{"id":17684,"date":"2018-06-12T16:32:21","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T16:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=17684"},"modified":"2018-06-12T16:32:21","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T16:32:21","slug":"40000-available-for-2018-19-nonpoint-source-pollution-prevention-educational-mini-grant-program-for-conservation-districts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=17684","title":{"rendered":"$40,000 Available for 2018-19 Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Educational Mini-grant Program for Conservation Districts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Due to continued support of conservation district projects by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, PACD is able to offer a second round of mini-grants in the 2018-19 program year.<\/p>\r\n<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 June 28, 2018.\u00a0 <\/strong>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?page_id=16996\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> for the online application and more information. Please note that a Google Account is required to submit an application. Questions should be directed to <a href=\"swehinger@pacd.org\">Shannon Wehinger<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<table style=\"width: 93.6153%; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 11.9683%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10296\" src=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/epa_logo-2-275x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"85\" height=\"93\" 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: 85px) 100vw, 85px\" \/><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 81.647%;\"><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>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to continued support of conservation district projects by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, PACD is able to offer a second round of mini-grants in the 2018-19 program year. 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mini-grant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17684","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=17684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17684\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}