VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Please join the Newtown Township EAC for the installation of a Pollinator Garden at Roberts Ridge Park on October 12th and October 13th, at 10 AM. Please bring your own hand and gardening tools (gloves, handheld gardening trowels, shovels), and a drink for hydration. This is a rain or shine event.
The Newtown Township Environmental Advisory Council was established to protect the natural resources within the Township and create community awareness. The seven EAC members work together to build an environmentally sustainable community by championing and promoting natural resource conservation, consideration of environmental impacts in decision-making, education and awareness of environmental issues in Newtown Township. The Council meets the second Monday of each month, 7:00 PM, in the Public Meeting Room in the township building. Its members serve a three-year term. For questions and comments please write to eac@twp.newtown.pa.us.
Current Members
Elaine McCarron, 2026
Jan Filios – 2024
Mark Haber – 2024
Amie Easterly – 2025
Peter Gilles – 2025
VACANT – 2026
VACANT – 2026
Elen Snyder, Township Supervisors Liaison
Useful Links
- Single-Use Plastics Ordinance
- 2022-R-9 Single Use Plastics Resolution
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Delaware Riverkeeper – (Nonprofit Organization) – provides information regarding rivers streams and watersheds
- Environmental Protection Agency – information on many environmental issues
- Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection – similar to the EPA
- International Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMP) Database
- Newtown Twp Birdtown
- Penn State Cooperative extension Service
- Newtown Creek Coalition website
- The Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts – educational materials regarding water issues
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service – information regarding endangered species
- Delaware River Basin Commission – information on rivers streams and watersheds
- PA Fish and Boat Commission – information on Amphibians and Reptiles and Fishing and Boating
- Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources – information about parks, forests, streams and greenways
- Heritage Conservancy – information regarding Natural and Historic Resources
- Pennsylvania Environmental Council – information on watersheds and offers additional links to other sites