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PACD Awards Pollution Prevention Education Grants

The PA Association of Conservation Districts this week awarded more than $55,000 for 32 projects in 27 counties that promote water pollution prevention strategies through the Non-Point Source Pollution Prevention Educational Mini-Grant Program.
            “Education serves as our first line of defense to prevent water pollution and we must continue to provide the funding in our local communities that allows us to provide this protection,” said Robert B. Maiden, Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts. “Funding for this important program creates an avenue for the Conservation Districts to continue providing vital educational resources that keep our valuable water free of pollution ensuring the preservation of these resources for generations to come.”
            Funding for the grants, up to $2,000 each, is provided through the Department of Environmental Protection under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act, administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 
            Mini-grants were awarded to:

Conservation District Project Title
Adams  Act 167 Plan Implementation
Adams  Nutrient and Manure Management Education
Berks  Agricultural Erosion and Sediment Control/Conservation Planning Workshop
Blair Chapter 102 and Manure Management Display
Blair  Municipal A Community Learning Water Resource Protection & Non-point Source Pollution Understanding
Bradford  Soil Profile Posters
Bucks  Watershed Education for Teachers
Cameron  Teacher’s Workshop – Project WET
Chester Stormwater and Water Quality "We All Live Downstream”
Columbia  Screening of “Blue Gold: World Water Wars” and Discussion of Global and Local Water Issues
Crawford  Crawford County Rain Barrel Rebate Program
Cumberland Manure Management Planning Workshops
Erie Erie County Small Farmer Meetings
Erie Keeping Our Waterways Clean and Safe - Phase 2
Erie Homeowners Conservation Workshop
Lackawanna Storm Water Management in Your Backyard
Lancaster Urban/Suburban Educational Brochure
Lawrence Agricultural Environmental Education for Our Watersheds
Lehigh Lehigh Valley Residential Non-Point Source Prevention Publications
Luzerne Watershed Workshops in Luzerne County
Mercer “GeoWatershed”  Field Days
Mifflin  Manure Management Plan Development Workshops
Montgomery Agriculture Regulation and Compliance Outreach Workshop
Northampton Home and Backyard Conservation: What Can You Do?
Potter Potter County E&S Workshop  "We All Live Downstream"
Snyder  Our Partners Downstream
Susquehanna Equine Manure Management
Union Fall Farmer Conservation Meeting
Warren Liquid Assets:  Profit through Proper Manure Application
Westmoreland Mt. Pleasant Rain Gardens: Workshop & Tour for Engineers
Wyoming Wyoming County Community Garden Rainwater Harvesting Project
Wyoming Wyoming County Stream Quality Monitoring

5/30/2011

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