The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced it will accept applications for its Conservation Partnership Grant Program through September 30.

DCNR also scheduled a series of eight regional workshops that will focus on funding sources for recreation and conservation programs including Community Recreation, Land Trusts, Rails-to Trails, Rivers Conservation, Pennsylvania Recreational Trails, Snowmobile/ATV and Land and Water Conservation Fund.

The workshops will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on :

June 1 -Radisson Hotel--Valley Forge Convention Center, King of Prussia

June 2 - Holiday Inn Conference Center, Allentown

June 14 - Holiday Inn, Clarion

June 15 - Four Points by Sheraton, Pittsburgh

June 21 - Radisson Hotel, Williamsport

June 22 - The Inn at Nichols Village, Clarks Summit

June 28 - Ramada Inn, Altoona

June 30 - Holiday Inn, Harrisburg

The primary open application period will officially end at 5 p.m. on September 30. A supplemental open application period for planning and acquisition projects only will begin October 1 and end April 14, 2006.

For more information, go to DCNR's Conservation Partnerships Grant Program webpage.

4/29/2005