{"id":18068,"date":"2018-10-12T14:15:26","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T14:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=18068"},"modified":"2018-10-12T14:15:26","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T14:15:26","slug":"conservation-district-watershed-specialists-convene-in-state-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=18068","title":{"rendered":"Conservation District Watershed Specialists Convene in State College"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18069\" src=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CDWS2018cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CDWS2018cropped.jpg 1588w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CDWS2018cropped-300x87.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CDWS2018cropped-768x222.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/CDWS2018cropped-1024x296.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>Over 80 attendees, including 67 watershed specialists, participated in the 18<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Conservation District Watershed Specialist Meeting at Toftrees Golf Resort in State College, PA, October 9-11, 2018.<\/p>\r\n<p>The first day provided an orientation for newer staff, with the full group in attendance for the rest of the conference. The event offered hands-on workshops, including: computer modeling software to help improve water quality, macroinvertebrate identification with staff from Stroud Water Research Center, and PAOneStop. Presentation topics included invasive species, grant-writing and the bidding process, and partnering with the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to implement best management practices. PACD coordinates this annual meeting through a grant from the PA Department of Environmental Protection.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 80 attendees, including 67 watershed specialists, participated in the 18th Annual Conservation District Watershed Specialist Meeting at Toftrees Golf Resort in State College, PA, October 9-11, 2018. The first day provided an orientation for newer staff, with the full group in attendance for the rest of the conference. The event offered hands-on workshops, including: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18068","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=18068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18068\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}