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  • USDA Asks Farmers to Show Their Stewardship, Nationwide Survey to Focus on Irrigation
    Water is the source of life and the U.S. agricultural industry depends upon this precious resource to meet the world's growing need for food, feed, fiber and fuel. U.S. agricultural producers will soon have the opportunity to speak out about their water use when the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) conducts the Farm and Ranch Irrigation Survey.
  • NASS Gives Thanks to Those Farmers Counted in the 2007 Census of Agriculture This Holiday Season
    This Thanksgiving the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has more than 2 million reasons to be thankful. Having received a record number of responses to the 2007 Census of Agriculture, NASS is giving thanks to all of those farmers and ranchers who fulfilled their responsibility by completing and returning their census forms.
  • USDA Corrects October Crop Acreage Estimates
    The U.S. Department of Agriculture today adjusted its official October acreage and production estimates for six field crops. USDA revised the numbers after discovering discrepancies in a Farm Service Agency (FSA) database of producer-reported crop acreage used by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). NASS published the changes this morning in a corrected version of the Oct. 10 Crop Production.
Environmental & Conservation Education Workshops
The SWCD sponsors workshops for formal and informal educators filled with interdisciplinary hands and minds-on activities with environmental messages which may be integrated into existing curricula. 

Workshops are offered at various locations throughout the county, including your school; they may be one lengthy experience or several of shorter duration over time. Participants receive documentation for approval by Local Professional Development Committees. Some workshops have fees. Graduate credit for completing requirements of multiple workshops is an option at an additional fee.

Indoor and outdoor learning experiences will help educators meet state model competency-based and proficiency test standards by enhancing in students the development of knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviors with a stewardship ethic toward our natural resources.
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Conservation workshops are scheduled for educators. Participants will experience activities appropriate for various age levels that can be used to help meet current science standards. Additional background information will be provided as well as sharing resources available to teachers. Formal classroom teachers and nonformal educators are welcome. Unless otherwise noted, the workshops will be held at Highbanks Metro Park, 3 miles north of I270 on Route 23, just below Powell Road.
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Leopold Education Project PDF Print E-mail
LEP is a literature-based curriculum for grades 6-12. Aldo Leopold's A Sand County Almanac and supporting activities and materials are used to heighten awareness of the natural world in order to instill an environmental ethic among tomorrow's earth stewards. The objective is to teach students to see the land, to understand what they see, and to enjoy and care for what they understand.
 
Project Food, Land and People PDF Print E-mail
FLP materials deal with the complexity and interdependence of agricultural, environmental, economic and cultural issues and help students in grades K-12 understand how food and fiber production relates to the environment and people. The lessons help educators foster in students the development of a knowledge base, critical thinking, problem solving skills and a stewardship ethic toward our land and agricultural resources.
 
Project Learning Tree PDF Print E-mail
PLT uses trees and forests to help students gain an awareness and knowledge of the natural resources in the world around them as well as their place in it. The curriculum stresses the development of critical thinking skills and encourages students in grades pre K-8 to make wise decisions and take responsible action in complex environmental issues.
 
Project Learning Tree Secondary Modules PDF Print E-mail
These PLT modules help students in grades 9-12 develop critical thinking and decision-making skills to understand the complexity and interdependence in ecosystems. Each thematic module is explored: Focus on Forests, Forest Ecology, Municipal Solid Wastes, Risk, and Biodiversity.
 
Project WET (Water Education For Teachers) PDF Print E-mail
WET promotes awareness, appreciation, knowledge and stewardship for our water resources in K-12 students. All aspects of water are introduced including the water cycle, characteristics of water, surface and ground water, use in various cultures throughout history, and water-related problems and issues.
 
Project WILD/Aquatic WILD PDF Print E-mail
These WILD materials investigate the worlds of wildlife and their habitats on land and in the water to help prepare youth in grades K-1 2 make decisions which affect people, wildlife and our other natural resources.
 
Wonders Of Wetlands PDF Print E-mail
WOW uses innovative ways to teach students in grades K-12 the characteristics, functions and the values of wetlands to the environment. Both the living and non-living factors of wetlands and their interrelationships are examined to enable students to better understand these rapidly disappearing ecosystems.
 
Habitats For Learning/ WILD School sites PDF Print E-mail
These programs for K-12 educators recognize that any school site has educational potential and encourage the use of outdoor school facilities as educational sites. Ways of using, enhancing and developing school sites, including attracting wildlife, to provide greater educational potential are explored.
 
Watersheds PDF Print E-mail
Land users of all ages impact the quality and quantity of water in their watershed or water drainage basin. The nature of watersheds and land and water use practices in them is examined and activities experienced to help K-12 students learn how watershed health is affected by human activity.
 
Streams, Watersheds, & Stewardship Workshop PDF Print E-mail
Discover how streams reflect the land uses in watersheds and how to become a local watershed steward.  You will assess a stream's biological, chemical, and physical health, and use models, maps, and activities to learn about water and its movement.  You will take home Stream Quality Monitoring and Storm Drain Labeling materials, plus other activities to use in your school or neighborhood.
 
Getting the Dirt on Soil PDF Print E-mail
Discover the zoo that lives beneath your feet as you explore the little known hidden world of soil.  See how living and non-living processes shape soil and influence its productivity of food, fiber, and other resources.  Learn ways to evaluate the physical, chemical, and biological nature of soil, and how to conserve this valuable resource.  Appropriate for Grades K-12, adult.
 


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