{"id":27027,"date":"2025-10-30T17:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T17:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=27027"},"modified":"2025-10-30T17:11:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T17:11:07","slug":"first-landscape-professional-training-held-in-columbia-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=27027","title":{"rendered":"First Landscape Professional Training Held in Columbia County"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_27028\" style=\"width: 461px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27028\" class=\" wp-image-27028\" src=\"http:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CBLPBerwick_103025.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"451\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CBLPBerwick_103025.jpg 640w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/CBLPBerwick_103025-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-27028\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Native Creations owner and instructor Justin Ulanoski and Executive Director, Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council, Beth Ginter, leading day one of the training at Native Creations in Berwick.<\/p><\/div>\r\n\r\n<p><em>Space is still available for the second session in Indiana County. <\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>PACD hosted a Level 1 Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional (CBLP) training on October 30-31, 2025, in Berwick, PA. The training is two days: one day in the classroom and one day in the field.<\/p>\r\n<p>This session will be repeated at Indiana County Conservation District on December 9-10, 2025 (snow date December 11). Usually, this training costs $475, but these sessions are free\u00a0and exclusively for conservation district staff.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Registration is a two-step process:<\/p>\r\n<p>The first step is to fill out the online application <a href=\"https:\/\/certified.cblpro.org\/register\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>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<\/p>\r\n<p>Staff DO NOT need to be located in the Chesapeake Bay to take the training. The training is a baseline credential in the design, installation, and maintenance of sustainable landscapes, with emphasis on properly maintaining stormwater best management practices.<\/p>\r\n<p>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 date. Participants must pass a written exam to become certified. Continuing education credits are available from many organizations. The complete list is at cblpro.org.<\/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>Space is still available for the second session in Indiana County. PACD hosted a Level 1 Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional (CBLP) training on October 30-31, 2025, in Berwick, PA. The training is two days: one day in the classroom and one day in the field. This session will be repeated at Indiana County Conservation District [&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-27027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27027","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=27027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}