Mini-Grants Offer Additional Support to Local Water Quality Efforts

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

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