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News & Notes September 2005

Districts Receive $107,517 for Mini-Grant Projects

The 2005-2006 Educational Mini-Grant Program, administered by PACD, recently awarded $107,517 for 63 projects. PACD awarded grants up to $2,500 for conservation district 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.

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

To learn more about these projects, visit http://www.pacd.org/products/05-06_mini-project_sums.htm.

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