Athens SWCD Services
Technical Services
•Promote stabilization and expansion of agriculture in Athens County
•Conservation planning for wise land use
•Planning, engineering and design of agricultural conservation practices for soil erosion and sediment control
•Soil survey interpretation
•Pond site evaluations
•Recreational land planning
•Stormwater management
•Pasture and hayland management
•Animal waste management
•Water quality management
•Building/subdivision site reviews
Educational Services
•Adult environmental education programs
•Classroom and outdoor youth environmental education programs
•Sponsor district scholarship
•Sponsor forestry camp scholarship
•Pond management workshops
•Forest management workshops
•Publish bi-monthly newsletter
•Sponsor 5th grade poster/essay contest
•Sponsor 1st grade coloring contest
•Sponsor high school essay contest
Wildlife Management Assistance
•Wetland development
•Wildlife management
•Wildlife education programs
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