{"id":19810,"date":"2019-11-22T15:43:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T15:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=19810"},"modified":"2019-11-22T15:44:12","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T15:44:12","slug":"pike-county-conservation-district-completes-bioswale-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=19810","title":{"rendered":"Pike County Conservation District Completes Bioswale Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PikeBioswaleSign-498x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19811\" width=\"156\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PikeBioswaleSign-498x1024.jpg 498w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PikeBioswaleSign-146x300.jpg 146w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PikeBioswaleSign.jpg 641w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\" \/><figcaption><em>Photo provided by the Pike County Conservation District. <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In August, the Pike County Conservation District refurbished a bioswale on the district\u2019s property as part of their Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Educational Mini-grant Project. The bioswale filters and slows down the movement of stormwater runoff. <em>(What is the difference between the bioswale and a rain garden? Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soils.org\/discover-soils\/soils-in-the-city\/green-infrastructure\/important-terms\/rain-gardens-bioswales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here (opens in a new tab)\">here<\/a> to find out.) <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An educational sign was installed to teach the public how the bioswale functions and the positive effect this type of installment can have on local water resources. The district plans to use the site as a demonstration area for future educational programs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sign is available on the Educational Events Sample Materials page on the PACD website. Click <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?page_id=655\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to view the sample materials from previously funded mini-grant projects. Districts are encouraged to use these materials for their own activities rather than starting from scratch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/epa_logo-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19573\" width=\"87\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/epa_logo-2.jpg 336w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/epa_logo-2-275x300.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 87px) 100vw, 87px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Financial\nand other support for this project is provided by the Pennsylvania Association\nof Conservation Districts, Inc. through a grant from the Pennsylvania\nDepartment of Environmental Protection under Section 319 of the Clean Water\nAct, administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In August, the Pike County Conservation District refurbished a bioswale on the district\u2019s property as part of their Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Educational Mini-grant Project. The bioswale filters and slows down the movement of stormwater runoff. (What is the difference between the bioswale and a rain garden? Click here to find out.) An educational sign [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conservation-district-project-spotlight","category-mini-grant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19810","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=19810"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19810\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}