Julie McMonagle, PEC, on COALS Program. Julie McMonagle, Director of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council's Northeast Office talks about the COALS (Clean Up Our American Lands) anti-dumping program. She and Steve Bartos, Manager of the COALS Program for the Department of Environmental Protection, made a presentation on the program to the Joint Legislative Air & Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee.

Little Conestoga Riparian Buffer Project. The Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Exelon, the Little Conestoga Watershed Alliance, Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster Conservancy, Lancaster Country Day School, Millersville University and local volunteers plant a riparian buffer that will yield nutrient credits and sequester carbon to reduce climate-changing greenhouse gases. Featured in this Video Blog piece are Brian Hill, President & CEO of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Helen Howes, Vice President for Environment, Health and Safety at Exelon, Todd Trout, a teacher from Lancaster Country Day School and a board member of the Little Conestoga Watershed Alliance, Danielle Lukens, a High School Senior at Lancaster Country Day School, Senator Mike Brubaker, who represents Lancaster and Chester counties, and Dr. Julie Ambler, from Millersville University and a member of the board of the Little Conestoga Watershed Alliance.

Margaret Dunn, from the non-profit Stream Restoration, Inc., talks about the importance of partnership and watershed volunteers during the 2007 Ohio River Watershed Celebration. Margaret is also one of the organizers of the event. Watch these other posts from the Celebration-- Dennis Tubbs, Fish & Boat Commission, talks about the dramatic improvement in water quality in the Pittsburgh Region. Thurman Korns, Wells Creek Watershed Association, provides an update on their activities in the display area. Joel Anne Swelthelm, Audubon's Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve, talks about dock-side environmental education programs. Karl Thomas, RiverQuest (formally Pittsburgh Voyager), provides an overview of their unique on-the-river environmental education programs. Tim Danehy, Biomost, Inc., talks about how he got interested in working on cleaning up abandoned mine drainage. Ohio River Watershed Celebration sights and sounds montage.

Dennis Tubbs, Fish & Boat Commission, talks about the water quality in the three rivers of Pittsburgh and their surrounding watersheds and how it has improved dramatically in the last 35 years thanks to the dedicated efforts of local and state governments, watershed groups and their many private sector partners during the 2007 Ohio River Watershed Celebration. Watch these other posts from the Celebration-- Margaret Dunn, Stream Restoration, Inc., talks about the importance of partnerships and watershed volunteers. Thurman Korns, Wells Creek Watershed Association, provides an update on their activities in the display area. Joel Anne Swelthelm, Audubon's Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve, talks about dock-side environmental education programs. Karl Thomas, RiverQuest (formally Pittsburgh Voyager), provides an overview of their unique on-the-river environmental education programs. Tim Danehy, Biomost, Inc., talks about how he got interested in working on cleaning up abandoned mine drainage. Ohio River Watershed Celebration sights and sounds montage.

Thurman Korns, of the Wells Creek Watershed Association, gives us the latest news from this Somerset County watershed group and talks about the importance of building local partnerships during the 2007 Ohio River Watershed Celebration. Watch these other posts from the Celebration-- Margaret Dunn, Stream Restoration, Inc., talks about the importance of partnerships and watershed volunteers. Dennis Tubbs, Fish & Boat Commission, talks about the dramatic improvement in water quality in the Pittsburgh Region. Joel Anne Swelthelm, Audubon's Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve, talks about dock-side environmental education programs. Karl Thomas, RiverQuest (formally Pittsburgh Voyager), provides an overview of their unique on-the-river environmental education programs. Tim Danehy, Biomost, Inc., talks about how he got interested in working on cleaning up abandoned mine drainage. Ohio River Watershed Celebration sights and sounds montage.