{"id":26946,"date":"2025-09-12T14:35:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T14:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=26946"},"modified":"2025-09-12T14:35:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T14:35:39","slug":"executive-director-brown-speaks-at-citizens-advisory-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=26946","title":{"rendered":"Executive Director Brown Speaks at Citizens Advisory Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-26947 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AmyatDEPCAC-1024x644.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"351\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AmyatDEPCAC-1024x644.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AmyatDEPCAC-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AmyatDEPCAC-768x483.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AmyatDEPCAC.jpg 1346w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/>PACD Executive Director Amy Brown spoke at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/agencies\/dep\/public-participation\/citizens-advisory-council\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PA Department of Environmental Protection\u2019s Citizens Advisory Council<\/a> on September 9, 2025.<\/p>\r\n<p>Amy spoke about PACD programs, training, and sub-grants for conservation districts and emphasized the importance of conservation district work. She also explained the vital role of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service\u2019s Conservation Technical Assistance program, whose funding may be in jeopardy at the federal level.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PACD Executive Director Amy Brown spoke at the PA Department of Environmental Protection\u2019s Citizens Advisory Council on September 9, 2025. Amy spoke about PACD programs, training, and sub-grants for conservation districts and emphasized the importance of conservation district work. She also explained the vital role of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service\u2019s Conservation Technical Assistance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pacd-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26946","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=26946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26946\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}