2021 Stewardship Week is April 25-May 2
2021 is the 66th year to celebrate Stewardship Week. The theme "Healthy Forests = Healthy Communities" The Waseca SWCD has education materials that can be picked up or emailed out to you. Contact the office and we will be happy to get you information.
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If you think about the importance of trees, some things like what is the importance of trees, what are the every day things we use that come from trees, how can we help maintain and improve the trees in our communities. Let's look at a couple things listed.
- Importance of Trees: Trees and plants give us clean air and water. Tree roots help keep the soil where it belongs. Trees provide us with food like, apples, oranges, peaches, syrup, just to name a few. Trees also provide us with wood to build homes, make furniture, home insulation. Wood pulp is used to make paper products, toys. The bark and cork from trees is used to make baseballs, ceiling tiles, floor tiles, linoleum and many, many more things. Stop and look around your home and see all the things you can associate with being a product of a tree. Also think about how nice it is to sit under a tree in the summertime or enjoy a swinging from a tire swing on one of the branches.
- How to maintain and improve trees: Help keep the trees healthy in your community. Watch for damages caused by insects, rodents, and pets. Take appropriate measures by learning more of the problems and how to help correct them. Plant a tree or two every year to help keep the generations of trees growing for the future.
The Waseca SWCD puts education as a high priority.
2020 Soil and Water Stewardship Week
April 26-May 3, 2020
Soil and Water Stewardship Week is sponsored by
National Association of Conservation Districts.
2020 marks the 65th year of the NACD Stewardship Week.
The theme for 2020 year is:
Where would we bee without Pollinators?
We depend on pollinators every day to survive. Pollinators are responsible in part for our food, clothes, medicine and most of all the air that we breathe. We mostly think of bees and butterflies as pollinators, but there are many others. Some of them are bats, birds, moths, beetles, ants, many types of animals and of course the wind plays a part in pollination too.
Fun Facts about pollinators
April 26-May 3, 2020
Soil and Water Stewardship Week is sponsored by
National Association of Conservation Districts.
2020 marks the 65th year of the NACD Stewardship Week.
The theme for 2020 year is:
Where would we bee without Pollinators?
We depend on pollinators every day to survive. Pollinators are responsible in part for our food, clothes, medicine and most of all the air that we breathe. We mostly think of bees and butterflies as pollinators, but there are many others. Some of them are bats, birds, moths, beetles, ants, many types of animals and of course the wind plays a part in pollination too.
Fun Facts about pollinators
Some few examples of what pollinators do for us are as follows:
1. Bees, of course give us honey.
2. The hamburger you had for lunch was due pollinators-How?
Beef comes from cattle, cattle eat alfalfa hay, bees pollinate the alfalfa so it grows and multiplies.
3. The clothes you wear-How?
Cotton is used in most clothing, cotton comes from the cotton plant which in turn is pollinated so it may grow and produce the cotton boll, which is harvested and spun into threads to make cloth.
For more information on pollinators and how they help us survive, contact the Waseca SWCD at 507-835-4800 ext 3 or stop in at the SWCD Office, 105 22nd Ave NE, Waseca
1. Bees, of course give us honey.
2. The hamburger you had for lunch was due pollinators-How?
Beef comes from cattle, cattle eat alfalfa hay, bees pollinate the alfalfa so it grows and multiplies.
3. The clothes you wear-How?
Cotton is used in most clothing, cotton comes from the cotton plant which in turn is pollinated so it may grow and produce the cotton boll, which is harvested and spun into threads to make cloth.
For more information on pollinators and how they help us survive, contact the Waseca SWCD at 507-835-4800 ext 3 or stop in at the SWCD Office, 105 22nd Ave NE, Waseca
In the fall of 2019, the Waseca SWCD distributed 321 Conservation Coloring books to the Kindergartners in the 3 School Districts in Waseca County.
In 2018, 647 Coloring Books were given to Kindergartners and First Graders in the 3 School Districts. The Coloring Books were funded through a grant from Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources. |
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2019 Soil and Water Stewardship Week
April 28-May 5, 2019
Soil and Water Stewardship Week is sponsored by the National Association of Conservation Districts.
2019 marks the 64th year of the NACD Stewardship Week.
The theme for 2019 is: "Life in the Soil: DIG DEEPER"
Soil is the foundation for many of the items we use daily. Food, clothing, clean water, homes and many more daily needs. Healthy soil equals healthy food, which in turn makes a healthy you!
The Waseca SWCD can answer any questions you may have about soil health. There are many ways area farmers are already using practices to create and maintain healthy soils. Some of these practices include cover crops, no-till or strip till and diverse rotations. These practices work hand in hand to protect and maintain healthy soil by increasing organic matter and improving microbial activity. This in turn increases water infiltration, improves pollinators and wildlife, and often times betters yields as the soil continues to improve.
Check out our Events Calendar under the Our District Tab for information on Soil Health Workshops.
For more information of Soil Health contact us at 507-835-4800 ext. 3.
NRCS also has various topics on Soil Health available on their website
www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/mn/soils/health
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