By Nika Colley, NACD Northeast Region Rep A few years ago, the Saline County Conservation District’s local partner, Saline River Watershed Alliance, installed a piece of equipment called a trash trap in one of the local streams after noticing the need for trash catchment in the watershed. Inspired by the Watershed Alliance and the ever-present… [...]

In southern New Jersey, the DelAtlantic Soil Conservation District (SCD), formerly Cape Atlantic Conservation District, began its forestry work with limited capacity to meet a growing local need. After a Northeast Mid-Atlantic Partnership for Forests and Water meeting, District Manager Michael Kent met Annica McGuirk, then NACD’s Northeast Representative, who encouraged him to utilize NACD's… [...]

NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 26, 2026 CONTACT: Candice Abinanti candice-abinanti@nacdnet.org   NACD Leadership Advocates for Locally Led Conservation at Spring Fly-In   Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) leadership and over one hundred locally elected conservation district officials from nearly 30 states and territories across the country convened in Washington, D.C., for NACD’s annual Spring Fly-In. Conservation district… [...]