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PACD South Central Region Meeting Rescheduled
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The South Central Region meeting postponed due to Hurricane Sandy has been rescheduled for Friday, November 9, at the Cumberland County Conservation District Office, 310 Allen Rd., Ste 301, Carlisle, PA 17013. The agenda will remain the same with the day running from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (including lunch.) If anyone has any questions, please contact Molly Burns at molly-burns@pacd.org.
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PACD Issues Press Release:
Conservation Districts Reduce Impact and Respond to Flooding by Hurricane Sandy
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 | | This photo is from the York County Conservation District of the Wagman 319 Nonpoint Source Pollution (NPS) project at Barshinger Creek. The effort, which began about two weeks ago, reshaped streambanks and reconnected floodplain for proper functioning. With this control in place, there was minimal erosion of disturbed/stabilized soils due to the hurricane. For more photos of various Best Management Practices at work during the recent hurricane, visit http://pacd.org/2012/11/sandy. |
Every day, the state's 66 conservation districts work to preserve our natural environment. Efforts such as the design and implementation of stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs) as well as stream restoration, stream stabilization and erosion and sediment (E&S) controls are a part of their day-to-day operations. And each of these measures reduces soil erosion into streams, but also works to minimize the damage caused by flooding in Pennsylvania as well as our neighboring states. When disasters such as Hurricane Sandy occur, these controls reduce the destruction an area may otherwise face. Click here to read the entire press release.
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Armstrong Conservation Fall Tour
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 | Robert Maiden (PACD Executive Director) and Armstrong Conservation District Directors (pictured from left are DeJay Claypoole and Jerry Longwell) and Associate Directors (pictured to the right Pam Meade, John Linkes, Michelle Hickman) at the Armstrong Conservation 2012 Fall Tour. Click here to read a news article on the tour.
Picture taken by Chelsea Walker, AmeriCorps Member. |
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State Poster Contest Winners Promote Agricultural Understanding
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 PACD is pleased to announce the winners for the 2012 Soil to Spoon poster contest at the state level. To promote this understanding of the processes included in soil to spoon, students from kindergarten through 12th grades entered posters conveying their thoughts and ideas through original artwork.
"PACD is very proud of these winners and truly appreciates their dedication to conservation," said Maiden. "Best wishes to each of them in the upcoming national judging competition taking place in December."
Congratulations to the state level winners:
Category: Kindergarten through First Grade
- Brynn Wentz, Carbon County
Category: Second through Third Grades
- Taylor Geisewite, Clinton County
Category: Fourth through Sixth Grades
- Jack Kemmerle, Carbon County
Category: Seventh through Ninth Grades (pictured)
- Bridget Santon, Delaware County
Category: Tenth through Twelfth Grades
- Skyler Baroni, Cambria County
The winning entries were selected from a pool of nearly 1,700 submissions from throughout the state. Participating counties included: Bradford, Cambria, Carbon, Centre, Clinton, Delaware, Northumberland and Snyder. For more information about the NACD poster contest, visit www.nacdnet.org/education/contests/poster/2012.
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DEP Publishes Final Permit Improvement Policies
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 The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced it has finalized its Permit Review Process and Permit Decision Guarantee and Permit Coordination policies. The agency submitted the final versions of the policies, as well as accompanying comment-and-response documents for each policy, for publication in the November 3 edition of the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Because of DEP's emergency response work related to Hurricane Sandy, the final policies will not be implemented until Nov. 14. Click here to read the press release.
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SARE Announces Grants
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 The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) organization is now accepting applications for the following three grants: Farmer Grants, Partnership Grants and Sustainable Community Grants. All grants are capped at $15,000.
SARE grants and education programs have advanced agricultural innovation that promotes profitability, stewardship of the land, air and water, and quality of life for farmers, ranchers and their communities. For more information on SARE grants available in your region, click here.
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2013 River of the Year Call for Nominations
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 Pennsylvania nonprofit organizations are invited to nominate waterways for the 2013 Pennsylvania River of the Year. Selected nominations will be voted on by the general public in December and January.
"For the third year now, the River of the Year selection is being marked by a popular public nomination and voting process," said Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Richard Allan. "We know this spirit of competition rallies public awareness and community support of the value of our state waterways and helps highlight the many great rivers we are fortunate to have in Pennsylvania. We invite residents across the state to nominate their favorites."
Visit http://grants.pawatersheds.org/river-of-the-year to learn about the River of the Year nomination process and to nominate a river. Nominations must be made by Friday, Nov. 16.
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Riparian Forest Buffer Video
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