{"id":23304,"date":"2022-01-24T17:49:51","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T17:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=23304"},"modified":"2022-01-24T17:49:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T17:49:51","slug":"shambaugh-dryzal-and-thompson-testify-before-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=23304","title":{"rendered":"Shambaugh, Dryzal, and Thompson Testify Before House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/John-Dryzal-Brenda-Shambaugh-Chris-Thompson.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/John-Dryzal-Brenda-Shambaugh-Chris-Thompson-1024x534.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23305\" width=\"419\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/John-Dryzal-Brenda-Shambaugh-Chris-Thompson-1024x534.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/John-Dryzal-Brenda-Shambaugh-Chris-Thompson-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/John-Dryzal-Brenda-Shambaugh-Chris-Thompson-768x401.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/John-Dryzal-Brenda-Shambaugh-Chris-Thompson.jpg 1326w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 419px) 100vw, 419px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em>(Left to right):<\/em> John Dryzal, Brenda Shambaugh, and Chris Thompson testify before the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee on January 24, 2022.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Representatives from PACD testified before the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee on January 24, 2022. The testimony favored House Bill 1901, which would help ensure clean water for all Pennsylvanians.<\/p>\n<p>PACD endorses HB 1901 because it would start several programs. First, this would put much-needed Best Management Practices (BMPs) on the ground. These BMPs would reduce the amount of pollution getting into Pennsylvania\u2019s ground and surface water.<\/p>\n<p>Brenda Shambaugh, Executive Director of the PA Association of Conservation Districts, testified in favor of the legislation. PACD represents the state\u2019s 66 conservation districts. Also, John Dryzal, Cambria County Conservation District Manager, and Christopher Thompson, Lancaster County Conservation District Managing Director, spoke in favor of HB 1901.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClean water is vital to all Pennsylvanians. HB 1901 provides a way to use federal dollars in various programs. We hope that this bill passes. In addition, we ask legislators to consider future funding to continue controlling pollution,\u201d said Shambaugh.<\/p>\n<p>HB 1901 would provide additional resources to conservation districts. With this support, conservation districts will better address clean water issues. This includes helping farmers to reduce pollution.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The entirety of the testimony is available here: <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/HB1901\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/HB1901<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Representatives from PACD testified before the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee on January 24, 2022. The testimony favored House Bill 1901, which would help ensure clean water for all Pennsylvanians. PACD endorses HB 1901 because it would start several programs. First, this would put much-needed Best Management Practices (BMPs) on the ground. These BMPs [&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-23304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legislative"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23304","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=23304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23304\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}