The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has scheduled three mini-workshops to help individuals apply for grants under the Community Conservation Partnerships Grant Program.

The workshops will be held in--

· Bucks County: April 18 from 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 Noon. Location: Northampton Township Senior Center, 165 Township Road, Richboro, PA;

· Chester County: April 28 from 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 Noon. Location: Chester County Government Services Building, Room 171, 601 Westtown Road, West Chester; and

· Montgomery County: April 13 from 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 Noon. Location: Montgomery County Fire Academy, 1175 Conshohocken Road, Conshohocken.

Workshops are free and no registration is required. But, please RSVP, one week before the workshop, by contacting Fran Rubert by phone at 215-560-1183 or by sending e-mail to: frubert@state.pa.us .

For information on workshops in other areas of the state, contact: Wes Farringer (mfahringer@state.pa.us) in Northcentral and Lori Keiffer Yeich (lyeich@state.pa.us) or Cindy Dunlap (cydunlap@state.pa.us) for Southcentral.

For more information, visit the Community Conservation Partnerships Grant Program webpage.

3/31/2006