{"id":26932,"date":"2025-09-05T13:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T13:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=26932"},"modified":"2025-09-05T13:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T13:13:11","slug":"free-landscape-professional-training-for-conservation-districts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=26932","title":{"rendered":"Free Landscape Professional Training for Conservation Districts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26933 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CBLP.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"341\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CBLP.png 842w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CBLP-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/CBLP-768x417.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/>PACD is offering two sessions of the Level 1 Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional (CBLP) training for conservation districts. Staff DO NOT need to be located in the Chesapeake Bay to take the training. The training is a baseline credential in design, installation, and maintenance of sustainable landscapes, with emphasis on how to properly maintain stormwater best management practices.<\/p>\r\n<p>The training is two days \u2013 one day of classroom and one day of field learning.<\/p>\r\n<p>The sessions are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the following dates\/locations:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>October 30-31, 2025, in Berwick, PA<\/li>\r\n\t<li>December 9-10 (snow date December 11) in Indiana, PA<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Registration is a two-step process:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>The first step is to fill out the online application <a href=\"https:\/\/certified.cblpro.org\/register\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The second step is to select your training date <a href=\"https:\/\/certified.cblpro.org\/product\/level-1-certification-pacd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Space is limited to 30 participants per session. The sessions are for conservation district staff only and are free of charge. Pre-class assignments and logistical details will come from <a href=\"mailto:Katie@cblpro.org\">Katie@cblpro.org<\/a>\u00a0as we get closer to the\u00a0start date.\u00a0There is a written exam that participants must pass to become certified. Continuing education credits are available from many organizations. The complete list is at <u>cblpro.org<\/u>.<\/p>\r\n<p>Thank you to the PA Department of Environmental Protection, Indiana County Conservation District, and Native Creations for coming together to host this opportunity for district staff to become credentialed.<\/p>\r\n<p>Questions? Contact <a href=\"mailto:melissa@cblpro.org\">melissa@cblpro.org<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p><em>Financial and other support for this project is provided by the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts, Inc., through a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act, administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PACD is offering two sessions of the Level 1 Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional (CBLP) training for conservation districts. Staff DO NOT need to be located in the Chesapeake Bay to take the training. The training is a baseline credential in design, installation, and maintenance of sustainable landscapes, with emphasis on how to properly maintain stormwater [&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-26932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26932","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=26932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}