Conservation District Trash Champion

Written by Shannon Wehinger on July 18, 2025. Posted in Awards

(back row left to right): PA Department of Environmental Protection Deputy Secretary, Office of Water Programs Jill Whitcomb, PA Department of Agriculture Executive Deputy Secretary Gregory Hostetter, award recipient Rob Cronauer, PACD President Emil A. Bove, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Program Coordinator Rob Dubas, and PACD Acting Executive Director Amy Brown. (front row left to right): award recipients Hank Bradish, Tammy Marsh, Chelsea Walker, and Kelly Brestensky.

The Conservation District Trash Challenge pits districts against each other to compete to see who can collect the most trash in the months of April and May.

Westmoreland Conservation District collected 132 bags of trash, 521 tires, with a total of 15,665 pounds of trash collected!

New for this year, the winning district received $500 from Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful.

Pounds of trash and tires collected from other districts included:

Westmoreland 15,665
Washington 11,130
Tioga              10,380
Allegheny      645
Clarion           555
Butler            340
Schuylkill       335
Jefferson       320
Pike                320
Mifflin            200
Lebanon        180

The total pounds of trash and tires reported was 40,070!