Stone County Soil and Water Conservation District
Events and Meetings
Stone County SWCD board meets the second Wednesday of each month.
57TH ANNUAL CRANE BROILER FESTIVAL
Aug. 22 and 23, 2008
Stone County Soil and Water Conservation District will have a booth with educational information, handouts and representatives from our office to answer questions. We invite everyone to come have some chicken and stop by our booth to visit with us.
2008 POSTER CONTEST
THEME: “Water Is Life”
SEPTEMBER 2008
Stone County SWCD will be working with Stone County School systems with this year's poster contest. This gives the children an opportunity to share their views while focusing on water quality and how to help keep our water clean, while preserving other natural resources.
INFORMATION EDUCATION
As the 2008-2009 school year approaches, Stone County Soil and Water Conservation District is striving to work with our county schools to provide presentations and information to teach area students about soil and water conservation. This year we are planning to present a soil presentation to the area 4th graders. We are also working toward other educational and informational opportunities such as teaching some of the elementary grades about what lives in our local streams. Conducting field days with the students while providing hands-on demonstrations will aide in their learning experience.
Our goal is to help the students become more aware of the importance of conserving our natural resources.
Our office has an ongoing desire to help area land owners with practices as well as offering other opportunities to educate and interact with land owners to improve land and water usage. We offer "Field Days", "Pasture Walks" and other opportunities from time to time, so the land owners can see how these practices help with their overall forage management.
