In 2016, 2019, and 2022, leaders from Pennsylvania’s agricultural and environmental communities participated in a series of “Pennsylvania in the Balance” conferences. In the early years, participants generated creative new ideas to position agriculture in the state as a solution for clean water. Convened by the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, PA in Balance 2022 marked the latest in a series of these conferences aimed at providing a forum where motivated leaders in agriculture and the environment work collaboratively to identify new, innovative solutions that can help ensure thriving, productive agriculture while meeting water quality goals for Pennsylvania’s local streams and the Chesapeake Bay.
Listen to hear from two speakers who have been instrumental in these conversations. Lara Fowler, PennState mediator attorney and law faculty member focuses on water, energy, agriculture, and dispute resolution; and Jill Whitcomb, Director of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Watershed Restoration and Nonpoint Source Management, who provides vision and leadership for Pennsylvania’s nonpoint source management program, Chesapeake Bay watershed restoration efforts, and more. …...more
...more
Show less
