{"id":18125,"date":"2018-11-02T14:53:06","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T14:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=18125"},"modified":"2018-11-02T14:53:20","modified_gmt":"2018-11-02T14:53:20","slug":"soil-and-water-quality-field-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=18125","title":{"rendered":"Soil and Water Quality Field Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_18126\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18126\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18126\" src=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/NCCD-CREP-mini-grant-projectsmaller-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/NCCD-CREP-mini-grant-projectsmaller-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/NCCD-CREP-mini-grant-projectsmaller-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/NCCD-CREP-mini-grant-projectsmaller-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/NCCD-CREP-mini-grant-projectsmaller.jpg 1570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-18126\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janette Lesher of NRCS and Ryan Cherwinski of NCCD discuss the importance of cover cropping and soil health.<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p><em>By: Judy Becker, District Manager, Northumberland County Conservation District <\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>The Northumberland County Conservation District (NCCD), the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and the Schuylkill Conservation District held a joint Soil and Water Quality Field Day on August 29, 2018, at the Agricultural Research Service Lab in Klingerstown, PA. The meeting was free for attendees.<\/p>\r\n<p>The Field Day was offered in two sessions. Session 1 covered new information about the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP). Session 2 covered important research that occurred in the Mahantongo Creek Watershed. Attendees had the option to sign up for one session or both.<\/p>\r\n<p>Topics for both sessions were provided by representatives of the Farm Service Agency (FSA), Pheasants Forever, the ARS Lab, The Pennsylvania State University, NRCS, NCCD, and the Pennsylvania No-Till Alliance. Time was also provided for questions during both sessions. Approximately 100 people were in attendance. The meeting was paid for by the CREP Outreach Program Office Mini-grant Program and grant funding that was available from the Schuylkill Conservation District.<\/p>\r\n<table style=\"width: 88.3256%; border-collapse: collapse;\" border=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 25.1924%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12424\" src=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/PACREP_FullColorCROPPED-300x249.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/PACREP_FullColorCROPPED-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/PACREP_FullColorCROPPED-768x638.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/PACREP_FullColorCROPPED-1024x851.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/PACREP_FullColorCROPPED.jpg 1242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 63.2405%;\">Financial and other support for the CREP Outreach Program Office Mini-grant Program is provided by the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts, Inc. through a Growing Greener Watershed Protection grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and with additional support from USDA-NRCS.<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Judy Becker, District Manager, Northumberland County Conservation District The Northumberland County Conservation District (NCCD), the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and the Schuylkill Conservation District held a joint Soil and Water Quality Field Day on August 29, 2018, at the Agricultural Research Service Lab in Klingerstown, PA. The meeting was free for attendees. 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