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Discover, Learn, Enjoy: Your Own Backyard
Licking SWCD will be hosting a series of hands-on workshops that focus on Backyard Conservation. Join us for one or all of our events!
The five workshops are:
Landscaping with Yard Trees: April 22 / $20.00 Learn how to pick out the proper tree for your yard and incorportate it into your landscape. Free tree pracket to participants.
Attract Wildlife with Native Plnats: April 29 / $20.00 There are hundreds of plants to choose from, learn which ones will attract birds, butterflies, and other native pollinators. Make your own bird feeder to take home.
Collecting Rain Water...One Rain Barrel at a Time: May 6 / $50.00 Learn what a rain barrel is and how it can be beneficial to you and your landscape. Participants will make their own rain barrel.
Rain Gardens 101: May 15 / $20.00 Bring a shovel and hand trowl for the do-it yourself installation demonstration. Receive a starter kit of native rain garden plants.
Getting the "Dirt" on Soils and Composting: May 20 / $35.00 Learn how to read your soil test results, amend your soils, and make your own compost barrel in a trash can.
Registration is limited to the first 25 participants. REGISTRATION CLOSES APRIL 19. Pre-registration is required.
All sessions will be conducted at the LCSWCD office (771 East Main Street, Newark) except the rain garden workshop, with its location to be held at the Granville High School. For more information call the office at 740-670-5330.
Newsletter
The Licking County SWCD publishes a quarterly newsletter called Conservation Notes. Conservation Notes is used to highlight LCSWCD activities, current resource issues and announce upcoming local and LCSWCD activities.
To request a mailed subscription, contact the Licking SWCD office at 740-670-5330 with your name, address and telephone number.
If you would like to receive the Conservation Notes quarterly newsletter by email, please send an email to newsletter@lickingswcd.com. In the Subject line state add to newsletter .
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Spring 2010 District newsletter Conservation Notes
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The Board meets on the 2nd Monday of each month at the Agricultural Service Center, 771 East Main Street, Newark. The meetings start at 7:00 p.m. The public is welcome!
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LCSWCD Stategic Plan
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While changes may affect specific projects and workload, the district's core services will most likely be needed into the foreseeable future. The board also believes the district must change from a passive to a proactive position regarding natural resources conservation, including farmland preservation and water quality improvement. For the next ten years, the district will strive to improve natural resources management toward sustainability. Without sacrificing core services, the district plans to:
- expand education and information services;
- promote land preservation policies;
- encourage policies for sustainable natural resources management;
- encourage use of alternate energy sources; and
- utilize GIS to assist with land use decisions.
The county's soil, water and resources must be used wisely. Our children and grandchildren depend on today's generation to be good stewards so future generations can have these resources to use and enjoy. The board and staff are committed to assisting natural resources users, and invite all Licking County residents to participate in the district's conservation and sustainability efforts.
