Invitation to Bid: Blair Regional YMCA Project
The Conservation District is funding a rain garden project using a National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grant. This project is located in Hollidaysburg Borough, Blair County, PA. A mandatory pre-bid…
Read MoreInvitation to Bid – Leamer/Seven Falls Angler’s Club projects
The Conservation District is funding two streambank stabilization projects using a National Fish and Wildlife Foundation grant. Both projects are along Clover Creek, Woodbury Township, Blair County, PA. A mandatory…
Read MoreBARK-BARK-BARK at NatureWorksPark
This is our very first blog and we wanted to take this space to promote two of our favorite things – the great outdoors and our pets! BCCD developed a…
Read MorePlanning is the Focus for Agriculture
Agriculture is the Number One industry in Blair County and the Blair District has a strong albeit evolving program to support agriculture. District planning numbers doubled in 2020, preparing 17…
Read MoreSpotlight on the DGLV Road Program
The DG&LVR program continues to address sediment pollution from undermanaged roads and drainage facilities on Dirt & Gravel Roads and paved Low Volume Roads (less than 500 vehicles per day).…
Read More
Tillage and Cover Crop Survey – 2020
The Blair County Conservation District has been cooperating with the Capital RC&D to conduct Transect Surveys of the County since 2012. The purpose of the survey is to evaluate progress…
Read More
Region Leader in Farms Preserved
Blair County’s Conservation Easement Purchase Program was approved in 1991. The Conservation District facilitates the program for the County of Blair. In 2020 the program preserved one large farm totaling…
Read More
Thank You Harold Bailey!
The year was 1966 and the Blair County Conservation District was formed because a group of Blair County Citizens got signatures on a petition to take to the County Commissioners.…
Read More