Registration for Combined NACD NE Regional Meeting and PACD/SCC Joint Annual Conference Opens Today
Conservation districts and their partners are invited to register for the Combined 2018 National Association of Conservation District's (NACD) Northeast Regional Meeting and 71st PACD/SCC Joint Annual Conference.
The combined conference will take place at the DoubleTree Resort by Hilton Hotel in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. NACD events will take place July 15-17, 2018 and PACD/SCC events will take place July 17-18, 2018.
Anyone is welcome to attend the entire event or only the NACD or Pennsylvania portion. All four days will offer sessions and activities of interest to our members and partners and, as the host state, we hope that Pennsylvania will be well represented.
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Amish Country on a Mission?" by Beechwood Photography is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Westmoreland Conservation District Produces Stormwater Videos
Mini-grant through PACD's 2017-18 round. With this funding, the district developed two informational videos about stormwater basin design, assessment, and maintenance to help educate municipal staff, engineers, and others about the role of basins in stormwater management.
The videos were displayed at the district's annual Municipal Roundtable and Engineers' Workshop.
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.
Photo caption: Screenshot of Stormwater Basin Retrofitting video Part 2.
Tioga County Joins Forces with State, and Local Partners to Tackle Illegal Dump "Site 24" for Great American Cleanup of PA
Tioga County Conservation District, PA DEP, Shell, Gas Field Specialists, and Northern Tier Solid Waste Authority joined forces on Thursday, April 19, to clean up a challenging illegal dump site, known as "Site 24," to eliminate a potential source of pollution to the Cowanesque River.
The cleanup resulted in the removal of 3.17 Tons of accumulated waste material and 3.81 Tons of tires (277 tires) from an abandoned railroad grade adjacent to the Cowanesque River. Heavy equipment provided by Shell was used to remove the material from the steep embankment and placed in roll-off containers provided by Northern Tier Solid Waste Authority.
Photo credit: Photo provided by Tioga County Conservation District.
