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Lynn Sandieson Honored by Fellow Managers
Two Conservation District Projects Need Your Vote!
Nearly 50 Now Trained on Manure Management
District Resources Needed for 2014 Farm Show
Somerset Rain Garden - A Work in Progress
2014 WREN Grant Application Round to Open in December
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Upcoming Events
PACD/SCC Winter Meeting 
January 28-29, 2014

 

Ramada Conference Center, State College, PA

 

Intro to Conservation Planning

March 4-6, 2014

Holiday Inn Harrisburg-Hershey, Grantville, PA

 

Chesapeake Bay Program Conservation District and PA Agency Staff Meeting
March 10, 2014
(snow date March 13)

Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA

 

PACD South Central Region Meeting

March 12, 2014

Cumberland County Conservation District, Carlisle, PA

 

Agricultural Conservation Technical Training - Basic Level

March 31-April 4, 2014

Ft. Indiantown Gap, Annville, PA (Lebanon County)

 

PACD North Central Region Meeting

April 2, 2014

Clinton County Conservation District, Mill Hall, PA

 

PACD South East Region Meeting

April 3, 2014

Location: TBA

 

PACD North East Region Meeting

April 4, 2014

DEP Northeast Regional Office, Wilkes-Barre, PA

 

PACD North West Region Meeting

April 10, 2014

Forest County Conservation District, Tionesta, PA

 

PACD South West Region Meeting

April 11, 2014

Westmoreland Conservation District, Greensburg, PA

 

Agricultural Conservation Technical Training - Level II

April 28-May 2, 2014

Ft. Indiantown Gap, Annville, PA (Lebanon County)

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November 18, 2013

Lynn Sandieson Honored by Fellow Managers

Pictured (from left to right) Front Row: Lynn Sandieson (Crawford), Sandy Thompson (McKean), JoAnn McCready (Lawrence), Ron Fodor (Butler) and Deb Wilson (Jefferson). Back Row: Lance Bowes (Venango), Heather Wilcox (Warren), Jim Mondok (Mercer), Earl Brown (Erie) and Trudy Alexander (Clarion).

During the November 8 North West Region District Managers Meeting, Lynn Sandieson, Crawford County Conservation District Manager, was honored with a print (showcased) and farewell as she prepares for retirement. Lynn has been with the district for 35 years.

Two Conservation District Projects Need Your Vote!

Lackawanna and Lawrence Conservation Districts have entered the Pennsylvania American Water "Community Investment Challenge" contest. Facebook users will determine the grant awards. Voting is now open!  

 

The district projects are: 

  • Lackawanna County Conservation District -- Protecting Leggets Creek
  • Lawrence County Conservation District -- Rainbarrels for New Castle  
Visit the Pennsylvania American Water Facebook Contest Page, like Pennsylvania American Water, click on the "Community Investment Challenge" tab, and vote for your favorite entry. You may vote once every 24 hours.  The deadline for voting is December 8, 2013. Awards will be announced in early December. 
 
The top three projects receiving the most votes on the company's Facebook contest page will receive awards of $1,000 (first-place), $700 (second-place) and $300 (third place). Let's come together and vote for a conservation district to receive funding for their important projects!

Nearly 50 Now Trained on Manure Management

Jerry Martin, Penn State Senior Extension Associate teaches during the Nov. 12 "Train the Trainer" event in Clearfield County.

Through a grant from the PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), PACD hosted two free trainings on the Manure Management Manual. The trainings were November 12 in Clearfield County and November 14 in Lancaster County. Dr. Douglas Beegle and Jerry Martin from Penn State trained nearly 50 participants.

 

Participants had this to say about the trainings:

  • "Definitely worth the time - great instructors."
  • "The detail the presentations go into for each section of the manual was very very helpful."
  • "I thought the workshop was very beneficial." 

Financial support for this project is provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection through the Chesapeake Bay Implementation Grant and the Clean Water Fund.

District Resources Needed for 2014 Farm Show

Once the holiday season rolls around, the one thing we continue talking about and thinking about is Farm Show! It's right around the corner!

 

We're currently taking inventory of materials and resources we have in stock for the 2014 exposition. Once the review is complete, we will reach out to districts for materials we may run out of. If any districts have developed new hand-outs on any of the programs you administer or have an updated overview piece on your district, we would love to highlight those materials as a part of the display as well. 

 

The 2014 Farm Show runs Jan. 4 - 11. Volunteers are also still needed for the PACD booth. Please contact Brandi at brandi-davenport@pacd.org if interested in volunteering during the week-long event or if you have materials you'd like to send for showcasing. 

Somerset Rain Garden - A Work in Progress


Work began in mid-October for the Somerset Conservation District's "Rain Garden" mini-grant project. This demonstration site and outdoor classroom is being constructed at Allegheny Community College. Financial and other support for this project 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.
2014 WREN Grant Application Round to Open in December

The Water Resources Education Network (WREN), a project of the League of Women Voters of PA - Citizen Education Fund, offers grants for coalitions of community groups working to protect water resources in Pennsylvania.

 

The WREN 2014 round of Watershed Education and Source Water Protection Collaborative Grants will open soon with guidance and applications available in December 2013.  Funding: Watershed Education Projects - up to $5,000/project; Source Water Protection Collaborative Grants - up to $7,000/project. Applications will be due March 2014. Get your partners and project ideas together now to take action in your community. Successful projects engage one or more municipal partners that will play a strong active role in the project. Click here for examples of projects that have been funded in the past.

 

Sign up for WREN's free e-newsletter for the upcoming grant announcement by clicking here and entering your email address in the box on the right. Questions can be directed to WREN Project Director Julie Kollar at juliekwren@verizon.net.