Improving local water quality is the focus of a $17 million statewide grant, the Wolf Administration announced last week. Counties in northcentral Pa. will receive $4.6 million, and Lycoming County
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Gov. Wolf announced $17.4 million in grant funding for projects in 33 counties across the Chesapeake Bay Watershed to improve the health of local streams, rivers, and lakes by reducing nutrient and sediment pollution.
Lycoming Biology Field Station awarded $325,089 for Loyalsock Creek restoration lycoming.edu - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lycoming.edu Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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A large swath of trees recently removed near Williamsport Regional Airport to make it safe for pilots landing and departing left the land a stark contrast for those accustomed to the canopy of leafy cover.
“It doesn’t look pretty . . . it looks a little creepy,” said Richard Howell, airport executive director, who added it was done to keep pilots, crews and passengers safe, especially at night, as the airplanes land and take off.
It is such a different appearance that from Interstate 180, motorists could be seen this week twisting their heads to get a glimpse of the runways and airport facilities, which went unseen for years because shade trees and wild growth around the airport perimeter.