Southeast Region

Executive Board Member: Gary Blair, Starkville, Miss.
Region Chair: Franklin Williams, Wallace, N.C.
Region Vice Chair: Micky Smith, Emelle, Ala.

National Conservation District Employees Association (NCDEA) Southeast Regional Director: Hope Daley, Miss.
National Association of State Conservation Agencies (NASCA) State Representatives

NACD Staff – Southeast Region Representative: Candice Abinanti, Charlotte, N.C.

Southeast Region Conservation Hall of Fame webpage

Announcements:

• The Aug. 9-11, 2020 NACD Southeast Region Meeting in Gulf Shores, Ala. has been postponed until 2021. The rescheduled dates and more information will be shared when available.
• The July 18-21, 2020 NACD Summer Conservation Forum and Tour in Bismarck, N.D. has been canceled.
• With the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic, NACD has created a COVID-19 webpage to keep you informed. It contains resources and guidance for conservation districts and their associations.
• The Virginia Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts also maintains a COVID-19 webpage with operating guidance for districts and resources and documents.
• The April – July 2020 sessions of Conservation Planning Boot Camp have been canceled. Are you a new applicant interested in a later session (Aug., Sept., Oct.)? Apply through your state/territory association. Spots fill up fast!

Upcoming Events:

• Nov. 3-4, 2020: 2020 Southeast Conservation District Employees Association Annual Conference, Pigeon Forge, Tenn.
• Feb. 6-10, 2021: 75th NACD Annual Meeting, New Orleans, La.

Submit any questions, news or events to candice-abinanti[at]nacdnet.org and check NACD’s calendar for more events, including state meetings

Where to Find Your Region Representative:

• Nov. 3-4, 2020: 2020 Southeast Conservation District Employees Association Annual Conference, Pigeon Forge, Tenn.
• Feb. 6-10, 2021: 75th NACD Annual Meeting, New Orleans, La.

Federal Policy and Partner Updates:

• June 22, 2020: Comments due on NIFA’s Urban, Indoor and other Emerging Agricultural Production Research, Education and Extension Initiative
• June 26, 2020: Deadline to apply for USDA Community Compost and Food Waste Reduction (CCFWR) pilot projects
• June 29, 2020: Applications due for NRCS’ Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) program
• July 6 – Aug. 21, 2020: Program signup period for FSA’s CLEAR30 pilot program to enroll in a 30-year Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contract
• July 20, 2020: Submissions due for the 2020 U.S. Farmer Rancher Pollinator Conservation Award

Grants:

Technical Assistance (TA) Grants

TA2020

• $6.5 million in technical assistance grant funding is now available for new projects. Applications from state and territory partnership leaders are due by June 1, 2020. Visit NACD’s 2020 Technical Assistance Grants webpage to learn more.
• NACD announced the TA2020 priority request grant recipients on March 31, 2020. These renewal grants total $1.8 million to continue 60 positions serving 70 districts in 9 states and territories in the Southeast Region.

TA2019 and TA2018

• The next TA Grants round 1 (TA2018) and round 2 (TA2019) Quarterly Reports are due: July 20, 2020 for the reporting period of April 1 – June 30, 2020

Have a TA Grant success story? Please share information with candice-abinanti[at]nacdnet.org

Urban Agriculture Conservation (UAC) Grant Initiative

• Congratulations to the Southeast Region’s 2020 UAC grant recipients: Richland SWCD in South Carolina and Colonial SWCD in Virginia

Friends of NACD District Grants Program – Districts helping districts

• Congratulations to Richland SWCD in South Carolina for being awarded a $2,500 grant from the Friends of NACD District Grants Program

Stories from the Southeast Region:

• SWCD fighting forest invasives through Good Neighbor Authority, April 14, 2020
• Farm Inc. Engages Harrison County, Kentucky High Schoolers, 2019 NACD Annual Report, pp. 44-45
• NACD and Pollinator Partnership Name Georgia Farm Winners of Pollinator Conservation Award, Oct. 24, 2019
• South Carolina district is helping to restore longleaf, enhance habitat, Sep. 24, 2019
• Duval SWCD celebrates 66th anniversary, Sept. 10, 2019
• Puerto Rico’s Southwest District Partners for Conservation in the Guanica-Rio Loco Watershed, Summer 2019 edition of The Resource, pp. 14-15
• Virginia Team Named 2019 NCF-Envirothon Champions, Aug. 4, 2019
• Caribe Soil Conservation District reinstates Youth Board and inaugurates irrigation system, June 5, 2019
• Mississippi districts, NWTF help to educate the next generation, May 21, 2019
• Alabama field day helps educate hundreds, March 22, 2019
• Forest Farming in Leake County, Mississippi: Mushrooms Appeal to Rural and Urban Growers, March 6, 2019
• Henderson County SWCD Restores 1,000 Feet of Stream in North Carolina, Feb. 21, 2019
• TA grant helps get things moving in South Carolina, Jan. 22, 2019

Please send any resources, job posts, events, blogs, news to share, questions, comments, etc. to Candice Abinanti, candice-abinanti[at]nacdnet.org

For information on the Southeast Region meeting, click here.

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