{"id":25216,"date":"2023-05-19T12:42:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T12:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=25216"},"modified":"2023-05-19T12:42:51","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T12:42:51","slug":"80000-available-for-crep-mini-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=25216","title":{"rendered":"$80,000 Available for CREP Mini-grants!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CREP-Mini-grant-Logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-24964\" src=\"http:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CREP-Mini-grant-Logo-300x120.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CREP-Mini-grant-Logo-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CREP-Mini-grant-Logo-768x308.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CREP-Mini-grant-Logo.jpg 772w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>PACD is now accepting mini-grant applications for up to $3,000 to implement educational and outreach activities that support and extend the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) work. Projects should focus on CREP enrollment, re-enrollment, and\/or CREP maintenance.<\/p>\r\n<p>Applications are being accepted and approved on a rolling basis. The deadline for final reports is extended until December 1, 2023.<\/p>\r\n<p>Project examples:<\/p>\r\n<p>-Walkabouts\/field days<br \/>\r\n-Farmer and landowner workshops<br \/>\r\n-Riparian buffer workshops<br \/>\r\n-Workshop series with several topics<br \/>\r\n-Developing educational materials like brochures, flyers, fact sheets, or even billboards<br \/>\r\n-Hire interns to provide CREP outreach<\/p>\r\n<p>Eligible expenses include staff wages, promotional items, mileage, postage, office supplies, room rental for workshops, food &amp; beverages, materials, transportation, etc.<\/p>\r\n<p>The guidelines and application for the CREP mini-grant program for conservation districts are posted <a href=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?page_id=24998\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. Questions should be directed to Holly Miller at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:hmiller@pacd.org\">hmiller@pacd.org<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DEPlogo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24929 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DEPlogo-300x63.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"51\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DEPlogo-300x63.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DEPlogo-768x162.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/DEPlogo.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/a>Financial and other support for the CREP Outreach Program Office Mini-grant Program is provided by the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts, Inc. through a Growing Greener Watershed Protection grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and with additional support from USDA-NRCS.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PACD is now accepting mini-grant applications for up to $3,000 to implement educational and outreach activities that support and extend the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP) work. Projects should focus on CREP enrollment, re-enrollment, and\/or CREP maintenance. Applications are being accepted and approved on a rolling basis. The deadline for final reports is extended until [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crep","category-mini-grant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25216","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=25216"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25216\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}