{"id":20895,"date":"2020-07-10T14:52:22","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T14:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=20895"},"modified":"2020-07-10T14:52:22","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T14:52:22","slug":"columbia-county-conservation-district-creates-better-backyards-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=20895","title":{"rendered":"Columbia County Conservation District Creates Better Backyards Certification"},"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\/2020\/07\/Columbiabackyard-cert-sign.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20896\" width=\"268\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Columbiabackyard-cert-sign.png 320w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Columbiabackyard-cert-sign-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Columbia County Conservation District is launching a brand-new program to promote sustainable backyard practices. The \u201cBetter Backyards\u201d Certificate program is open to all Columbia County residential, business, school, and municipal lands.<\/p>\n<p>This program aims to provide habitat for the county\u2019s native flora and fauna, improve water quality and soil health, manage stormwater and erosion, reduce pollutants, and mitigate the effects of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>The district is holding a webinar to launch the program on Friday, July 17, 2020, from Noon-1:00 p.m. Please register in advance for this webinar at: <a href=\"https:\/\/columbiaccd.us4.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=20fd2bb3ba37aee106cc475c2&amp;id=a51ea7ec8f&amp;e=12ce2eb304\">https:\/\/columbiaccd.us4.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=20fd2bb3ba37aee106cc475c2&amp;id=a51ea7ec8f&amp;e=12ce2eb304<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more info about the &#8220;Better Backyards&#8221; Certificate Program go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.columbiaccd.org\/betterbackyards\">www.columbiaccd.org\/betterbackyards<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbia County Conservation District is launching a brand-new program to promote sustainable backyard practices. The \u201cBetter Backyards\u201d Certificate program is open to all Columbia County residential, business, school, and municipal lands. This program aims to provide habitat for the county\u2019s native flora and fauna, improve water quality and soil health, manage stormwater and erosion, reduce [&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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conservation-district-project-spotlight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20895","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=20895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20895\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}