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| Celebrate National Stewardship Week |
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April 25 through May 2 marks the 55th anniversary of the National Stewardship week celebration. This year’s theme, Conservation Habits = Healthy Habitats, encourages citizens, schools and communities to develop and maintain habitat areas using good conservation practices. Where can you find information to help? Just call one of the 92 local Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) offices throughout the state (go to www.iaswcd.org to find local SWCD contact information).
Being good stewards of our natural resources at home and in our communities is an important task for each citizen. Enhance your surroundings and help the environment with backyard conservation projects such as ponds, wetlands, tree plantings, composting, mulching and creating wildlife habitat.
Have you thought about a rain barrel to collect rain water? You can use this for watering your plants and flowers. Rain barrels conserve water and reduce water bills. What about a rain garden? It’s an easy way to attract butterflies and birds and absorbs and filters rain water that would otherwise wash pollutants from your lawn, driveway and street into storm drains, which lead to our rivers, lakes and streams.
All of these conservation practices can be done at your home, at your local schools, or in your communities. Call your local Soil and Water Conservation District today to learn more. It all starts locally! Your action makes a difference.
Jennifer Boyle Warner
Executive Director, Indiana Assoc.
of Soil and Water Conservation Districts |
| 4/21/2010 |
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