PARKE COUNTY SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT HAS MANY PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THAT PROMOTE CONSERVATION IN PARKE COUNTY
JANUARY
• On Farm Network Winter Grower Meeting
• IASWCD Annual Conference
FEBRUARY
• 61st Annual Parke County Soil & Water Conservation District Meeting
MARCH
• 4th Grade Poster Contest
APRIL
• Ag Day at the Parke County Fairgrounds for 4th Graders
• Soil Stewardship Materials given free to Schools and Churches
MAY
• Conservation Day at Rockville Lake Park for 5th Graders
JUNE
• Tillage Transect
• On Farm Network Nitrogen Sampling sign-ups
JULY
• National NACD Conference in Indianapolis
• Parke County Fair
AUGUST
• Annual Summer Tour
• River Friendly Farmers Joe Seward and Dan Spurr of Seward Family Farms LLC were recognized at the Indiana State Fair
• Wonders of the Wetlands Conservation Education at Duke Energy Wetlands for Parke and Vermillion 8th Graders
SEPTEMBER
• Clean Water Indiana Cover Crop Field Day at Swinford Farms
• OFN Stalk Sampling began
OCTOBER
• FFA District Soils Judging held in Parke County
• OFN Stalk Sampling finishes
NOVEMBER
• Conservation Poster Contest for 4th Graders
DECEMBER
• Cover Crop Tillage Transect
• Earth Team Volunteer Award !
PARKE COUNTY CONSERVATION PRACTICES INSTALLED IN 2014:
• 176 feet of Lined Waterways
• 85 acres of Grassed Waterways
• 10 Grade Stabilization Structures
• 17,760 feet of Subsurface Drains
• 16 acres Tree & Shrub Plantings for Habitat
• 392 acres Timber Stand Improvement
• 4,198 acres Conservation Crop Rotation
• 432 acres Prescribed Grazing
• 3,501 acres of Cover Crops
• 28 acres of Access Control
• 11 acres of Field Borders
• 131 acres of Nutrient Management
• 1,296 acres of Residue and Tillage Management
• 966 acres of Upland Wildlife Habitat Management
• All practices applied in the county are a benefit to all county residents by keeping our soil on the land and improving the quality of our water.