Some stories may require Adobe Acrobat. December 2008 Alabama NRCS Recognizes Conservation Partnership with Poarch Band of Creek Indians New! Blount County Land Judging Sumter County SWCD/NRCS Educates Students About Cogongrass Johnson Named Southeastern Wildlife Biologist of the Year Clear Water Alabama Field Day in Bessemer November 2008 Soil Tunnel Unveiled at Blount County Fair Grazing Management System Working in Chambers County EQIP Program Helps Farmer Maximize Her Farm in Madison County Diamond "S" Farm Demonstration Tour (Morgan County) Regional Forestry Field Day Held in Clay County October 2008 Students Experience Classroom in the Forest in Coffee County Fort Payne’s Kitty Curington Includes Conservation Projects in Her Busy Schedule (Dekalb-Sand Mountain/Lake Guntersville Watershed Conservation District) September 2008 Invasive Species Control Plays Vital Role on Covington County Farm Women Forest Landowners: Sharing Educational Goals Through Partnerships (Monroe, Conecuh, and Escambia Counties) August 2008 Coffee County Forest Landowner Meeting July 2008 Cawaco RC&D Helps Restore Town Creek June 2008 Fifth Annual Lee County Water Festival – "Water Is Life" (06-08) FAWN Program Held in Marengo County Lee County SWCS/NRCS Conservation Education in the Classroom Morgan County Wetland Soils on Display Coffee County SWCD/NRCS Helps Host Annual Groundwater Festival Lee County NRCS/SWCD Participates in "GrOw Green" Event Earth Team Volunteers Clear Rock Formation On Earth Day 2008 Partners Work to Improve Forest Health in Monroe County T.L. Sims Park receives a Little TLC (Conecuh Co.) 2008 Earth Day in Kiesel Park (Lee Co.) Cullman County SWCS/NRCS Conducts A Biology Field Trip Jefferson County SWCD Spends Earth Day in the Gardens Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire (prescribed burning in Blount County) Covington County SWCD/NRCS Celebrates Earth Day Lauderdale and Colbert Counties Team Up for Earth Day Northwest AL RC&D Provides Grant For Hamilton High School Weather Station Calhoun County SWCD/NRCS Reach Out to 4-H Members May 2008 9th Annual Progressive Farmer Farm Safety Day in Mobile Lee County Field Office Staff Assists with "Focus on the Nation" Tombigbee RC&D Grant Helps Fund Outdoor Stage (Fayette Co.) Fayette County Hosts a Successful Grazing Clinic Knowing What to Do When the Unexpected Happens (Blount Co.) Northwest AL RC&D Help Sponsor the Ultimate Educational Field Trip Successful Agriculture Career of Morgan County Intern (Dr. Michael Penney) 82 Year-Old DeKalb County Farmer Plans for the Future April 2008 Cullman County's SWCD Camp Meadowbrook Receives Renovations Harvest With a Heart - The Community Garden (Lee Co. and Mid-South RC&D) Geneva County Hosts Water-Saving Demonstration Mid-South RC&D Grants Help Three Lee County Schools Mid-South RC&D Grant Helps Lee County Teachers Learn Covington County Groundwater Festival a Success March 2008 Retiree Ed Holley Receives Jerry L. Johnson Forestry Award NRCS Chief Arlen Lancaster Visits Alabama February 2008 Students Make "Tracks" in Cullman County Oka Kapassa Festival Promoted by Northwest Alabama RC&D Continued Success in Cypress Creek (Lauderdale County) Cawaco RC&D Grant Helps Build Nature Walk Morgan County Intern Continues Agriculture Goals (story 2) January 2008 Monroe County NRCS/SWCD Partners Host FAWN Morgan County NRCS/SWCD Proud of Successful Conservation District Intern (story 1) Lee County Student Wins Poster Contest Lee County Earth Team Volunteer Liesa Simpson Heads Up School Yard Cleanup Alabama Delegates Present at SECDEA Annual Meeting Improvements Visible in Dry Creek Watershed December 2007 Madison County SWCD Forms Watershed Partnership Blount County NRCS/SWCD Has a Successful Year Lee County Receives 2007 Alabama Earth Team Outstanding Group and Individual Awards 2007 a Successful Year for Lee County SWCD/NRCS November 2007 Cherokee County SWCD Participates in School Program Promoting Conservation Learning Water Filtration: Kaleidoscope Day at Rucker Boulevard School Preventing a Potential Dam Failure Lauderdale County Site for Land Judging Contest Coosa County TREASURE Forest Landowner’s Banquet Water, Water, Everywhere - Morgan County Morgan County Helps Install Firebreaks In Wetland Mitigation Bank Cullman County Hosts County and District Land Judging Events October 2007 Tombigbee RC&D Grants Help Improve Reading (Fayette County) Lee County NRCS/SWCD At the Fair Fence Demonstration Held in Fayette County North Alabama State Fair Features Conservation (Florence County) Fayette and Lamar Counties Land Judging Contest a Success September 2007 Farm Management Workshop a Success in Geneva County Morgan County Leads in Recreational Center's Environmental Education Program Saugahatchee Beekeepers' Association Receives RC&D Grant (Lee) August 2007 NRCS Tours State-of-the-Art Poultry Houses (Monroe, Butler, Escambia) Mid-South RC&D Presents Grant to Smiths High School (Lee) July 2007 Spawning Black Buffalo Fish Create Teaching Opportunity (Morgan County) It’s a Family Tradition - Vaughan Farm (Chambers County) Morgan County Hosts Farm Mini-Tour 9th Annual Environmental Education Teacher Workshop (Madison County) Pickens County Producers Praise Plastic Mulch and Drip Irrigation for Growing Vegetables Lee County Holds Watershed Assessment Public Meeting Lee County SWCD Sponsors Discovering Alabama’s Living Streams Workshop Tour of Flint River Watershed Highlights Conservation (Madison Co) Madison County Hosts Tour for Visiting Farmers from Uzbekistan From Failed to Functioning - EWP Helping Restore Communities (Mobile Co) Improving Choccolocco Creek (Calhoun Co) (Calhoun County) Eight Mile Creek Near Chickasaw is Free Flowing Again (Mobile Co) Students Enjoy Eating Soil! (Conecuh County) Lee County Celebrates Earth Day 2007 Lee County Celebrates Stewardship Week 2007 Fourth Annual Lee County Water Festival – “Make Every Drop Count” Summer on the Farm in Russell County June 2007 Raised Gardens Installed at the Bill Stewart Activity Center (AL MRV RC&D) Cullman County Holds 4th Annual Water Festival Morgan County SWCD and NRCS Participate in the 2nd Annual North Alabama Birding Festival Coffee County Cullman County SWCD Conducts Biology Field Trip at Wallace State Coffee County Hosts Annual Groundwater Festival The Joy of Conservation Practices on the Ground (Monroe Co) Covington County - Successful Environmental Education Program On-Farm Energy Conservation (AMRV RC&D) Used Cooking Oil—a Viable Option for Heating Poultry Houses (AMRV RC&D) Lower Cost Poultry Litter Storage Innovations (AMRV RC&D) May 2007 10th Annual Drinking Water Festival (Madison County) "Forest in Classroom-Classroom in Forest" (Calhoun and Cleburne Counties) Lauderdale County Ninth Annual Water Festival Northwest Alabama Counties Look for Ways to Control Litter (NW RC&D) Winston County Hosts Forestry Field Day Small Farmer Initiative at Work in Morgan County Emergency Warning System Installed in Rural Blount County (Cawaco RC&D) April 2007 Lamar County Producers Take Advantage of the EWP Downed Timber Initiative Lamar County First Acre Ceremony March 2007 National Wear Red Day Morgan County Celebrates Arbor Day Barbour County's Day to Shine (WHIP) Grant Funds Make Black Branch Remediation Project Possible DeKalb Farmer Uses His Heritage to Grow His Future Talladega Producer Praises the USDA Service Center Concept NRCS Employees Help Judge Regional Science Fair (Talladega County) RC&D Grant Helps Pay for New Outdoor Classroom in Calhoun County February 2007 Russell County Students Gets Hands-on Experience Love Your Heart-Make a Promise (National Wear Red Day Participation) Martin Luther King Day Clean-up in Lee County Soil Survey Publications in Alabama Lee County Wins Alabama 2006 Earth Team Awards Lee County Water Conservation Essay Entry Delayed by Flood! Florence Field Office Partners with University of North Alabama Lee County Participates in 2006 Christmas Parade Choccolocco Creek Watershed Dam Gets A Face Lift Lee County SWCD/NRCS Coordinates Red Water Blues Field Day January 2007 Lee County Volunteers Rid Arboretum of Invasive Plants Grant Means Upgrades for Grist Mill in Talladega County Cullman County TSP Selected Third Alternate in State Pageant Forestry Training for New West Team Employees Surveying Equipment Donated To Museum Montgomery County Producers Worked Hard in FY2006 Cawaco RC&D Sponsors Stream Restoration Workshop Feature Stories - Stories written to be published. Success Story Archives Hurricane Katrina Stories Last Modified: 12/22/2008 < Back to News
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