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Front Page: Your Weekly News & Updates
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Four Districts Visit Capitol for Legislative Visits
On Tuesday, April 25, directors and staff from four conservation districts visited their legislators at the Capitol in Harrisburg. The districts included Berks, Cambria, McKean, and Sullivan. PACD Executive Director Brenda Shambaugh joined the visits to both House of Representative members and senators.
See articles below for news of other Conservation District Week activities throughout the state.
Photo caption: Senator Gene Yaw, Chair, Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee; Brenda Shambaugh, PACD Executive Director; Sandy Thompson, McKean County Conservation District Manager; Cliff Lane, McKean County Conservation District Director and PACD North West Region Director; Andy Trostle, Sullivan County Conservation District Director; John Dryzal, Cambria County Conservation District Manager; Joanne Day, Sullivan County Conservation District Director; and Senator Elder Vogel, Chair, Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee. Not pictured are Berks County Conservation District attendees who were visiting Senator Schwank at the time.
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Schuylkill County Commissioners Proclaim April 23-30 as Conservation District Week
On Tuesday, April 18th, Schuylkill County Commissioner Gary Hess presented Schuylkill Conservation District with a proclamation celebrating April 23- 30, 2017 as Conservation District Week and commemorating the great work accomplished by Pennsylvania's 66 Conservation Districts.
Photo caption (left to right): Commissioner Gary Hess, Conservation District Manager Jenna Fehr, and Conservation District Chairman Glenn Luckenbill.
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Clinton County Commissioners Issue Conservation District Week Proclamation
The Clinton County Commissioners presented a proclamation to the conservation district at the commissioner's public meeting commemorating the week of April 23-30, 2017 as Conservation District Week.
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Columbia County Commissioners Declare Conservation District Week
Maryruth Wagner, District Manager for the Columbia County Conservation District, was presented with a Conservation District Week Proclamation from Columbia County Commissioners Chris Young, David Kovach, and Richard Ridgway, on April 20, 2017.
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Conservation Districts Represented at 2017 PSATS Conference
District volunteers helped at the conservation district table at this year's PA State Association of Township Supervisors (PSATS) Conference from Sunday, April 23, through Tuesday, April 25. About 4,000 township officials from across the Commonwealth attended the three day event.
The primary focus of the district exhibit was to share information about conservation district programs and initiatives that affect local townships. The district volunteers helped build new relationships and reinforce existing relationships with township officials.
Thanks to Morgan Schuster, Michele Ulmer, and Lance Bowes (pictured) for their help at the conference.
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Ten Conservation Districts to Receive DEP Environmental Education Grants
Governor Tom Wolf announced that 79 projects statewide are receiving almost $1.2 million in Environmental Education Grants from the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) in 2017.
Among the recipients were ten conservation districts, including: Columbia, Elk, Jefferson, Lehigh, Mercer, Monroe, Pike, Potter, Snyder, and Tioga.
Photo credit: Pennsylvania Governor's Office.
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Celebrate Stewardship Week: April 30-May 7
Join the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) in celebrating the 2017 stewardship week theme "Healthy Soils are Full of Life!" If your district has plans to celebrate, let NACD know and they will add your event to a map of Stewardship Week celebrations across the country. If you haven't made plans for Stewardship Week yet, visit this page for ideas. There you'll find links for a sample public service announcement, a template news release, a proclamation, and all of 2017's downloadable education materials.
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Conservation Districts in the News
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Upcoming Events
Intro to Conservation Planning
(application period is closed)
May 16-18, 2017
Holiday Inn Harrisburg-Hershey, Grantville, PA
PACD/SCC Joint Annual Conference
July 12-13, 2017
Red Lion Hotel Harrisburg Hershey, Harrisburg, PA
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PA Association of Conservation Districts | 717.238.7223 | pacd@pacd.org | www.pacd.org
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