{"id":25653,"date":"2023-09-15T14:45:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T14:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=25653"},"modified":"2023-09-15T14:46:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T14:46:02","slug":"over-80000-available-for-crep-mini-grants-through-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=25653","title":{"rendered":"Over $80,000 Available for CREP Mini Grants through 2024!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CREP-Mini-grant-Logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24964 alignright\" 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 accepting mini-grant applications from conservation districts 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 will be accepted and approved on a rolling basis until funds are expended.<\/p>\r\n<p>Project Completion &amp; Final Report Deadline: August 31, 2024<\/p>\r\n<p>Project examples:<\/p>\r\n<p>&#8211; Walkabouts\/field days<br \/>\r\n&#8211; Farmer and landowner workshops<br \/>\r\n&#8211; Riparian buffer workshops<br \/>\r\n&#8211; Workshop series with several topics<br \/>\r\n&#8211; Developing educational materials like brochures, flyers, fact sheets, or even billboards<br \/>\r\n&#8211; Hire interns to provide CREP outreach<\/p>\r\n<p>We encourage working with CREP partners to complete education and outreach activities. Partners include USDA Farm Service Agency, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, PA Department of Environmental Protection, Pheasants Forever, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Stroud Water Research Center, PA Game Commission, and other conservation districts!<\/p>\r\n<p>The guidelines, application, and reporting documents for the CREP mini-grant program can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?page_id=24998\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/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=\"276\" height=\"58\" 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: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/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 accepting mini-grant applications from conservation districts 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 will be accepted and approved on a rolling basis until funds are expended. Project Completion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crep","category-grants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25653","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=25653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25653\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}