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By promoting the establishment and support of
EACs across the Commonwealth, the EAC Network is helping local officials
to make sound environmental decisions within and across municipal
boundaries. Environmental Advisory Councils are appointed volunteers
at work protecting the environment through project implementation,
site plan and ordinance review, community education and much, much
more. Explore this site to learn about the success of EACs in Pennsylvania,
how they operate, where they are, and what you could do to start an
EAC in your community. The EAC Network Website is a project of the
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Whether it’s rehabilitating a community
athletic field, building a safer playground, preparing a watershed
or greenways plan, developing an abandoned rail corridor, protecting
a critical natural or open space area or constructing a snowmobile
or ATV Trail, the Bureau of Recreation & Conservation's
Community Conservation Partnerships Program can provide communities
and nonprofit organizations with the technical assistance or
grant funding to undertake these and other types of recreation
and conservation projects. For more information about the Community
Conservation Partnerships Program visit: http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/brc/grants/.
Application deadline October 13th.
Fifth Annual PA Watershed Conference and Youth Track
Watersheds: The Air Land and Water Connection, will be held
at the Holiday Inn Conference Center, Lehigh Valley, Allentown,
PA from September 30 – October 2, 2004.
For more information, contact Wildlands
Conservancy, 610-965-4397 x23 or DEP
or visit www.pawatersheds.org.
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2004 EACs |
Welcome to all!
Berks County EAC (May 2004)
July heralded the first meeting of the Berks County Environmental
Advisory Council (EAC). The seven-member council was formally
created by county officials this past spring.
Chaired by Craig Hafer, the council will report to and advise
the county commissioners on environmental matters. The EAC has
the authority to study environmental issues at the request of
the commissioners and make recommendations. The council will
also act as a sounding board for residents concerned with various
environmental topics.
“The best thing we can do is empower the citizens so they
know what is going on,” said Hafer.
According to EAC Secretary Tom Power, one of the first projects
the Berks County EAC will undertake is to provide objective
information on the status of the environment in the county.
The EAC will publish the results in an annual report.
Berks is only the second county in Pennsylvania to form an EAC,
behind Butler County. Within Berks County, the townships of
Exeter, Washington, Pike, Earl and District have their own EACs.
It is hoped that Berks will inspire other counties to create
EACs as well.
For more information, contact Tom Power at eac@countyofberks.com.
Media Borough, Delaware County (April 2004)
Tunkhannock Township, Monroe County (March 2004)
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Workshop Schedule:
Western PA EAC Workshop
Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2004
4:00-7:30 pm
Cranberry Township Municipal Building
2525 Rochester Road
Cranberry, PA 16066
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