{"id":17033,"date":"2018-02-16T17:59:52","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T17:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=17033"},"modified":"2018-02-16T18:00:24","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T18:00:24","slug":"10000-available-for-2018-educational-mini-grant-program-for-conservation-districts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=17033","title":{"rendered":"$10,000 Available for 2018 Educational Mini-grant Program for Conservation Districts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grants up to $2,000 are awarded to conservation districts for adult educational projects that offer strategies for reducing and preventing Nonpoint Source (NPS) Pollution. Projects should stimulate a local awareness of water quality issues, promote the theme \u201cWe All Live Downstream,\u201d and encourage citizen participation in activities to improve water quality in local watersheds.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>The deadline for NPS mini-grant applications is March 2, 2018. <\/strong>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?page_id=16996\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> for the online application and more information. \u00a0Please note that a Google Account is required to submit an application. Questions should be directed to <a href=\"mailto:swehinger@pacd.org\">Shannon Wehinger<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<table style=\"width: 731.912px;\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 126px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/epa_logo-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10296\" src=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/epa_logo-2-275x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/epa_logo-2-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/epa_logo-2.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 609.912px;\"><em>Financial and other support for the NPS Mini-grant Program 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.<\/em><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grants up to $2,000 are awarded to conservation districts for adult educational projects that offer strategies for reducing and preventing Nonpoint Source (NPS) Pollution. Projects should stimulate a local awareness of water quality issues, promote the theme \u201cWe All Live Downstream,\u201d and encourage citizen participation in activities to improve water quality in local watersheds. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-mini-grant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17033","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=17033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17033\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}