{"id":26792,"date":"2025-05-30T13:23:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T13:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=26792"},"modified":"2025-05-30T13:23:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T13:23:45","slug":"twelve-conservation-districts-receive-environmental-education-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=26792","title":{"rendered":"Twelve Conservation Districts Receive Environmental Education Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26793 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DEP-EE-Grants-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DEP-EE-Grants-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DEP-EE-Grants-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DEP-EE-Grants-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DEP-EE-Grants-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/DEP-EE-Grants-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/>The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has awarded $1,173,789 in Environmental Education Grants to 68 environmental education projects that will promote environmental stewardship across Pennsylvania.<\/p>\r\n<p>Twelve conservation districts received funding:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Adams &#8211; $4,889 for \u201cTour of Best Management Practices at the Adams County Ag Center\u201d<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Blair &#8211; $30,000 for \u201cRegional Education on Healthy Soils, Riparian Buffers and Urban Green Spaces\u201d<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Clarion &#8211; $19,009 for \u201cEnhancing Water and Climate Education in Clarion County\u201d<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Columbia &#8211; $5,000 to host \u201cComposting Towards a Climate Solution\u201d<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Dauphin &#8211; $5,000 for the \u201c2025 Stormwater Management for Homeowners Workshop\u201d<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Delaware &#8211; $5,000 to host the \u201cDelaware County Annual Sustainability Conference&#8221;<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Indiana &#8211; $10,180 for \u201cIndiana County Environmental Futures: Education for Water, Climate, and Environmental Justice&#8221;<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Lawrence &#8211; $4,905 for \u201cNature Camps for Lawrence County\u201d<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Lehigh &#8211; $4,969 for the \u201cOrefield Middle School Outdoor Experience\u201d<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Monroe &#8211; $10,400 for the \u201cFrom Current to Classroom: Educating Through Electrofishing\u201d<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Venango &#8211; $4,457 for its \u201cVenango County Youth Agriculture Education Initiative\u201d<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Westmoreland &#8211; $3,037 for its \u201cStorm Drain Marker Outreach Project\u201d<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/agencies\/dep\/newsroom\/2025-05-22-shapiro-administration-awards-over-1-1-million-to-environmental-projects-that-foster-environmental-stewardship.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> to read more.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has awarded $1,173,789 in Environmental Education Grants to 68 environmental education projects that will promote environmental stewardship across Pennsylvania. Twelve conservation districts received funding: Adams &#8211; $4,889 for \u201cTour of Best Management Practices at the Adams County Ag Center\u201d Blair &#8211; $30,000 for \u201cRegional Education on Healthy Soils, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","category-grants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26792","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=26792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26792\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}