Watershed Winds – Meagan Hopkins-Doerr Large, complex problems aren’t solved by individuals, but collective individual actions can make a difference. It is thus exciting that over four hundred Pennsylvanians have committed to making watershed-friendly decisions and behaviors where they live and became certified through the award-winning Watershed-Friendly Certification Program, https://watershedfriendlypa.org. Read more…
Nurture Nature Center was recently awarded a new grant that supports programs and education about the local environment. In April 2022, NNC received a 2022-2023 Environmental Education Grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Through this funding, NNC will be expanding the Watershed-Friendly Property Program to include urban areas Read more…
Nurture Nature Center and Penn State Extension are honored to receive the 2022 Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence through the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for the Watershed-Friendly Property Program (established through a grant from PA DEP Environmental Education Program). Executive Director, Rachel Hogan Carr, and Outreach Educator, Gabi Sullivan, Read more…
The Reading Eagle — Lisa Scheid Karin Wulkowicz’s Welsh Woods yard in Cumru Township is a little different from most in the 30-year-old subdivision of single detached homes. It’s a little more wild, more natural looking. She has a vegetable garden and a rain garden. Not far away from her Read more…