{"id":22312,"date":"2021-06-03T13:39:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T13:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=22312"},"modified":"2021-06-03T13:39:39","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T13:39:39","slug":"lawrence-county-conservation-district-installs-dry-creek-and-rain-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=22312","title":{"rendered":"Lawrence County Conservation District Installs Dry Creek and Rain Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lawrence-Dry-creek-and-rain-gardensmaller.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lawrence-Dry-creek-and-rain-gardensmaller-498x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22313\" width=\"157\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lawrence-Dry-creek-and-rain-gardensmaller-498x1024.jpg 498w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lawrence-Dry-creek-and-rain-gardensmaller-146x300.jpg 146w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Lawrence-Dry-creek-and-rain-gardensmaller.jpg 525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Photo of dry creek provided by Lawrence County Conservation District.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lawrence County Conservation District installed a dry creek and rain garden at the South Side Community Garden. The community garden is situated on the site of a demolished elementary school. There are remains of asphalt and concrete just below the grass on a significant portion of the site perimeter. Rain sheet flows much faster than on a typical grassed site and flows over spots that had creosote-soaked railroad tie beds recently removed. The dry creek and rain garden capture that flow and allow it to infiltrate rather than runoff.<\/p>\n<p>The district adapted to COVID-19 restrictions and educated the volunteers and neighbors who help build the dry creek and rain garden with a nonpoint source presentation. The district also created a <a href=\"http:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Soak-up-the-Rain-at-Home-2021.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">booklet<\/a> for homeowners on stormwater management, and an informational sign will be installed at the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/epa_logo-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/epa_logo-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21482\" width=\"93\" height=\"101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/epa_logo-2.jpg 336w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/epa_logo-2-275x300.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 93px) 100vw, 93px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Financial and other support for this project is provided by the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts, Inc. through a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act, administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lawrence County Conservation District installed a dry creek and rain garden at the South Side Community Garden. The community garden is situated on the site of a demolished elementary school. There are remains of asphalt and concrete just below the grass on a significant portion of the site perimeter. Rain sheet flows much faster [&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-22312","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\/22312","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=22312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}