I fully envision Pennsylvania becoming a national leader in fish habitat initiatives.

Fish recognize a bad leader.

This is probably the first time I have considered it.

The Commonwealth has provided significant resources through Growing Greener to support the formation of watershed groups and completion of various planning documents, such as river conservation plans. The need is to focus on implementing on-the-ground, high quality projects that benefit aquatic habitat at the ecosystem level. That is the missing link.

Our proposal doesn't envision fish ladders and screens at our dams. However, through the settlement process we are open to a range of outcomes. As fish ladders and screens make sense, we would support their construction.

We must develop knowledge optimization initiatives to leverage our key learnings.