{"id":22563,"date":"2021-08-13T12:46:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T12:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=22563"},"modified":"2021-08-13T12:47:12","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T12:47:12","slug":"public-hearing-on-invasive-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=22563","title":{"rendered":"Public Hearing on Invasive Species"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Senate-Committee-Hearing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Senate-Committee-Hearing.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22564\" width=\"407\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Senate-Committee-Hearing.png 940w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Senate-Committee-Hearing-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Senate-Committee-Hearing-768x644.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 407px) 100vw, 407px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>On August 24, 2021, the Center for Rural Pennsylvania will hold a public hearing on the negative impact of invasive species in PA. The webinar will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. The meeting is virtual, but you must register to attend. This is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legis.state.pa.us\/cfdocs\/legis\/cms\/index.cfm?chamber=S\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate Committee Meeting<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This hearing is crucial to show the PA General Assembly the importance of developing and funding a statewide invasive species program.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_KLNSbYqjQgW769oelhHTNQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> to register.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Two conservation district staff will testify during the session.<\/p>\n<p><u>Panel 1<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Secretary Redding, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture<\/p>\n<p>Secretary Dunn, Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources<\/p>\n<p>Executive Director Shaeffer, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission<\/p>\n<p><u>Panel 2<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Jayson Harper, Professor of Agricultural Economics, The Pennsylvania State University<\/p>\n<p>Tom Kase, Resource Manager, Kane Hardwood<\/p>\n<p>Dean Spencer, Owner, Shanesville Fruit Farm<\/p>\n<p>Brian Pilarcik, Watershed Specialist, Crawford County Conservation District<\/p>\n<p><u>Panel 3<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Sara Grove, Professor of Political Science, Shippensburg University<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Whitney, Director, Pennsylvania Sea Grant<\/p>\n<p>Jody Groshek, Communications &amp; Outreach Director, McKean County Conservation District<\/p>\n<p>Josh Thiel, Invasive Species Section Chief, New York Department of Environmental Conservation<\/p>\n<p>Closing Remarks: Secretary Redding<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 24, 2021, the Center for Rural Pennsylvania will hold a public hearing on the negative impact of invasive species in PA. The webinar will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. The meeting is virtual, but you must register to attend. This is a Senate Committee Meeting.\u00a0 This hearing is crucial to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legislative"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22563","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=22563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22563\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}