{"id":23909,"date":"2022-06-24T13:04:49","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T13:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=23909"},"modified":"2022-06-24T13:04:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T13:04:49","slug":"pacd-receives-new-buffer-grant-for-conservation-districts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=23909","title":{"rendered":"PACD Receives New Buffer Grant for Conservation Districts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Buffermoney.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-21400 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Buffermoney-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Buffermoney-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Buffermoney.jpg 347w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 144px) 100vw, 144px\" \/><\/a>PACD was awarded a Community Conservation Partnerships Program (C2P2) grant from the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to offer sub-grants from 2022-2024.<\/p>\r\n<p>Applications for riparian forest buffer projects under the new program will be accepted until June 30, 2024. Multi-functional buffers are encouraged, but conventional buffers are also eligible under this grant. The sub-grants will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.<\/p>\r\n<p>A 50:50 match is required. Penn State\u2019s Master Watershed Steward Program and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation\u2019s Keystone 10 Million Trees Program will work with conservation districts to provide the match.<\/p>\r\n<p>There is $95,000 available statewide.<\/p>\r\n<p>**We still have approximately $100,000 available for multi-functional riparian buffers as well! Applications for the multi-functional buffer program will be accepted until June 30, 2023. No match is required for this grant, but buffers must be multi-functional.<\/p>\r\n<p>To learn more about both programs, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?page_id=69\">https:\/\/pacd.org\/?page_id=69<\/a>. Here you will find guidelines, application forms, and reporting templates.<\/p>\r\n<p>Please contact Holly Miller at <a href=\"mailto:hmiller@pacd.org\">hmiller@pacd.org<\/a> or 717-794-6105 if you have any questions.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PACD was awarded a Community Conservation Partnerships Program (C2P2) grant from the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to offer sub-grants from 2022-2024. Applications for riparian forest buffer projects under the new program will be accepted until June 30, 2024. Multi-functional buffers are encouraged, but conventional buffers are also eligible under this grant. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buffer-sub-grant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23909","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=23909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23909\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}