Mark your calendar and join us for the PACD spring region meetings! All meetings will be in-person with a virtual option.

March 21, 2023 | 10:00 a.m.
PACD South Central Region Meeting  
Cumberland County Conservation District, Carlisle, PA

March 23, 2023| 9:30 a.m.   
PACD South East Region Meeting      
Henning’s Market, Harleysville, PA

March 30, 2023 | 10:00 a.m.
PACD North East Region Meeting   
Schuylkill Conservation District, Pottsville, PA

April 4, 2023 | 10:00 a.m.        
PACD North Central Region Meeting  
Clinton County Conservation District, Mill Hall, PA

April 12, 2023 | 10:00 a.m.   
PACD North West Region Meeting    
Suites on Main at PennWest Clarion University, Clarion, PA

April 19, 2023 | 10:00 a.m.   
PACD South West Region Meeting  
Westmoreland Conservation District, Greensburg, PA

Thank you to all the volunteers who made the conservation district booth at the PA Farm Show a success! The 2023 show premiered the Stormwater Plinko game, which drew visitors to the booth.

Thank you to the following conservation districts who sent volunteers:

Blair
Centre
Clinton
Columbia
Cumberland
Indiana
Lancaster
Lebanon
Lehigh
Northumberland
Schuylkill
Snyder
And the PA Envirothon

Mark your calendars for the 2023 Virtual Conservation District and PA Agency Ag Meeting!

April 3, 2023, 1:00pm to 4:00pm – Statewide Information

April 6, 2023, 9:00am to Noon – Chesapeake Bay Information

*We’d like your suggestions! Please submit ideas for topics you’d like to hear about to hmiller@pacd.org by COB Wednesday, January 18^th

County conservation districts and your partners have a huge impact at the local, state, and federal levels. And all of this PROGRESS is happening because of expanding PARTNERSHIPS and PROJECTS! We invite your district to join these two half-day meetings to hear from local, state, and federal partners about how your work is connecting the dots everywhere and inspiring partners at every level.

Staff from PA state agencies, USDA-NRCS, and conservation districts are encouraged to attend.

More information to come! Registration will open in February. Please contact Holly Miller at hmiller@pacd.org with questions.

Close to 4,000 township officials and guests from all over Pennsylvania will attend the annual Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors (PSATS) Conference and Trade Show, April 23-26, 2023. Once again, there will be a Conservation District Booth at the show from Sunday, April 23, to Tuesday, April 25. 

Trade Show dates and times are:

• Sunday, April 23
  • 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. (1^st shift)
  • 6:30–8:00 p.m. (2^nd shift)

• Monday, April 24      
  • 7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (1^st shift)
  • 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (2^nd shift) 

• Tuesday, April 25
  • 7:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Please consider volunteering for a morning or afternoon shift at the conservation district booth. This is a valuable opportunity to promote the districts and explain the type of work they do, as well as reinforce existing relationships with local township officials.

To volunteer, please get in touch with Brenda Shambaugh at bshambaugh@pacd.org.

Mark your calendars for the PACD/SCC Joint Annual Conference July 19-20, 2023, at the Holiday Inn Harrisburg (Hershey Area) in Grantville, PA. Conservation district directors, associate directors, staff, and agency partners are invited to attend. Catch up with old friends and make some new ones in Harrisburg this July! Registration will open in May.

The Virtual 2023 PACD Winter Meeting will take place as a series of video conferences in January. Committees will meet between January 6 and 20, followed by PACD Executive Council on January 26.

Registration is open to all conservation district directors, associate directors, staff, partner agency staff, and invited guests. Registration for each meeting is free and required. Registrants will receive a confirmation email with information to participate using Zoom or by phone. Meeting materials will be distributed prior to the meeting.

Please email the listed contact to request a registration link:

Registration for PACD Executive Council:

PACD Executive Council Video Conference
January 26, 2023 | 10 a.m.–Noon
Email mburns@pacd.org for a link to register

Registration for PACD Committees:

PACD Conservation Committee Video Conference
January 6, 2023 | 10–11 a.m.
Email mburns@pacd.org for a link to register

PACD District Employees Committee Video Conference
January 11, 2023 | 11 a.m.–Noon
Contact hmiller@pacd.org for a link to register

PACD Education & Outreach Committee Video Conference
January 12, 2023 | 10–11 a.m.
Contact swehinger@pacd.org for a link to register.

PACD Legislative Committee Video Conference
January 17, 2023 | 10–11 a.m.
Email mburns@pacd.org for a link to register

PACD Ways & Means Committee Video Conference
January 19, 2023 | 10–11 a.m.
Contact abrown@pacd.org for a link to register.

PACD Operations Committee Video Conference
January 20, 2023 | 10–11 a.m.
Contact mburns@pacd.org to request a registration link.

PACD will again partner with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service to host a Conservation District booth at the 2023 PA Farm Show.

Conservation districts are encouraged to set up a display for a day and educate folks from all over the state. It’s an opportunity to highlight your district, your county, and what’s going on in your area. If your district has an exhibit that travels easily and you would like to spend a few hours enjoying the Farm Show, then this opportunity is for you.

The show runs from Saturday, January 7, to Saturday, January 14. We need volunteers to staff the booth (one or two volunteers per shift). The morning shift is 8:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. The afternoon shift is 12:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Please let us know if you would like to fill one or more of these shifts as soon as possible. Contact Brenda Shambaugh at bshambaugh@pacd.org by November 28 with your contact information and the shifts you’d like to fill.

 

Mark your calendars for the 2023 PACD Winter Meeting! The event will take place as a series of videoconferences throughout January, beginning with the PACD Conservation Committee on January 6 and ending with PACD Executive Council on January 26. Registration will open in November. Questions? Contact Molly Burns with PACD at mburns@pacd.org.

PACD Conservation Committee Video Conference
January 6, 2023 | 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.

PACD District Employees Committee Video Conference
January 11, 2023 | 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.

PACD Education and Outreach Committee Video Conference
January 12, 2023 | 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.

PACD Legislative Committee Video Conference
January 17, 2023 | 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.

PACD Operations Committee Video Conference
January 20, 2023 | 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.

PACD Ways and Means Committee Video Conference
January 19, 2023 | 10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.

PACD Executive Council Video Conference
January 26, 2023, 10:00 a.m.–Noon

On October 7, the Indiana County Conservation District celebrated its 75^th anniversary with an open house at the district headquarters. The district also unveiled its new website, https://www.iccdpa.org.

PACD Second Vice President Emil Bove (Westmoreland) represented PACD at the event.

On October 13, 2022, the Chester County Conservation District held its 75^th anniversary celebration at the Mendenhall Inn.

PACD Executive Director Brenda Shambaugh attended the event.