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Does Litter Bug You?..................2
Spring Cleanup!...........................3
Real People
Saving Watersheds..................4-5
Environmental IQ..........................6
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Kids Corner...................................8
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Mark Schweiker, Governor
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
David E. Hess, Secretary
Department of Environmental Protection
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birthday, Litterbug! First introduced in 1952 by
the Pennsylvania Resources Council, the Litterbug
celebrates his 50th birthday with the turn of the
new year. The slogan, “Don’t be a litterbug!”
has echoed through the years as a battle cry in
the struggle to keep Pennsylvania beautiful.
 With
his blatant disregard for the health of the environment,
tossing litter everywhere, the Litterbug is a constant
reminder of our responsibility to put trash in its
proper place and maintain the integrity of our landscape
and natural resources.
After all these years of littering, is it possible
to show the Litterbug the error of his ways? Will
he look at the consequences of littering and realize
that littering is a threat to our quality of life?
Secretary Hess had the opportunity to sit down with
the Litterbug and discuss why littering is unhealthy
for the environment. Read More: Check
out page 2 to see if Secretary Hess can convince
the Litterbug to change his littering ways!
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nterviewing the Secretary of DEP is all in a day’s
work for Danielle Mort, a fourth-grade student at
Quentin Roosevelt Elementary School in Pittsburgh.
This girl really knows how to get a story, challenging
the Secretary to answer, in eight words or less,
“Why do we only recycle cans and newspapers
and not food?”
 Danielle
conducted the interview for her school newspaper
as part of an America Recycles Day celebration.
With a “recycling” magician singing “reduce,
reuse and recycle” and a chance for students
to help build edible landfills, this was arguably
the best assembly ever held at Quentin Roosevelt,
according to one fifth-grader.
DEP’s Recycling Team also was on hand at the
celebration to remind Pennsylvanians of all ages
to recycle at home, school and work. Each of the
seven cartoon character mascots represents a commonly
recyclable material, including milk jugs, newspapers,
tires, bottles and cans.
Danielle had a lot of writing to do to include all
this recycling fun in her article, but she was up
to the task. There is no doubt that we are in good
hands with Danielle as a “recycler of tomorrow.”
Read More
about the Recycling Team on page 3 and
check #3 on your Free Stuff Card (page
7) for a Recycle Team coloring book.
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 ou’ve
heard of people donating their time for the health
of the environment, but how many people can say
they donated a well? Todd Giddings, a partner in
the Spring Creek Watershed Community, can!
Todd donated a groundwater well that will become
part of Pennsylvania’s water resource monitoring
network. “I am happy that this well is going
to become part of the state’s drought monitoring
network,” Todd said. “I have dedicated
a large part of my career to studying this watershed,
and I am thrilled that this well will help make
a difference in how we use water in this community.” |
The well will provide important, real-time
data about the Spring Creek watershed as well as
insight into how much groundwater flows through
the watershed.
Armed with a $31,325 Growing Greener grant, the
Clearwater Conservancy and the Spring Creek Watershed
Community have partnered with the US Geological
Survey to add seven additional groundwater monitoring
wells in the watershed. Eventually, these wells
will become part of the state's groundwater monitoring
network.
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Pennsylvania is in need of better, more accurate
water resource information. Thanks to Todd’s
generous donation, the Commonwealth is much closer
to achieving that goal. Learn
More about Pennsylvania’s Water Resource Monitoring
Network at www.state.pa.us, PA Keyword: “Drought.”
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In Pennsylvania,
great things come in the thousands, as we cleaned
up our 1,000th brownfield site through our Land
Recycling Program and will be awarding more than
1,000 Growing Greener grants this summer to committed
watershed organizations. These milestones are a
reflection of the invaluable partnerships that have
and continue to form for the health of our environment.
Let’s build on this success! Look inside your
GreenWorks Gazette to learn how.
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