News Release

Water Quality and Pollution Prevention Projects Funded

Harrisburg, PA-The Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts, Inc. (PACD) announces the 2003-2004 Mini-Project Program grant recipients. Awards were made recently to promote the theme, We All Live Downstream. Projects throughout the state were awarded up to $1,000 to promote water quality and pollution prevention.

The PACD administers two grant programs, the PA Chesapeake Bay Educational Mini-Project Program and the Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Mini-Project Program. With funding, organizations are able to implement educational programs to increase local awareness of water quality issues. The projects encourage citizen participation in activities to improve water quality in local watersheds.

The mini-project programs are funded by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's Chesapeake Bay Program and the Environmental Protection Agency's Section 319 program.

A description of currently and previously funded mini-projects is available on the PACD website, www.pacd.org.

2003 PA Chesapeake Bay Educational Mini-projects:

• Adams County Conservation District (Adams County): Rain Barrel Workshop

• Adams County Conservation District (Adams County): Marsh Creek Riparian Education Project

• Bedford High School (Bedford County): Chesapeake Bay Watershed Study of Freshwater Mussels: Part II

• Penn York Bentley Creek Watershed Association (Bradford County): Bentley Creek Natural Stream Restoration Brochure

• Sylvania Borough/Sugar Creek Watershed Association (Bradford County): Sugar Creek Watershed Association Educational 2004 Calendar

• Cameron County Conservation District (Cameron County): Stream Table

• Centre County Conservation District (Centre County): 2003 Pasture Walk Series

• Chester County Conservation District (Chester County): Chester County Watershed Association Map

• Chester County Conservation District (Chester County): Promoting Agriculture Conservation -- What It Means to Be a Chester County Conservation District Cooperator

• Cumberland County Conservation District (Cumberland County): Promote Groundwater Conservation by Using Rain Barrels

• Dauphin County Conservation District (Dauphin County): Conservation District Table Top Display

• Dauphin County Conservation District (Dauphin County): Event Specific Table Top Displays

• Huntingdon Area Middle School (Huntingdon County): Non-Point Source Pollution Field Studies

• Huntingdon Area Middle School (Huntingdon County): Local Watershed Assessments

• PA Cleanways of Huntingdon County (Huntingdon County): Farm Dumps: Problems and Solutions

• Huntingdon County Conservation District (Huntingdon County): Aquatic Resources Study Kit

• Lake Lehman School District (Luzerne County): Lake-Noxen Elementary School K-3 Learning Support Project Give

• Lewistown Area High School Conservation Club (Mifflin County): Lewistown Area HS Conservation Mini-Camp

• Snyder County Conservation District (Snyder County): Contractor's Winter Meeting

• Susquehanna County Conservation District (Susquehanna County): Nutrient Management Planning and Tracking of Organic Matter in Soils

• Wyoming County Conservation District (Wyoming County): Annual Resources Management Tour

• York County Conservation District (York County): Managing Your On-Lot Disposal System Workshop for Homeowners

2003 Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Educational Mini-projects:

• Beaver County Conservation District Environmental Center (Beaver County): "We All Live Downstream" Education Display

• Bedford County Conservation District (Bedford County): Bob's Creek Watershed, State of the Streams

• Pennridge School District (Bucks County): A Study of Lake Nockamixon Water Quality

• Penn Soil Resource Conservation & Development Council (Clarion County): Conservation Tillage to Produce a Better Environment

• North Central Region Math/Science Education Collaborative (Clarion County): Nonpoint Source Pollution & Prevention

• Beech Creek Watershed Association (Clinton County): Display Board for Beech Creek Watershed Association Outreach

• Crawford County Conservation District (Crawford County): CleanWater Festival

• Fayette County Conservation District (Fayette County): Fayette County Children's Water Festival

• Fayette County Conservation District (Fayette County): Rotational Grazing Educational Resources

• Sustaining Greene County (Greene County): Dunkard Creek Sustainable Forestry Demonstration Project

• Western Pennsylvania Conservancy Watershed Assistance Center (Indiana County): Groundwater Flow Model Demonstrations

• Lancaster County Conservation District (Lancaster County): Stormwater and Watershed Educational Brochures

• Lawrence County Conservation District (Lawrence County): Lawrence County Watershed Partnership

• Lebanon County Conservation District (Lebanon County): Lebanon Lancaster County Watershed Forum

• Lebanon County Conservation District (Lebanon County): Dead bird composting recipe sign and thermometers

• Montgomery County Conservation District (Montgomery County): Stormwater Management Education -- BMP Location and Effects

• Pike County Conservation District (Pike County): Watershed Stewardship Outreach in the Upper Delaware River Watershed

• Schuylkill County Conservation District (Schuylkill County): Municipal Stormwater Management Workshop

• Schuylkill County Conservation District (Schuylkill County): Natural Resources Field Studies of Schuylkill County -- "A Workshop on Wheels"

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