The Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts Inc. (PACD) is accepting applications, through June 15 for the 2005 Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention and PA Chesapeake Bay Educational mini-grant programs.

Eligible projects must take place between June 15, 2004 and May 15, 2005. A maximum of $2,500 will be allocated to eligible projects.

Previous grants provided for a maximum of $1,000. This grant round provides an additional $1,500, per project, to support local environmental education efforts that protect water quality by addressing nonpoint source pollution.

Exhibits, farm tours, water quality studies, workshops and publications are just a few of the activities supported by the mini-grant programs. In 2003, mini-grants funded 88 projects. Those projects, in turn, helped to reach thousands of people throughout the Commonwealth.

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.

Additional information, including a full listing of previously funded projects, and grant application forms can be found on the PACD website at: http://www.pacd.org/products/mini_programs.htm .

5/28/2004