{"id":27424,"date":"2026-06-25T13:12:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=27424"},"modified":"2026-06-25T13:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T13:12:16","slug":"four-conservation-districts-receive-2026-governors-awards-for-environmental-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/?p=27424","title":{"rendered":"Four Conservation Districts Receive 2026 Governor\u2019s Awards for Environmental Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27425\" src=\"http:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GovernorsAward2026.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"406\" height=\"103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GovernorsAward2026.png 406w, https:\/\/pacd.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GovernorsAward2026-300x76.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/>Congratulations to Armstrong, Chester, Delaware, and Indiana County Conservation Districts on winning the 2026 Governor\u2019s Award for Environmental Excellence!<\/p>\r\n<p>The projects awarded include:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Armstrong Conservation District \u2013 Glade Run Streambank Stabilization and Fish Habitat Project<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Chester County Conservation District \u2013 Chester County Agricultural BMP Implementation<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Delaware County Conservation District \u2013 Little to No Cost Riparian Buffer Plantings along Stoney Creek, A Darby Creek Watershed Improvement Effort in Dense Suburban Area<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Indiana County Conservation District \u2013 Lucerne 3A \/ Waterworks Passive Treatment System<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/agencies\/dep\/newsroom\/2026-06-19-shapiro-administration-honors-26-projects-advancing-cleaner-air-water-environmental-stewardship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> to read the press release.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to Armstrong, Chester, Delaware, and Indiana County Conservation Districts on winning the 2026 Governor\u2019s Award for Environmental Excellence! The projects awarded include: Armstrong Conservation District \u2013 Glade Run Streambank Stabilization and Fish Habitat Project Chester County Conservation District \u2013 Chester County Agricultural BMP Implementation Delaware County Conservation District \u2013 Little to No Cost Riparian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conservation-district-project-spotlight","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27424","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=27424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27426,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27424\/revisions\/27426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pacd.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}