{"id":26461,"date":"2025-01-02T18:35:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T18:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=26461"},"modified":"2025-01-02T18:35:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T18:35:01","slug":"applications-being-accepted-for-2025-boot-camp-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=26461","title":{"rendered":"Applications being Accepted for 2025 Boot Camp Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_26462\" style=\"width: 159px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26462\" class=\" wp-image-26462\" src=\"http:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Yuri-Plowden-NRCS-Boot-Camp-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Yuri-Plowden-NRCS-Boot-Camp-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Yuri-Plowden-NRCS-Boot-Camp-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Yuri-Plowden-NRCS-Boot-Camp-768x1150.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Yuri-Plowden-NRCS-Boot-Camp-1026x1536.jpg 1026w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Yuri-Plowden-NRCS-Boot-Camp-1367x2048.jpg 1367w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Yuri-Plowden-NRCS-Boot-Camp-scaled.jpg 1709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 149px) 100vw, 149px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-26462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo courtesy of USDA NRCS.<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p>The application period for Agricultural Conservation Technical Training (\u201cBoot Camp\u201d Basic Level and Level II) is now open. Conservation district staff are encouraged to take advantage of these free training opportunities, including classroom learning and experience in the field.<\/p>\r\n<p>The Basic level will be held once, and the Level II training will be held twice if needed. You may apply for one training only. Do not apply for both Basic and Level II this spring.<\/p>\r\n<p>March 11, March 18, and April 4, 2025 (virtual)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\r\nMarch 24-27, 2025 (in-person)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?page_id=25914\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agricultural Conservation Technical \u201cBoot Camp\u201d Training \u2013 Basic Level<\/a><br \/>\r\nBoth in-person and all virtual training sessions are required to complete the course.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\r\nUnion County Government Center, Lewisburg, PA<\/p>\r\n<p>March 21 and March 28, 2025 (virtual)\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\r\nApril 7-11, 2025 (in-person)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?page_id=25915\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agricultural Conservation Technical \u201cBoot Camp\u201d Training \u2013 Level II<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\r\nBoth in-person and all virtual training sessions are required to complete the course.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\r\nKeystone Conference Center, Ft. Indiantown Gap, Annville, PA (Lebanon County) and the USDA NRCS State Office, Harrisburg, PA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>March 21 and March 28, 2025 (virtual)\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\r\nApril 28-May 2, 2025 (in-person)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?page_id=25915\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Agricultural Conservation Technical \u201cBoot Camp\u201d Training \u2013 Level II<\/a> (IF NEEDED)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\r\nBoth in-person and all virtual training sessions are required to complete the course.\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\r\nKeystone Conference Center, Ft. Indiantown Gap, Annville, PA (Lebanon County) and the USDA NRCS State Office, Harrisburg, PA<\/p>\r\n<p>The deadline to apply is January 29, 2025.<\/p>\r\n<p>Email Shannon Wehinger at <a href=\"mailto:swehinger@pacd.org\">swehinger@pacd.org<\/a> with questions.<\/p>\r\n<p><em>The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and the State Conservation Commission sponsor the training, and PACD coordinates with these partners. <\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The application period for Agricultural Conservation Technical Training (\u201cBoot Camp\u201d Basic Level and Level II) is now open. Conservation district staff are encouraged to take advantage of these free training opportunities, including classroom learning and experience in the field. The Basic level will be held once, and the Level II training will be held twice [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26461","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=26461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26461\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}