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Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts, Inc Educational Mini-Grant Final Report

Project Number: Project Title: District: Project Contact:

Please provide a 2-3 sentence summary of your grant’s accomplishments specific to improving water quality and reducing nonpoint source pollution:

Please provide a general project overview (What are your project activities to date? In what way were the goals of your project achieved? Were there roadblocks? What changes would you suggest for future similar projects?):

Please provide a summary as to what degree your target audience has increased their knowledge in the following areas as a direct result of your project (as determined by your evaluation results and other data): 1. Your local watershed(s) and the concept of “We All Live Downstream” 2. Nonpoint Source Pollution reduction/prevention concepts 3. Your project’s focus topic (i.e., Agricultural BMPs, Stormwater Management, E&S Controls, Invasive Species, etc.) 4. Degree to which your target audience reported an intention to take action to improve local watershed(s)

Have you or will you be providing any type of follow-up with your target audience to determine the actions they have taken as a result of your project (If so, how? If this follow-up has already occurred, what were the outcomes? By what date will you file an addendum to your final report with any additional outcomes (if applicable)?):

of 4 Reimbursement Request:

Please provide an itemization of expenses. DO NOT SEND RECEIPTS. Keep them with your financial records, in case of audit. PLEASE ROUND TO NEAREST DOLLAR.

Expenditure Category Budget (total of matching funds Matching Funds and Reimbursement and reimbursement columns to Source (Note: Matching Request right) funds are NOT required) Advertising/Promotion

Mileage (@$0.54current rate) Project Office Supplies

Postage/Distribution

Printing / Copying

Staff Wages (not already fully funded by DEP) Fees/Rental

Food/Beverages

Materials (signage/barrels, etc.) Professional Services

Other (please list):

Total:

Final Versions of ALL written materials, presentations, web materials, photographs, etc. (as outlined in your agreement) should be submitted electronically with this final report.

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t d k # ) e p u - w o l l o f Totals *: KEY: # People Reached in Target Audience - Actual number of people educated through your project. # People Reached in Broader Community - Total number of people in the broader community who were made aware of your project (advertising, etc.) # Educational Materials Produced - Number of separate pieces of educational materials produced with project funds (i.e., 1 brochure, 2 PowerPoint presentations) # Educational Materials Distributed - Number of total pieces of educational materials distributed (i.e., 500 brochures, 150 fact sheets, 3 presentations) # Tools Distributed - Number of tools distributed (i.e., we distributed 135 rain barrels of the 150 we had available) # Workshops Held - Number of separate workshops held throughout the project # Tours Held - Number of separate tours / field days / walkabouts held throughout the project # People Surveyed - Number of people who returned surveys that include the following information: # Target Audience intending to install SWBMPs - Number of audience members who leave your event intending to install SWBMPs (rain barrels, rain gardens, etc) Page 3 of 4 # Target Audience intending to adopt Ag BMPs - Number of audience members who leave your event intending to adopt Ag BMPs (no-till, cover crops, etc) # Target Audience intending to implement E&S controls - Number of audience members who leave your event intending to implement E&S controls For intended installation of BMPs the same person may be reported multiple times in all three categories if they are installing multiple BMPs # Target Audience demonstrating increased knowledge of Focus Topic - Number of audience members who demonstrate increased knowledge of focus topic (invasive species, no-till, stormwater management, etc.) and strategies for improvement. This is assessed through a project evaluation. # Target Audience demonstrating increased knowledge of General NPS Pollution - Number of audience members who demonstrate increased general knowledge of nps pollution and strategies for reducing/preventing nps pollution. This is assessed through a project evaluation. # Target Audience demonstrating increased knowledge of Chesapeake Bay / Local Watersheds - Number of audience members who demonstrate increased general knowledge of watersheds and strategies for improvement. This is assessed through a project evaluation. # Target Audience who have taken action as a direct result of project - Number of people who followed through with intention to take action (install BMPs, improve watershed, etc). This is assessed through follow-up surveying or other types of monitoring.