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April 2008
Cullman County SWCD
Conservation Education Facilities Upgraded
Harvest With a Heart -
The Community Garden (Lee Co. and Mid-South RC&D)
Geneva County Hosts Water-Saving
Demonstration
Mid-South RC&D Grants Help Three Lee County Schools
Mid-South RC&D Grant Helps Lee
County Teachers Learn
Covington County Groundwater Festival a
Success
March 2008
Retiree Ed Holley Receives Jerry L.
Johnson Forestry Award
NRCS Chief Arlen Lancaster Visits Alabama
February 2008
Students Make "Tracks" in Cullman County
Oka
Kapassa Festival Promoted by Northwest Alabama RC&D
Continued Success in Cypress Creek (Lauderdale
County)
Cawaco RC&D Grant Helps Build Nature
Walk
Morgan County Intern Continues Agriculture Goals
(story 2)
January 2008
Monroe County NRCS/SWCD Partners Host FAWN
Morgan County NRCS/SWCD Proud of Successful Conservation District Intern
(story 1)
Lee County Student Wins Poster Contest
Lee County Earth Team Volunteer Liesa
Simpson Heads Up School Yard Cleanup
Alabama Delegates Present at SECDEA Annual Meeting
Improvements Visible in Dry Creek Watershed
December 2007
Madison County SWCD Forms
Watershed Partnership
Blount County NRCS/SWCD Has a Successful
Year
Lee County Receives 2007 Alabama Earth
Team Outstanding Group and Individual Awards
2007 a Successful Year for Lee County
SWCD/NRCS
November 2007
Cherokee County SWCD
Participates in School Program Promoting Conservation
Learning Water Filtration:
Kaleidoscope Day at Rucker Boulevard School
Preventing a Potential Dam Failure
Lauderdale County Site for Land Judging Contest
Coosa County TREASURE Forest Landowner’s
Banquet
Water, Water, Everywhere - Morgan County
Morgan County Helps Install Firebreaks In
Wetland Mitigation Bank
Cullman County Hosts County and
District Land Judging Events
October 2007
Tombigbee RC&D Grants Help Improve Reading
(Fayette County)
Lee County NRCS/SWCD At the Fair
Fence Demonstration Held in Fayette County
North Alabama State Fair Features Conservation
(Florence County)
Fayette and Lamar Counties Land Judging Contest a
Success
September 2007
Farm Management Workshop a Success in
Geneva County
Morgan County Leads in Recreational
Center's Environmental Education Program
Saugahatchee Beekeepers' Association
Receives RC&D Grant (Lee)
August 2007
NRCS Tours State-of-the-Art Poultry Houses
(Monroe, Butler, Escambia)
Mid-South RC&D Presents Grant to
Smiths High School (Lee)
July 2007
Spawning Black Buffalo
Fish Create Teaching Opportunity (Morgan County)
It’s a Family Tradition -
Vaughan Farm (Chambers County)
Morgan
County Hosts Farm Mini-Tour
9th
Annual Environmental Education Teacher Workshop (Madison County)
Pickens
County Producers Praise Plastic Mulch and Drip Irrigation for Growing Vegetables
Lee
County Holds Watershed Assessment Public Meeting
Lee
County SWCD Sponsors Discovering Alabama’s Living Streams Workshop
Tour of Flint River Watershed
Highlights Conservation (Madison Co)
Madison County Hosts Tour for Visiting
Farmers from Uzbekistan
From Failed to Functioning -
EWP Helping Restore Communities (Mobile Co)
Improving Choccolocco Creek (Calhoun
Co) (Calhoun County)
Eight Mile Creek Near Chickasaw is Free
Flowing Again (Mobile Co)
Students Enjoy Eating Soil! (Conecuh
County)
Lee County Celebrates Earth Day 2007
Lee County Celebrates Stewardship Week
2007
Fourth Annual Lee County Water Festival
– “Make Every Drop Count”
Summer on the Farm in Russell County
June 2007
Raised Gardens Installed at the Bill Stewart Activity Center (AL MRV
RC&D)
Cullman County Holds 4th Annual Water
Festival
Morgan County SWCD and NRCS Participate in the 2nd Annual North
Alabama Birding Festival
Coffee County Cullman County SWCD
Conducts Biology Field Trip at Wallace State
Coffee County Hosts Annual Groundwater Festival
The Joy of Conservation
Practices on the Ground (Monroe Co)
Covington County - Successful
Environmental Education Program
On-Farm Energy Conservation (AMRV
RC&D)
Used Cooking Oil—a Viable Option for
Heating Poultry Houses (AMRV RC&D)
Lower Cost Poultry Litter
Storage Innovations (AMRV RC&D)
May 2007
10th Annual Drinking Water Festival
(Madison County)
"Forest in Classroom-Classroom in Forest"
(Calhoun and Cleburne Counties)
Lauderdale County Ninth Annual Water Festival
Northwest Alabama Counties Look for Ways to
Control Litter (NW RC&D)
Winston County Hosts Forestry Field Day
Small Farmer Initiative
at Work in Morgan County
Emergency Warning System Installed
in Rural Blount County
(Cawaco RC&D)
April 2007
Lamar County Producers Take Advantage
of the EWP Downed Timber Initiative
Lamar County First Acre Ceremony
March 2007
National Wear Red Day
Morgan County Celebrates Arbor Day
Barbour County's Day to Shine
(WHIP)
Grant Funds Make Black Branch Remediation
Project Possible
DeKalb Farmer Uses His Heritage to Grow
His Future
Talladega Producer Praises the USDA
Service Center Concept
NRCS Employees Help Judge Regional Science
Fair (Talladega County)
RC&D Grant Helps Pay
for New Outdoor Classroom in Calhoun County
February 2007
Russell County Students Gets Hands-on
Experience
Love Your Heart-Make a Promise (National
Wear Red Day Participation)
Martin Luther King Day
Clean-up in Lee County
Soil Survey Publications in Alabama
Lee County Wins Alabama 2006 Earth Team Awards
Lee County Water Conservation Essay Entry Delayed by Flood!
Florence Field Office Partners with University
of North Alabama
Lee County Participates in 2006 Christmas Parade
Choccolocco Creek Watershed Dam Gets A Face Lift
Lee County SWCD/NRCS Coordinates Red Water Blues Field Day
January 2007
Lee County Volunteers Rid Arboretum
of Invasive Plants
Grant Means Upgrades for Grist Mill in
Talladega County
Cullman County TSP
Selected Third Alternate in State Pageant
Forestry
Training for New West Team Employees
Surveying Equipment Donated To Museum
Montgomery County Producers Worked
Hard in FY2006
Cawaco RC&D Sponsors Stream Restoration
Workshop
December 2006
Alabama Farmer, Jacob Waddy, Wins National Award
Revitalizing School Nature Tail in
Walker County
Successful Planning in Montgomery County
Randall East Receives 2006
Jerry L. Johnson Award
November 2006
Maplesville High School
Creates Outdoor Classroom (Cawaco RC&D)
October 2006
Lee County Promotes Conservation
Education at the County Fair
Crop Tree
Release is a Management Method to Consider
Conecuh County
Participates in Coastal Cleanup
September 2006
Dale
County Presents Classroom in the Forest: Forest in the Classroom
August 2006
Cooperative
Conservation—Alabama Summer Intern Provides Valuable Water Quality Work
Covington County Provides Program
Information to Limited Resource Producers
Flint Creek
Wetlands Mitigation Bank Deeded to Morgan County
Lee County Holds Third Annual
Water Festival
NRCS Provides Technical
Assistance to Tuskegee University Researchers
Alabama Uses TSP
to Assist with Installation of Plasticulture System
Lee
County Celebrates Earth Day
July 2006
Cooperative
Conservation—Alabama Summer Intern Provides Valuable Water Quality Work (70
KB)
BMPs, Public Outreach Help Flint River Recover from Impairments
(Madison County) (444 KB)
Cooperative
Conservation in the Urban Setting (Cawaco RC&D) (67 KB)
Barbour
County Hosts “Take a Walk on the Wild Side” (30 KB)
Lauderdale
County Holds Agriculture Safety Day (30 KB)
Lee
County Water Festival Goes the Extra Mile (152 KB)
June 2006
Lee
County Celebrates Earth Day 2006 (83 KB)
Montgomery
County Holds One-Day Grazing School (69 KB)
Crenshaw
County Students Get Hands-on With Nature (233 KB)
Talladega
County Holds 1st Annual Ground Water Festival (53 KB)
Montgomery
County Farm Field Days are Fun (71 KB)
“Follow
the Kingfisher” - North Alabama Birding 2006 Festival (174 KB)
Cawaco
RC&D Helps with Life Jacket Loaner Program (77 KB)
Cullman
County Holds 4th Annual Water Festival (77 KB)
Cullman
County Holds Two-Day FAWN Event (78 KB)
May 2006
RC&D
Funds Help Project Lifesaver in Lee County (65 KB)
Barbour
County Participates in the “Renew Our Rivers” Campaign (84 KB)
Marshall
County Recognizes Outstanding Conservationists (60 KB)
Outdoor
Classroom Expanded to Include Memorial Trees (Franklin County) (78 KB)
April 2006
NACD
Conservation Poster Contest is a Win/Win (Dale County) (52 KB)
Five
Mile Creek Group Holds 3rd Annual Cleanup (Cawaco RC&D) (70 KB)
Dale
County Hosts First Groundwater Festival (915 KB)
 Listen
to the Water Cycle Boogie! (915 KB)
March 2006
Watersheds
in the Classroom (Cawaco RC&D) (72 KB)
Tuskegee
Main Street Project (Tuskegee FO &
Mid-South RC&D) (43 KB)
Greater
Peace Nature Trail (Coosa Valley RC&D and Lee Co NRCS/SWCD) (124 KB)
Going
Red For Women…on National Wear Red Day (168 KB)
Conservation
Tillage Workshop Held in Andalusia (80 KB)
Wiregrass
RC&D Hosts 4th Annual Tri-State Farmer’s Forum (66 KB)
CSP
Meeting for Pickwick Lake Watershed Huge Success (Lauderdale) (61KB)
South
Alabama District Land Judging 2006 Competition
(106 KB)
February 2006
Chambers
County Forestry Committee Hosts Teacher In-Service Training
(91 KB)
 Community
Celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. Make a Difference Day
(html)
January 2006
Historic
Tuskegee Home to be Restored and Used as a Resource Center (81 KB)
December 2005
Trash
and Recycle Show Schools in Marion and Winston Counties (163 KB)
Lee
County SWCD Christmas Parade Float Promotes Conservation (186 KB)
Furgerson
Family Farm in DeKalb County Incorporates Conservation (145 KB)
Cawaco
Receives Grant to Re-establish Historic Tree Boulevards in Norwood Community
(171 KB)
Cawaco
RC&D Council Receives Grant (184 KB)
Dirt
Road Bandit in Covington County (204 KB)
November 2005
Washington
and Clark Counties Attack Invasive Species (230 KB)
Carolyn
King-Working Hard for the Hispanics Special Emphasis Groups (130 KB)
October 2005
Landowner
Accomplishes Goals with EQIP Assistance in Lee County (239 KB)
Conservation
Tillage Pays Everyone (208 KB)
Teach-the-Teacher:
Conservation Education in Shelby County (168 KB)
Lee
County Fair (330 KB)
Save
a Tree-Save a Knee in Bibb County (330 KB)
September 2005
Covington
County Looks at 2005 Accomplishments (273 KB)
EQIP
Programs Helps Covington County Farmer (143 KB)
Lee
County 4-H Forestry and Wildlife Judging Teams Receive RC&D Grant (182 KB)
August 2005
The
War of the Roses (Managing Invasive Species in Montgomery County) (266 KB)
Conservation
Improvements Added on Graben Family Farm (DeKalb County) (140 KB)
Lee
County NRCS/SWCD Celebrates Earth Day with Students Throughout the County
(168 KB)
Lee
County Teen Leaders Take on Environmental Issues and Education (133 KB)
Lee
County Water Festival 2005 - "Celebrate Conservation (139 KB)
Teach
the Teacher Workshops by DACs in Six Counties (105 KB)
July 2005
On
the Farm Education in Montgomery County (209 KB)
Bibb
County Hosts Soils Field Trip (200 KB)Feature Stories - Stories written to be published.
Last Modified:
04/29/2008
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