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Specialist: Creative solutions to road issues has the PA dirt and gravel program looking bright3/27/2025  Riverkeeper note: The following feature was written by Northern Tier Regional Director Emily Shosh after a Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Podcast conversation with Andrew Mickey.
Andrew Mickey, Conservation Program Specialist with the State Conservation Commission (SCC), has been an avid outdoorsman in the coal region of Schuylkill County - fishing and hunting since he was a kid. "These interests, and seeing the environmental damage caused by historic mining, led me to get involved with conservation organizations and ultimately pursue a career in conservation,” he said. Now, Mickey coordinates projects with the SCC within the Pennsylvania Dirt, Gravel, and Low Volume Roads (DGLVR) Maintenance Program.
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Roundtable recap: Good funder rapport, detailed reports can be key to grant writing success3/13/2025  Eric Rosengrant is the president of the Moshannon Creek Watershed Association. Riverkeeper note: The following recap of the March Riverkeeper Roundtable discussion is completed by Northern Tier Regional Director Emily Shosh.
Since 2019, the Moshannon Creek Watershed Association (MCWA) has been actively pursuing grants and partnerships to fund a variety of projects aiming to improve water quality of the Moshannon Creek Watershed. Significantly affected by abandoned mine drainage, several grants over the years have funded treatment sites, water testing, education endeavors and an official restoration plan. “The first program we applied to was the Coldwater Heritage Partnership grant, and we used it for doing the initial study of Moshannon Creek from the top to bottom to understand what’s really happening now in that watershed. Parts of it had been studied before but this was a complete report,” said Eric Skrivseth, treasurer, past president, and founder of MCWA.  Riverkeeper note: The following article was written by Northern Tier Regional Director Emily Shosh. You can contact her directly at [email protected]
Aaron Lewis is the newly appointed Pennsylvania Forest Conservation Coordinator, working to improve, maintain and establish grouse and woodcock habitat in Pennsylvania. “Ruffed grouse benefit from a mosaic of habitat, forest types and age classes and they require them to be pretty close in proximity,” he said, adding that his efforts with the Ruffed Grouse Society on protecting and encouraging grouse habitat protects forests, which in turn protects water quality. "The most efficient water treatment facility is a forest which is why so many municipalities in Pennsylvania own forests, and we will work with them as well,” he said. |
AuthorsRiverkeeper John Zaktansky is an award-winning journalist and avid promoter of the outdoors who loves camping, kayaking, fishing and hunting with the family. Archives
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