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2025 ExtraGive: Friday, November 21, 2025
Every contribution to Capital RC&D during the 2025 ExtraGive campaign helps forward conservation outreach and project work in Lancaster County and throughout South Central Pennsylvania.
To contribute, visit: Capital RC&D ExtraGive Portal
To contribute, visit: Capital RC&D ExtraGive Portal
Employment Opportunity: Program Assistant (Lancaster County)
Capital RC&D, a regional non-profit organization seeks to fill a grant funded Program Assistant position. This position provides assistance to the landowners and land users of Lancaster County as a representative of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Southeast Field Team 5. The incumbent will serve as an administrative assistant performing clerical duties for the Field Team. These activities will include preparing and mailing correspondence letters, maintaining filing systems both electronic and physical, contract management, filing and utilizing the online Geographic Information System (GIS) to enter and maintain conservation plans, input and retrieve data for progress reports, coordinate supply and equipment ordering/inventory and other duties as assigned.
Please review the complete job description here and forward questions or resumes to Executive Director, Ann Basehore via email as soon as possible.
Please review the complete job description here and forward questions or resumes to Executive Director, Ann Basehore via email as soon as possible.
Capital RC&D's "Ag Conservation in our Communities" Photo Display
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The Capital RC&D "Ag Conservation in our Communities" photo display is a traveling photo installation designed to increase awareness of conservation in our region. The display features conservation practices that connect to four major themes within Capital RC&D's work, including: soil, water, grazing, and communities. To learn more about the installation, the practices featured, or to discover how to be more involved in our work, visit the Ag Conservation in our Communities page.
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Capital RC&D and the Mountains-to-Bay AllianceCapital RC&D partnered with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and other agencies and organizations throughout the Mid-Atlantic region to support the Mountains-to-Bay Alliance. The Mountains-to-Bay Grazing Alliance works with farmers to implement and improve grazing management and reduce feed costs, effectively increasing rotational grazing throughout the region. Learn more about the alliance by visiting m2ballince.org and see Capital RC&D's impact through the project summary.
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Capital RC&D is now on Facebook!
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Capital RC&D Grazing Advising
The Capital RC&D Grazing Advising program is not new, in fact, it has been helping farmers and graziers since 2008, but we are excited to introduce the newest advisors and share details about the program. Information about the program, details about getting started, and brief bios about each advisor are available on the Grazing Advisor page, as well as featured within the latest Capital RC&D Conservation Podcast episode.
Click here to link to Capital RC&D's podcasts
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Click here to view Capital RC&D's August 2022 e-News
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Capital RC&D co-produces The Graziers Grapevine podcastEpisode 32: Equine Parasites with Donna Foulk and Dr. Linda Quodomine, DVM
Guest host, Cheryl Burns, speaks with Capital RC&D Grazing Advisor, Donna Foulk, and Dr. Linda Quodomine, DVM about equine parasites, research, and prevention. |
Cover Crop Grazing Case Study Videos
Case study videos featuring two of the farms participating in Capital RC&D's Cover Crop Grazing program are now available here as well as the Capital RC&D YouTube channel.
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