{"id":15667,"date":"2017-06-30T14:22:57","date_gmt":"2017-06-30T14:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=15667"},"modified":"2017-06-30T14:22:57","modified_gmt":"2017-06-30T14:22:57","slug":"conservation-districts-educate-landowners-through-crep-mini-grant-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=15667","title":{"rendered":"Conservation Districts Educate Landowners through CREP Mini-grant Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_15668\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/JeffersonCREPworkshop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15668\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15668\" src=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/JeffersonCREPworkshop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"141\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-15668\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Kerr from the USDA Farm Service Agency explains the CREP program during a CREP workshop in Jefferson County. Photo provided by the Jefferson County Conservation District.<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>The 2016-17 round of Pennsylvania Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) mini-grants for conservation districts concluded in June.<\/p>\r\n<p>Some of the outcomes include:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>8 projects were conducted<\/li>\r\n\t<li>2,000 farmers and landowners were reached<\/li>\r\n\t<li>3 field days\/walkabouts were held<\/li>\r\n\t<li>6 workshops were held<\/li>\r\n\t<li>31 one-on-one visits were held<\/li>\r\n\t<li>29 participants indicated they plan to enroll in CREP In the future<\/li>\r\n\t<li>31 participants indicated they plan to re-enroll in CREP when their contract expires<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>PACD has applied for grant funding to continue this program. If funding is granted, a new grant round will be opened. Questions about the mini-grant program should be directed to <a href=\"mailto:swehinger@pacd.org\">swehinger@pacd.org<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2016-17 round of Pennsylvania Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) mini-grants for conservation districts concluded in June. Some of the outcomes include: 8 projects were conducted 2,000 farmers and landowners were reached 3 field days\/walkabouts were held 6 workshops were held 31 one-on-one visits were held 29 participants indicated they plan to enroll in CREP [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crep","category-mini-grant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}