News & Notes August 2004

Mini-Grant Program Awards $78,411 to Districts

PACD administers the Chesapeake Bay and Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Mini-Grant Programs as part of its grant activities with the PA Department of Environmental Protection and the Environmental Protection Agency. Funding for the 2004-2005 projects, which promote the theme, We All Live Downstream, were recently announced.

Sixty projects were approved for a total of $112,541, and are currently in progress. Thirty-two Conservation Districts, five watershed groups, three schools and seven other conservation organizations received funding. Of the $112,541 awarded, $78,411 was awarded for
district projects.

2004-2005 PA CHESAPEAKE BAY EDUCATIONAL MINI-PROJECTS:

• Adams County Conservation District (Adams County): Rain Barrel Stormwater Reduction Project
• Adams County Conservation District (Adams County): Super Silt Fence versus Silt Soxx Compost by Filtrexx
• Adams County Conservation District (Adams County): Conservation Plants Demonstration Project
• Adams County Conservation District (Adams County): Adams County No-Till Workshop
• Watershed Alliance of Adams County (Adams County): Educational and Outreach Brochures
• Bedford County Conservation District (Bedford County): Nutrient Management and Crop Management Field Day
• Bedford County Conservation District (Bedford County): Bay-Friendly Landscaping for the Small Property Owner Workshop and Brochure
• Bedford High School (Bedford County): Bedford High School Chesapeake Bay Watershed Program
• Blair County Conservation District (Blair County): Education and Outreach of the Community Stakeholders of the Piney Creek Watershed
• Bradford County Conservation District (Bradford County): Best Management Motor Tour
• Bradford County Conservation District (Bradford County): Future Farmers of America Management Planning Competition
• Cambria County Conservation District (Cambria County): Field Application Record
• Centre County Conservation District (Centre County): Centre County Environmental Workshops and Field Days
• Chester County Conservation District (Chester County): The Changing Face of Agriculture: Promoting Harmony in the Community
• Octoraro Watershed Association (Chester County): Amish Education Outreach
• Clearfield County Conservation District (Clearfield): Composting Workshop
• Cumberland County Conservation District (Cumberland County): Groundwater Conservation Using Rain Barrels
• Cumberland County Conservation District (Cumberland County): Do I Really Need that Much Additional Nitrogen?
• Dauphin County Conservation District (Dauphin County): Integration of BMP's into Site Design Workshop
• Dauphin County Conservation District (Dauphin County): Private Well and On-Lot Septic Workshops
• Franklin County Conservation District (Franklin County): Display on Preventing Water Pollution
• Fulton County Conservation District (Fulton County): Environmental Education Field Days
• Fulton County Conservation District (Fulton County): Township Supervisors Workshop Series
• Lackawanna College (Lackawanna County): Watershed Protection Strategies for Municipalities
• Lancaster County Conservation District (Lancaster County): 2004 Lancaster/Lebanon County Watershed Forum
• Lititz Run Watershed Alliance (Lancaster County): Watershed Day 2005
Solanco Young Farmers (Lancaster County): Nutrients and Farming Meeting
• Lebanon County Conservation District (Lebanon County): Ag Camp
• Snyder County Conservation District (Snyder County): Farmer's Winter Meeting
• Sullivan County Conservation District (Sullivan County): White Ash Land Association AMD Remediation Project
• Wyoming County Conservation District (Wyoming County): 6th Annual Resources Management and Protection Tour
• York County Conservation District (York County): Managing Your On-Lot Septic System Workshop

2004-2005 NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION PREVENTION
EDUCATIONAL MINI-PROJECTS:

• Lake Erie-Allegheny Earth Force (Allegheny County): Urban NPS Workshop
• Armstrong County Conservation District (Armstrong County): Assuring Grazing Success
• Conrad Weiser FFA (Berks County): Stream Study and CD Dissemination of Findings
• American Littoral Society (Bucks County): Demonstration Project/Outreach
• Bucks County Conservation District (Bucks County): E&S Brochure
• Butler County Conservation District (Butler County): Farm Tour Promotion and BMP Mobile Display
• ClearWater Conservancy of Central Pennsylvania (Centre County): Rain Barrel Construction Workshops Pilot Program
• Crawford County Conservation District (Crawford County): 3rd Annual Conservation Farm Tour
• Crawford County Conservation District (Crawford County): 4th Annual Clean Water Festival
• Chester Ridley Crum Watersheds Association (Delaware County): Delaware County BMP Tour Signage
• Delaware County Conservation District (Delaware County): Rose Tree Park NPS Best Management Practice Demo Site
• Pennsylvania Resources Council (Delaware County): Biofiltration Demonstration and Education Project
• Fayette County Conservation District (Fayette County): Fayette County Youth Grassland Conservation Initiative
• Indiana County Conservation District (Indiana County): Meeting Your Nutrient Needs with Manure
• Indiana County Conservation District (Indiana County): Controlling Road Runoff with a Conveyor Belt Diversion
• Lebanon County Conservation District (Lebanon County): Lebanon County's MS4-Storm Drain Marking Project
• Monroe County Conservation District (Monroe County): Storm Drain Marking
• Spring-Ford Area School District (Montgomery County): Watershed Awareness and Water Quality Monitoring Program
• Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education (Philadelphia County): Five-Week Watershed and Water Quality Education Program for Wakisha Charter School
• Pike County Conservation District (Pike County): Pike County Community Association Outreach Program
• Somerset County Conservation District (Somerset County): Somerset Watershed Summit
• Snyder County Conservation District (Snyder County): Snyder County Rain Barrel Workshop
• Warren County Conservation District (Warren County): Warren County Conservation Tour 2004
• Warren County Conservation District (Warren County): Nutrient Management Awareness Day
• Washington County Conservation District (Washington County): Watershed Educational Brochure
• Loyalhanna Watershed Association (Westmoreland County): Citizen Guide to the Loyalhanna Creek Watershed
• Westmoreland County Conservation District (Westmoreland County): 2005 Conservation Tour

A full description of currently and previously funded mini-grant projects is available on the PACD website, http://www.pacd.org/products/04-05_mini-project_sums.htm.

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