July 8, 2026
By installing a liquid manure storage, a manure stacking shed facility, and making significant barnyard improvements, Penn Lake Farms, LLC has taken steps to reduce nutrient runoff and improve water quality in the Chiques Creek Watershed.
June 17, 2026
Erin Trouba, extension educator, left, accepted the Bronze Award–Long Publication Award in the Outstanding Educational Materials Award category from the Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals. She accepted the award on behalf of the authors of the Penn State Extension publication, "Agricultural Conservation Funding Guide for Pennsylvania: A Resource Guide for Best Management Practices (BMPs)." Credit: Pennsylvania Association of Natural Resource Extension Professionals. All Rights Reserved.
May 5, 2026
From growing up as a missionary kid in Colombia to flying Black Hawk helicopters to helping rear nine children, Tony Zell has a zest for life.
April 15, 2026
Penn State's College of Ag Sciences convenes stakeholders from across the watershed to discuss agriculture’s role in the Bay's health and resilience.
March 30, 2026
Students are leveraging aerial imagery to identify opportunities for implementing conservation practices across select watersheds in Pennsylvania.
March 24, 2026
Stream study reveals that some pesticides travel with surface runoff while others can infiltrate, move with groundwater, and evade anti-pollution structures.
May 16, 2024
Penn State is seeking more than 100 Pennsylvania dairy farms to receive assistance in planning and implementing practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
March 5, 2024
Climate change profoundly impacts farmers, introducing challenges such as erratic weather patterns, shorter growing seasons, extreme temperatures, and heightened pest and disease pressure.
October 27, 2023
To accelerate conservation and reduce water pollution, a Penn State team composed of outreach staff and extension educators will build upon existing partnerships with organizations in the lower Susquehanna River basin. The watershed is plagued by runoff of nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus from agriculture.
March 15, 2022
If you're a farm operator in 14 central Pennsylvania counties, you now have a chance to highlight what steps you have taken to protect and enhance water quality for your local streams and the Chesapeake Bay. Several agricultural and governmental organizations have partnered to develop a survey, found at https://farm-bmp.psu.edu, that asks producers in Bedford, Centre, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lebanon, Lycoming, Mifflin, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder and Tioga counties to document conservation practices they have adopted to promote water quality and soil health in the bay watershed.
