SWCD encourages stewardship
By HFP Reporter on Monday, April 19th, 2010 |
Huntington, IN — The Huntington County Soil and Water Conservation District encourages you to think about your personal responsibility to be a good steward of natural resources during its annual Stewardship Week celebration. The National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) has proclaimed April 25 – May 2, 2010 as Stewardship Week, marking the 55th year of the national event. The 2010 Stewardship Week is themed “Conservation Habits = Healthy Habitats,” encouraging citizens, schools and communities to develop and maintain habitat areas using good conservation practices.
Cheryl Jarrett is the Office Manager/Education Coordinator for the Huntington County SWCD. Supervisors for the District are Kyle Lund, Hal Hoffman, L. Joe Carroll, Ned Ruble and Joe Landrum. The District was formed to educate and provide assistance to the people of the community about conservation and the use of conservation practices on the land. The District promotes practices that protect the soil and that improve the quality of our water, along with protecting other natural resources we need in our everyday lives for survival. During Stewardship Week, the Huntington County SWCD will have a display in the Duke Energy window, provide educational materials to schools and churches and do educational programs.
“Being good stewards of our natural resources at home and in our communities is an important task for each citizen. When we think about protecting and managing our natural resources, we can provide healthy habitats for the ecosystems on our planet,” says NACD President Steve Robinson. “Each of us can make a difference by developing habitat areas in our own backyards, our schools or in our communities”.
Huntington County is a member of the National Association of Conservation Districts (www.nacdnet.org) which oversees the Stewardship Week program. Stewardship Week is one of the largest national annual programs to promote conservation. NACD represents the nation’s 3,000 conservation districts, which were established to encourage resource conservation across the country.
For information about Stewardship Week and conservation, contact Huntington County SWCD at 260-356-6816ext. 3 or visit the office at 2040 Riverfork Drive, Huntington. Additional information about Stewardship Week is available on the NACD website at www.nacdnet.org.
Pictured: Back row left to right: Kyle Lund, Chairman of SWCD board, Cheryl Jarrett, District Office Manager and Joe Carroll, Vice Chairman of the SWCD Board Seated are the commissioners: Jerry Helvie, Tom Wall and Kathy Branham
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