26 County Conservation Districts Received Funding to Promote Water Pollution Prevention Strategies across Pennsylvania

Montgomery County Conservation District received $2000 to install a demonstration rain garden on Perkiomen Township property and then host a rain garden tour and pollution prevention workshop.

With this grant money, the district will have the opportunity to educate local residents on how they can make a difference in their own community to ensure enough clean water for future generations.

The district and Perkiomen Township will work with students from nearby Perkiomen Valley High School to create the design for the garden, which will also be used as an outdoor classroom.  The district expects this design to be finalized in the fall, with the garden to be built in early spring of next year.  All residents will be invited to attend the rain garden tour and pollution prevention workshop next April.

Thirty water protection projects will be funded in 26 of the state’s counties. Other projects include agricultural field days, rain barrel workshops, stormwater tours and more. For a complete listing of awarded projects, visit http://goo.gl/xw3RBm.

 Financial and other support for this project is provided by the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts, Inc. (PACD) 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. For more information about PACD, visit www.pacd.org. 

The Ag E&S Plan-Writing Workshop, which was scheduled for Monday, March 16, has been canceled.

Check back for more workshops for farmers!

Please contact our Ag Conservation Specialist, Jessica Moldofsky, with any questions:  610-489-4506 x14 or jmoldofsky@montgomeryconservation.org.

The latest version of Worksheet 5b for determining volume reductions of BMP’s is available by clicking here.

The Montgomery County Conservation District is partnering with Berks County Conservation District, NRCS, the Berks Conservancy, and Penn State Extension to hold an “Innovative Ag” workshop at the Berks County Agricultural Center this Thursday, February 26.

See the agenda.

All entities who have been awarded a TreeVitalize Watersheds grant for 2015 are highly encouraged to attend this workshop on Friday, February 20 at 10:00am to learn how to enhance their tree planting projects.  If you are interested in the TreeVitalize Watersheds program, but are not a current grantee, please contact Krista Scheirer at kscheirer@montgomeryconservation.org.