Michigan district awarded grant to reduce pollution in two watersheds 05/04/2020
By Erin Fuller The Van Buren Conservation District (CD) in Paw Paw, Mich., has been awarded a two-year $413,362 grant from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The grant will fund efforts to reduce nutrient and pathogen runoff in Pine and Mill Creeks, which are both tributaries of the…… Continue reading →
Get ahead with your S.T.A.R. field 04/20/2020
By Erin Bush, Champaign County SWCD and Megan Baskerville, The Nature Conservancy The Saving Tomorrow's Agriculture Resources (S.T.A.R.) initiative is an innovative conservation program that helps farmers, ranchers and landowners track how well they are caring for our soil and water while producing crops using the free S.T.A.R. field evaluation tool. Created in 2017 by…… Continue reading →
Montana Conservation Districts Appointed to Missouri River Committee 01/06/2020
By Casey Gallagher In 2008, under the authority of the Secretary of the Army through the Water Resources Development Act of 2007, the Missouri River Recovery Implementation Committee (MRRIC) was established to provide a collaborative forum for developing a shared vision and comprehensive plan for the ecosystem restoration of the longest river in North America.…… Continue reading →
Saving our brook trout with wood in streams 07/17/2019
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in April 2019 in the winter edition of National Woodlands magazine and is the second of a series of articles in partnership with The National Woodland Owners Association (NWOA). By Linda Brownson As a first-time forestland owner located in the foothills of the White Mountains of New Hampshire,…… Continue reading →
Watershed Structures Prevent Further Devastation in Oklahoma 05/29/2019
On May 28, the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management published a map of the state, indicating that all 77 counties of the Sooner State are under a declared state of emergency. Following flooding, severe storms, tornadoes and extreme winds beginning in April, the state has been inundated with devastating weather events, with the potential for…… Continue reading →
WOTUS Update: Waters of the United States and the 2019 Proposed Definition 04/24/2019
By NACD Natural Resource Policy Specialist Adam Pugh Since NACD’s February 2018 blog explaining the role of the courts during the implementation of the 2015 Clean Water Rule, there have been a few updates on the waters of the United States (WOTUS). Prior to publishing the 2019 proposed definition of WOTUS, the Environmental Protection Agency…… Continue reading →
Henderson County SWCD Restores 1,000 Feet of Stream in North Carolina 02/21/2019
By Henderson County SWCD Over time, streams are often straightened to simplify the landscape to make way for roads, farming or houses. Straightening a stream negatively affects the biodiversity and water quality by increasing the vulnerability of the stream to flooding and erosion. Straightened streams run faster, often becoming deeper and more narrow. Habitats for…… Continue reading →
San Antonio’s Mission Reach urban ecosystem restoration provides many benefits 02/12/2019
By NACD Southeast Region Representative Candice Abinanti Strolling along San Antonio, Texas,’ Historic Downtown River Walk, it can be easy to overlook the infrastructure that keeps the water in the San Antonio River level. After all, San Antonio has a history with flooding. During the 73rd NACD Annual Meeting, the Association of Texas Soil and Water…… Continue reading →
Nebraska Districts Help Delist Second Creek in Six Months 12/06/2018
By Erika Hill, public relations director, Nebraska's Natural Resources Districts On Oct. 18, 2018, city, state and federal officials announced Antelope Creek was removed from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Impaired Waters list for E.coli. Only 90 creeks in the nation have been removed from the list in the last 15 years, and only…… Continue reading →
NACD Grant Helps Develop Partnerships, Positive Conservation Efforts 10/04/2018
By Howard SWCD District Technician Hunter Slifka [caption id="attachment_28477" align="alignright" width="300"] Newly-seeded grassed waterway in Howard County[/caption] After receiving a technical assistance grant from the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) earlier this year, the Howard Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) in Cresco, Iowa, is fortifying its partnerships and increasing conservation on the ground.…… Continue reading →