VANDERBURGH COUNTY SWCD
             (SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT)
                        Temporarily in the Boonville Service Center
                       1124 S 8th Street
                       Boonville, IN 47601
                       Phone: (812) 897-2840 Ext. 6
                       FAX: (812) 897-2859
                       Office Hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
                       Monday thru Friday

 

 

 
     2011 Soil Stewardship Theme

 

                                           
 


 


 


 

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Please call the office for Education Program Possibilities (812) 897-2840 Ext 6

 Education Programs
 RAIN GARDEN DISPLAY
 New Games Link for Kids www.myamericanfarm.org

NEW WATER & WIND POWER WEBPAGE FOR KIDS
 http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/index.html
 http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wlr/wq/groundwater-animation.html
http://cdpeters.iweb.bsu.edu/movie.html
http://www.sandiego.gov/mwwd/kids/learnit/index.html


The Vanderburgh County Soil and Water  Conservation District (SWCD) offers presentations, tours, community service projects,  workshops and other programs for all ages.

Our staff presents programs on soil and water  related topics free of charge.  You can choose out  of the existing programs or have one specially designed for your occasion.  Examples of existing  programs include

TRAINING AND WORKSHOPS AVAILABLE
 Teachers We have presentations, handouts, videos, displays and books available for teachers and public
Rain Garden presentation and/or display
Rain Barrel presentation and/or information
Training Trunks for children covering forestry (by Kimball International)
History Trunk (History of water in Vanderburgh County)
Soybean Trunk (Demonstrates the many products that come from soybeans)
Riverwatch Training for adults to certify them to do water monitoring
Backyard Conservation presentation and/or display
Project Wet and Project Wild for students
Leopold Training for older students & adults (covers areas of conservation)
The office will provide free materials for community  service projects such as stream clean-up days,  storm drain stenciling, water monitoring and other
soil and water conservation projects. 
 The SWCD staff supports:            Cannon Envirothon
                                                                   Indiana Envirothon

 Envirothon Teams 2011

Central Team #1 and 3rd Place Winner


Central High School Team #2
 

Poster Contest 2011

Vanderburgh County SWCD observed Soil Stewardship Week by conducting a poster contest for 5th grade students.   The theme was Forests for People, More Than You Can Imagine.  The entries varied in color, style and interpretation but all were certainly worth of recognition. 
 1st Claudia Duncan                            2nd Lindsey Koester                   3rd Katelyn Pirtle    
   
Good luck to each of them at the state poster contest!
CONGRATULATIONS FROM VANDERBURGH COUNTY SWCD BOARD AND STAFF!

Hoosier Riverwatch seeks to increase public  awareness of water quality issues by training  volunteers in stream monitoring and clean-up  activities, to educate communities about the  land/water quality relationship, and to provide  information to citizens and local government on  protecting streams water quality.  For more  information visit the website or call Norma Duckworth  (812) 867-0729
      
 Project WET is a K through 12th grade water  science education program that seeks to  facilitate/promote awareness, appreciation,  knowledge, and stewardship of water resource  through use (by formal and informal educators) of  classroom-ready teaching aids.  For more  information visit the website or contact Norma  Duckworth (812) 867-0729 
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