Blue Ridge Soil and Water Conservation
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Blue Ridge SWCD News
FUNLINKS
INFOLINKS
Michael Tabor
Blackwater & Pigg River Ag
TMDL
Conservation Technician
P.W. Morgan
Senior
Conservation Specialist
Contact us: BRSWCD 1297 State Street, Rocky Mount, VA 24151 Call us at (540) 483-5341, ext.3 or (276) 632-3164, ext3
Fall/Winter 2011 Educational Flyer
Do you want SOL based activities for your students?
We can help!
Our site features a quick link to one of the many wonderful learning activities - Animal Track Activity. Just click it on the sidebar.
When you are finished doing that, you’ll want to download our flyer for Fall/Winter 2011.
We can help equip you! Contact us for more details.
BMP Assistance Applications
The Blue Ridge Soil & Water Conservation District is currently accepting applications for assistance with installation of agricultural best management practices that are designed to conserve soil and protect water quality.
For more information, click here to download the official press release.
BRSWCD Seeking Volunteer Ag & Forestry BMPs
The Blue Ridge Soil & Water Conservation District is currently looking for farmers in Franklin, Henry, Roanoke Counties and the City of Roanoke to participate in the Virginia Agricultural Voluntary Best Management Practice (BMP) Assessment Program. The assessment is voluntary and will allow District staff to document the number and type of both cost-shared and non-cost-shared voluntary BMP on farm(s).
For complete info, click here.
Residential Septic Cost Share
For qualifying participants, the TMDL Residential Implementation Program provides financial assistance to property owners as an incentive to implement Best Management Practices (BMP’s).
This will help improve water quality and reduce levels of fecal coliform bacteria so that the Pigg River watershed will meet state TMDL standards.
To download the DCR flyer, click here.
To view the press release from BRSWCD, click here.
NACD Poster Contest Submissions
Wanna see some of our local student artist’s work?
Wanna see their interpretation of the theme:
Forests for People: More Than You Could Imagine!
To view the posters, click here.
Rain Barrel
Workshops
A rain barrel that is connected to your downspout is a great way to cut down your water bill. What you collect has few
contaminants (since it comes right off of your roof) which makes it suitable for many applications around the house.
If you are interested in making a rain barrel in 2011 for your own use, download the info to register and to see how you can schedule a workshop.
Click right here.
(Updated Oct. 28, 2011)
The Ginko Shawlette & the Rain Barrel.
Though it sounds like a recent Hollywood blockbuster, it is in fact a brief description of some of the great take-home items from the 73rd VASWCD Annual Meeting.
The lucky person to take these items home was Ms. Giannina Lenco (pictured below).
Ms. Lenco didn’t just walk out with the hand-crafted shawlette, she also went home with a rain barrel for those upcoming Spring storms.
Dorothea Pierce (pictured at left) proudly holds the Ginko Shawlette she crafted.
This item was donated by The Crooked Stitch Quilts and Knits, located in beautiful Rocky Mount.
Wanna Chance to Win $50?
landowner who has voluntarily installed conservation practices on their farm/land to
participate in the Volunteer Agricultural Best Management Data Collection Program within Franklin, Henry, Roanoke Counties and the City of Roanoke? Then you have a chance to win a $50 card to be used at Tractor Supply in Rocky Mount!
Click here to download the latest info!
Youth Conservation
Camp 2012
(From the VASWCD.org site)
For 35 years, the Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts has sponsored a week long summer conservation camp for Virginia high school students (currently enrolled in grades 9-12) on the campus of Virginia Tech. The program brings together about 70 interested students for a week of learning about Virginia’s natural resources from conservation professionals and faculty from Virginia Tech. Most of the instruction is hands-on and outdoors.
To download the July 8-14 schedule, click here.
To download the application, click here.
2012 VASCD Scholarship
So if you are interested or know someone who might be, download the application here.
