News Release

Grants Fund Local Water Quality Protection Projects

Harrisburg, PA-The Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts, Inc. (PACD) announces the 2005-2006 Educational Mini-Grant Program recipients. PACD awarded grants up to $2,500 to projects throughout the state that 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 current and previously funded projects is available on the PACD website, http://www.pacd.org/products/mini_programs.htm.

2005-2006 PA Chesapeake Bay Educational Mini-Grants:

• Adams County Conservation District: Adams County Stormwater Reduction Rain Barrel Project
• Adams County Conservation District: Demonstration Cattle Crossing and Fencing
  
• Adams County Conservation District: Your Lawn and the Bay
• Bedford County Conservation District: Web-based Delivery of Nonpoint Source Pollution Reduction Strategies for Homeowners and Small Businesses
• Bedford High School: Connecting Bedford County to the Chesapeake Bay: Biology and Watershed Education Projects
• Berks County Conservation District: Chesapeake Bay Watershed Toolkits
• Bradford County Conservation District: Municipal Environmental Awareness Workshop
• Bradford County Conservation District: Lesson Plans for Soils
• Bradford County Conservation District: Nutrient Management for Homeowners & Groundskeepers
• Bradford County Conservation District: Environmentally Sensitive Management for Streams
• Cameron County Conservation District: Stream Instability/Bank Erosion Prevention Workshop
• Cameron County Conservation District: Woodland Elementary School Wetland Demonstration Project
• Centre County Conservation District: Enviroscape Model
• Centre County Conservation District: Agriculture Conservation Management Workshops
• Clearfield County Conservation District: Watershed Festival - Iron Oxide Demonstration
• Clearfield County Conservation District: No-Till Drill Demonstration
• Clearfield County Conservation District: Grazing Workshop
• Cumberland County Conservation District: What Every Farmer Needs to Know about the Nutrient Management Regulation Changes
• Cumberland County Conservation District: How Much Nitrogen Do My Corn Fields Need?
• Cumberland County Conservation District: Post-Construction Stormwater Management Best Management Practices Tour
• Cumberland County Conservation District: Promoting Stormwater Runoff Management by Using Rain Barrels
• Cumberland County Conservation District: Yellow Breeches Watershed Exhibit
• Dauphin County Conservation District: Technical Workshop for Stormwater Management Best Management Practices
• Fulton County Conservation District: On-Lot Wastewater Treatment Education Project
• Fulton County Conservation District: Timber Harvesting Workshop
• Jefferson County Conservation District: Grazing Seminar
• Jefferson County Conservation District: Jefferson County Conservation Tour 2005
• Lancaster County Conservation District/Octoraro Watershed Association: Agricultural Best Management Practices Calendar Design and Distribution
• Lancaster County Conservation District: Natural and Historic Management Plans within Watersheds
• Lancaster County Conservation District/Lititz Run Watershed Alliance: Watershed Day 2006
• Lebanon County Conservation District: Lebanon County Conservation District Educational Signage Program
• Mifflin County Conservation District: Agriculture in the 21st Century - A Conference for the Agricultural Community
• Northumberland County Conservation District: Winter Conference 2006
• Perry County Conservation District: Impaired Streams: Problems and Solutions
• Snyder County Conservation District: Farmer's Winter Meeting
• Sullivan County Conservation District: Erosion & Sediment Control Guidelines for Small Projects Booklet Duplication
• Sullivan County Conservation District: Watershed Placemats
• Susquehanna County Conservation District: Phosphorus Index & Stormwater/Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation Training
• Wyoming County Conservation District: Annual Resources Management and Protection Tour
• York County Conservation District: Enhanced Nutrient Management

2005-2006 Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Educational Mini-Grants:

• Berks County Conservation District: 2005 Conservation Tour
• Bucks County Conservation District: Southeastern Pennsylvania Resource Conservation & Development Council Water Quality Improvements Campaign
• Crawford County Conservation District: 4th Annual Conservation Farm Tour
• Crawford County Conservation District: 5th Annual Clean Water Festival
• Elk Conservation District: Watershed Awareness Booth at Elk Expo
• Elk Conservation District: Watershed Presentation Materials
• Fayette County Conservation District: 2006 Fayette County Children's Water Festival
• Fayette County Conservation District: Fayette County Nutrient Management Record Keeping Program
• Jefferson County Conservation District: Annual Jefferson County Watershed Festival
• Lancaster County Conservation District: Lancaster County Watershed Wide Website
• Lancaster County Conservation District: Educational Karst Groundwater Model
• Lebanon County Conservation District: Lebanon County Conservation District Streamside Education
• Lebanon County Conservation District: 2005 Lancaster/Lebanon County Watershed Forum
• Lawrence County Conservation District: Nonpoint Source Pollution Website Education
• Monroe County Conservation District: Watershed Awareness Newspaper Insert
• Pike County Conservation District: Conservation: A Community Investment
• Pike County Conservation District: Pike County Community Water Resource Outreach
• Schuylkill County Conservation District: Bear Creek Festival
• Somerset County Conservation District: Somerset County Watershed Summit
• Venango Conservation District: Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Field Day and Picnic/Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Educational Display
• Warren County Conservation District: Warren County Conservation Tour 2005
• Warren County Conservation District: Hatch Run Conservation Demonstration Area Nature Trail Signs
• Westmoreland Conservation District: Conservation Tour 2006 -- Hidden in Plain View

# # #