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PACD Accepting Applications for Conservation Engineer and Conservation Technician for Bloomsburg Office
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 PACD is seeking a Conservation Technician and Conservation Engineer in the Bloomsburg, PA office. E-mail cover letter and resume to jobs@pacd.org before March 1, 2013. For more information visit: www.pacd.org/jobs.
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Registration Now Open for Basic/Refresher E&S Control Training for Conservation District Staff
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 Registration is now open for Basic/Refresher E&S training for conservation district staff. This session will be held March 25-28 at Fort Indiantown Gap in Annville, PA, and is available at little to no cost to districts. There is no registration fee to attend, meals are provided, and conservation districts are eligible for travel and lodging reimbursement (see registration information for details.) Registration for the Advanced/Topic-Based session, which will take place at the Farm and Home Center in Lancaster, PA April 2-4, will be announced in an upcoming issue of Front Page.
Registration information is available here. Contact Molly Burns
with questions.
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Last Chance to Register for Bay Meeting
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 The 2013 Chesapeake Bay Program Conservation District and PA Agency Staff Meeting (formerly called the All Bay Meeting) will take place March 11 at the Elaine Langone Center, 2nd Floor, Bucknell University, Lewisburg. The target audience for this meeting is staff from PA state agencies, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and conservation districts.
The deadline to register is Friday, February 22. Click here for the meeting registration.
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Nominate an Outstanding Legislator, Director or Staff Person for a PACD Award!
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 Show your appreciation by nominating a special employee, director, associate director or legislator for a PACD award. To submit a nomination, just complete and submit the simple one-page application form, along with a short narrative. Nominations for the Ann Rudd Saxman Conservation District Director (or Associate Director) Excellence Award, the Conservation District Employee Excellence Award and the Legislator Recognition Award are due April 30. Click here for the award nominations forms. Contact Molly Burns molly-burns@pacd.org with questions.
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Save the Date for the 66th PACD/SCC Joint Annual Conference
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 The 66th PACD/SCC Joint Annual Conference will take place July 15-16, 2013 at the DoubleTree Philadelphia-Valley Forge in King of Prussia, PA. Mark your calendar and be sure to look for more information as the conference approaches! Questions should be directed to Molly Burns.
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District Manager's Message:
Larry Martick, Adams County Conservation District
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 Greetings from Adams County! Like everyone else, we're always busy providing valuable services to our citizens, helping them conserve natural resources.
We have a great staff of 10 individuals who collectively have 134 years of experience. We're all county employees and we receive a tremendous amount of support from our county. Read more here.
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Bucks County Conservation District Asks Pet Owners to "Paws" and Think
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 | | Meghan Rogalus, BCCD Watershed Specialist and her dog Sadie visit the Quakertown SPCA. The sign was installed as part of this mini-grant project. Meghan is evaluating the site for plants to naturalize the basin and cut down on nonpoint source pollution from the dog walking loop on the property. |
Mary Ellen Noonan, Bucks County Conservation District (BCCD) Environmental Educator, is on a mission to "doo" something about pet waste affecting water quality in her county. Through a PACD's Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Educational Mini-grant, she currently has a project underway to install signs at dog parks and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) as well as develop an educational brochure.
Financial and other support for the NPS Mini-grant Program is provided by the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts, Inc. through a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act, administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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USDA - NRCS Upgrading to Windows7 and ArcGIS ver10.0
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 NRCS' computers on the USDA system, both for NRCS users as well as Conservation District partners on the USDA system, must meet the requirement to upgrade all computers to the Window7 operating system. Over the past year, Informational Technology Services staff has been working diligently to meet the requirement. Only Customer Service Toolkit users and engineers using their specific tools still remain to be upgraded. The first counties to transition to the new tools on February 7th.
Customer Service Toolkit serves as the primary means for developing and delivering technical assistance products such as maps and narrative and contract documents related to conservation planning and resource assessment. The integrated mapping software used in the Windows7-compatible Customer Service Toolkit is an upgrade to ESRI ArcGIS version 10.0. Users will experience little change is the Toolkit functions but will have to navigate the new buttons in both Windows7 and the new ArcGIS version. In Pennsylvania, there are about 330 computers designated to get the Toolkit upgrade and the deadline to accomplish the task for all Service Centers is July 1, 2013.
Contact Amanda Hasemeier, State GIS Specialist, for more information at amanda.hasemeier@pa.usda.gov.
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Grazing Video Series Completed
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A video series was completed in 2012 through the PA Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI) and is now available online. The videos include a series of clips from grazing practitioners regarding their successes and lessons learned in the field. View them here.
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Bradford County FFA Video Highlights Careers
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 This video highlights a local FFA chapter in Bradford County and speaks to the types of careers participants can learn about. Watch here.
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