{"id":21403,"date":"2020-11-13T13:26:11","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T13:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=21403"},"modified":"2020-11-13T13:26:36","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T13:26:36","slug":"native-plants-and-pollinators-technical-training-for-conservation-districts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=21403","title":{"rendered":"Native Plants and Pollinators Technical Training for Conservation Districts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/events.constantcontact.com\/register\/event?llr=ojcxsrkab&amp;oeidk=a07ehenpuyz30510b5c \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NativePlantsPollinatorWebinar.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21404\" width=\"326\" height=\"96\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NativePlantsPollinatorWebinar.jpg 462w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/NativePlantsPollinatorWebinar-300x88.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service is offering free technical training to Pennsylvania&#8217;s conservation districts on native plants and pollinators. The webinar will take place Thursday, February 18, 2021, from 10:00 am to 11:30 am.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Training Description: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Proper plant selection is the first step to ensuring the success of ecological conservation and habitat development projects for native wildlife and pollinators. In this Pennsylvania-focused technical training, conservation district participants will learn about resources available from multiple agencies to help improve planning for native species plantings. Participants will receive an overview of Pennsylvania-specific climate adaptation resources that can be used to make an informed decision on plant selection. Participants will also gain an understanding of at-risk pollinator and wildlife species needs and user-friendly modeling that can be used to aid in proper planning and better communication with landowners.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presenters:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amy Brown, PACD Program Manager<br \/>Greg Czarnecki, PA DCNR Director of Applied Climate Science<br \/>Peter Hoagland, USDA NRCS State Forester<br \/>Kathy Patnode, USFWS Fish &amp; Wildlife Biologist<br \/>John Taucher, PGC Private Lands Section Chief<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/events.constantcontact.com\/register\/event?llr=ojcxsrkab&amp;oeidk=a07ehenpuyz30510b5c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> to register by February 16, 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service is offering free technical training to Pennsylvania&#8217;s conservation districts on native plants and pollinators. The webinar will take place Thursday, February 18, 2021, from 10:00 am to 11:30 am. Training Description: Proper plant selection is the first step to ensuring the success of ecological conservation and habitat development 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":[5,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21403","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=21403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21403\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}