News Release

Pollution Prevention Grants Fund Local Projects

Harrisburg, PA-The Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts, Inc. (PACD) announces the 2004-2005 Mini-Grant Program recipients. Projects throughout the state were awarded up to $2,500 to promote water quality and pollution prevention. Funding for the grants is provided through 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-grants is available on the PACD website, http://www.pacd.org/products/mini_programs.htm.

2004-2005 PA Chesapeake Bay Educational Mini-Grants:

• 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-Grants:

• 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

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