Volunteers pitch in to clean up and plant trees in Reading’s City Park
The City of Reading held a community clean-up and tree planting event Saturday morning in City Park. Part of the City’s 2021 Clean City Initiative, dozens of...
Pennsylvania Bass Season Opens Saturday, June 15th
Summer fishing opportunities kick into high gear this Saturday, June 15 with the statewide start of bass season!
Among Pennsylvania's most abundant, adaptive and popular sport fishes, smallmouth...
DEP Awards $4.9 Million in Grants to 23 Watershed Restoration Projects
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection awarded $4.9 million in Section 319 Nonpoint Source Management Grants to 23 projects that will help communities and the environment around...
Sunday, May 26th is “Fish for Free Day” in Pennsylvania
During the upcoming Memorial Day weekend when many families and friends will already be gathered together, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) is pleased to offer...
Berks Projects Selected in ‘Growing Greener‘ Local Water Clean Up Program
DEP Announces More than $12 Million to Fund Local Water Clean Up Projects in PA’s Southcentral Region
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced Wednesday that 43...
July 4th is Fish-for-Free Day in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, PA - On Thursday, July 4, the Fish and Boat Commission will waive its license requirement, allowing anglers to fish within public waterways across the Commonwealth...
Berks Receives $100,000 State Grant to Improve Local Water Quality
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has awarded approximately $1 million in grants to support 26 counties in the upper half of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed in...
DEP Issues Sunoco Penalties for Pipeline Construction Violations
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has issued two penalties to Sunoco Pipeline, LP totaling $319,461 for violations resulting from construction activities on the...
Berks Sustainable Energy Company Awarded Grant to Develop Solar Dish Concentrator
The Met-Ed / Penelec Sustainable Energy Fund awarded a $340,000 grant to a Berks County company developing an innovative solar dish concentrator capable of delivering clean, inexpensive...
Reading-Muhlenberg Plan Joint Public Meeting for Bernhart’s Dam
The City of Reading City Council and Muhlenberg Township Commissioners will be holding a joint public meeting to educate the public about the PA DEP order to...
