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“How a rainy day and finicky fish launched a Pennsylvania program dedicated to unpaved roads.” article. This link takes you to the actual article:

https://www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/trout-fishing-gravel-rainbow-fly-dirt-cyclocross-20220207.html

The follow along training guide and take-home reference book provided at each training. Download the updated guide here.

The Center and SCC have been working on several documents, including a Program Standard, Program Policy and a Technical Manual, to provide guidance for funding stream crossing replacements funded by the DGLVR Program. The documents have gone through several reviews by DGLVR advisory workgroups that include staff from ~15 conservation …

The annual report highlights projects, practices, and expenditures for 2020. Visit the Program-Specific Resources’ Reference Material page to download the annual report.

With only 5 weeks left in “DSA season”, make sure to submit any notifications for DSA sampling as soon as possible to allow time for testing.  Both CDGRS staff and testing labs can get backed up with everyone trying to squeeze in those last placements.   Remember that the SCC approved …

The SCC approved Conservation District Allocations for both “Dirt and Gravel”, and “Low Volume” funding at their May meeting. You can view the updated allocations on the Conservation District Allocations page. 

List of attendees from past Bureau of Forestry ESM trainings. Download the updated list here.

The Center has two positions currently available. For more information on the positions and how to apply, click here.

With sorrow, honor and respect we must announce the passing of Ed Bellis (93), a major player in the creation of the Dirt, Gravel, and Low Volume Roads Program.  From our current perspective of working within one of the most successful ongoing locally controlled government programs in history, it is …

The propose of this page is to provide a one-stop shop for recorded trainings and webinars in support of PA’s Dirt and Gravel Road Maintenance Program. Visit this new page here.

Updated two page summary of DGLVR Program for municipalities and other eligible applicants. Visit the Program-Specific Resources’ Reference Material page to download the annual report.

The updated handbook includes the Aggregates 101 Technical Bulletin released in January 2021.

The current cutoff values for project deliverables. Helps indicate potential errors with entered project totals. Visit the Program-Specific Resources’ Reference Material page to download the updated summary.

Visit the Products page to download the updated Approved Products list.

In order to facilitate the November PA State Conservation Commission Meeting, the PSU Center for Dirt and Gravel Road Studies will be using Penn State’s Zoom Webinar System to host the meeting. Visit the SCC Meetings page for detailed information.

Information and a downloadable fact sheet for using scaled-down woodchip bioreactors in roadside ditches to filter out dissolved nitrate Visit the Current Research page for more information.

In order to facilitate the September PA State Conservation Commission Meeting, the PSU Center for Dirt and Gravel Road Studies will be using Penn State’s Zoom Webinar System to host the meeting. Visit the SCC Meetings page for detailed information.

At its 7/22 meeting, The State Conservation Commission adopted revisions to the administrative manual. Visit here for more information.

The SCC approved Conservation District Allocations for both “Dirt and Gravel”, and “Low Volume” funding at their July meeting. You can view the updated allocations on the Conservation District Allocations page. 

This is a listing of people who last attended an ESM training in 2014. Because ESM trainings have not been held in 2020 due to the Coronavirus, the SCC has approved these attendees as eligible to apply for DGLVR funding for an extra year, through 12/31/2020. Download the list here.