National Association of Conservation Districts

Olin Sims' Living Legacy

Olin Sims served as NACD President from February to December 2007. He was many things to many people, but to conservation districts, he was our President, our leader, our friend and a man who lived what he preached. He was raised on a ranch in McFadden, Wyoming, where he his family put a high priority on caring for the land. Sims’ presence is deeply missed, but his legacy remains in our lives and hearts.

As a living legacy to Olin, NACD is encouraging conservation districts, state associations of conservation districts, partners and friends of Olin to plant a tree in his memory. Perhaps you can plant your state tree in front of your conservation district office, or maybe you can plant a tree in a location Olin toured during his time as an NACD leader.

Natural stone plaques to post next to the trees are available on NACD’s Online Store at http://www.nacdstore.org/legacy-marker.html.The placards can be engraved to indicate who planted the tree and when it was planted.

NACD requests that those who choose to participate in the living legacy tree planting share a photo and description of their tree planting using the form linked below. The photos and descriptions will be placed a book in the NACD Olin Sims Conference Room in Washington, D.C. and shared with the Sims family.

Questions can be directed to Lisa Lerwick at (202) 547-6223 or lisa-lerwick@nacdnet.org.

Download the Living Legacy Form
Fill out this form to share your living legacy tree planting story and photo with NACD and the Sims' family. Photos can be pasted or embedded in the word document and the document emailed as an attachment to lisa-lerwick@nacdnet.org.

Living Legacy Tree Plantings
View photos and read stories about the living legacy trees that have been planted across the country so far.