display through Partnership
05/15/24 We are at an Exciting Precipice of Really Significant, Positive Change
05/06/24 Smart Meters Coming to Water and Sewer Authority Systems
05/06/24 SRBC: Lower Susquehanna Source Water Protection Partnership Meeting May 16 In Harrisburg
05/06/24 Hanover Borough Awarded $500K Grant to Repair and Upgrade Water Dam
05/03/24 Susquehanna River Basin Commission Grants Target Drought Resilience
04/30/24 Keystone Welcome Center Sign Updated
04/30/24 Klunk Announces Grant Awarded for Consumptive Use Mitigation Project in Hanover
03/08/24 Tioga River Clean-up Effort Gets Major Boost
02/27/24 PA DEP Outlines Tioga River Restoration for Affected Blossburg Landowners
02/21/24 It’s February, but Bugs are Out Along Susquehanna River
01/31/24 Mitigating the Impacts of Coal Mining, One Grant at a Time
01/25/24 Last Piece Arrives; SRBC Receives $68 Million for Tioga River Restoration
01/17/24 Tioga Co. PA to get Millions to Clean Up Old Mine Sites
01/16/24 Green Forests Work: Annual Report 2023 (page 10)
01/03/24 SRBC Seeking Public Comment
12/21/23 Blossburg Couple Honored
12/19/23 Susquehanna River Basin Commission Invites Comments On Cooperative Fish Nursery General Permit; Hearing Set For Feb. 1
12/19/23 Tioga County Couple Honored By Susquehanna River Basin Commission For Unwavering Efforts To Restore Tioga River Watershed
12/18/23 Grant awarded to restore mussels in branch of Susquehanna River
12/04/23 SRBC Releases New Study of Groundwater Recharge Potential in Critical Aquifer Areas
10/17/23 SRBC Begins Accepting MD Conowingo Pay For Success Nutrient Reduction Proposals
10/10/23 Funding Awarded for West Carroll Township Mine Drainage Project
09/25/23 Abandoned Coal Mine Reforestation Initiatives Healing The Land
09/21/23 Eels invade area classrooms
09/06/23 Susquehanna River agency unveils grant program to aid waterway projects
09/05/23 Scout River Ecology Day helps clean up aquatic ecosystems
09/01/23 More than 70% of Pennsylvania rivers, streams contain PFAS
08/24/23 Cargill in Wyalusing receives SRBC grant
08/10/23 What's a Chesapeake Logperch and Why are so Many Agencies Trying to Save It?
07/25/23 American Rivers, Partners Begin Removal Of Oakland Dam
06/11/23 Northeast Bradford School District American Eel Release
06/08/23 Dry Weather Could Impact Summer Recreation Along the Water in Central Pa.
05/19/23 $1.8 million in grants to help improve Lancaster County streams, water systems
05/18/23 Commission awards $6+M for water projects
05/07/23 Millville students get nature lessons
04/19/23 Significantly Lower Water Flow May Have Long-ranging Ripple Effect
04/05/23 Susquehanna River Basin Commission Launches Groundwater Level Monitoring Grant Program
03/09/23 Resilience Resurfaces: TheBurg Podcast, March 2023
(Podcast with guest Andrew Dehoff, SRBC Executive Director) - more about Andrew Dehoff
03/03/23 From Mars to Kline Twp.: Technology Helps Detect Leaks
(Exported from the Standard-Speaker: Original Link)
02/28/23 A Change in the Weather: Why Flooding is Our Top Risk
02/15/23 Will Toxic Chemicals From Ohio Train Derailment Reach Central Pa?
02/06/23 Susquehanna River Islands Sold to State, Conservationists Praise Move
01/01/23 Millville Eels in the Classroom (EIC) Update (Google Drive File)

Date Headline
12/20/22 Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves Oil & Gas Development, Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Water Withdrawal Requests
12/06/22 Reclaiming And Remediating Abandoned Mine Drainage For Clean Water Use
10/17/22 Susquehanna River Basin Commission Has No Exclusion Zones for Water Withdrawals From Any Streams, Including Ev or Hq Streams Subject to Water Quality Antidegradation Rules
10/14/22 Susquehanna River Basin Commission Holds Nov. 3 Hearing on Water Withdraws, Including 3 Natural Gas Development Proposals
10/10/22 Hearing Set Tuesday on Plan to Withdraw 200,000 Gallons of Water Near Beech Mountain Lakes
09/23/22 Event to Mark 50th Anniversary of Clean Water Act
09/06/22 New Plan in Place for Pollution Problems at Conowingo Dam
09/02/22 Susquehanna River Basin Commission Monitors Hydrologic Conditions Across the Basin; Including Oil and Gas Operations
08/16/22 This Mysterious Fish Could Rescue East Coast Rivers
07/20/22 Susquehanna River Basin Commission “Immensely Grateful” for Additional Funding
07/13/22 Round-up: Gov. Wolf Solidifies Legacy With $3.7 Billion Increase for Education, Additional Support for Ensured Pennsylvania Success in Capstone Budget
07/13/22 Observers Say State Budget is a Boon for Environment
07/11/22 50 Years Later
07/07/22 Conowingo Cleanup: Will Epa’s ‘no Confidence’ Stance Change With Funding?
06/24/22 An Unlikely Team
06/23/22 Improvements in Flood Mitigation Infrastructure and Technology Since Hurricane Agnes
05/25/22 Blossburg Property Purchased – Tioga River Clean-up Moves One Step Ahead
05/23/22 Susquehanna River Basin Commission: Cloud Data and Water Quality Monitoring
05/18/22 A Clean Tioga River by 2025; New Plant Will Clean Mine Pollutants
05/11/22 The ABC’s of AHE
05/10/22 Plunketts Creek Project Earns Award (Multiple Publications, Small Papers)
05/07/22 Dam Fish Lifts Closed to Prevent Snakeheads From Swimming Up Susquehanna River
05/01/22 Public Encouraged to Be Mindful of Water Draws on Smaller Streams, Reach Out With Concerns, Questions
04/08/22 Stewards of the Water Start on Land, Susquehanna River Basin Commission Volunteers Plant Trees at Horn Farm Center in York County
04/08/22 Susquehanna River Basin Commission Eels in the Classroom Program Partners With Schools to Release American Eels
04/01/22 Dozens of Eels Released Into the Conodoguinet Creek
04/01/22 All About Eels: East Pennsboro Biology Students Participate in Eel Release at Conodoguinet Creek
02/16/22 Susquehanna River Basin Commission’s New Storymap Showcases Water Quality Monitoring System
02/03/22 River Ice Can Create Problems, Especially in Milder Rainy Weather
02/03/22 Design Contract Awarded for Tioga River Mine Drainage Treatment
01/26/22 How Does Moving Water Like the Susquehanna River Freeze?
01/25/22 Ice is Floating on the Susquehanna River. What Do Know About It, and When to Worry