2024 Contractors Meeting
The Sangamon County Soil and Water Conservation district Hosted their first contractors meeting in association with the Natural Resources Conservation Service and CWLP. This meeting took place at the Sangamon County Farm Bureau building located at 2631 Beechler Ct. Springfield, IL 62703 on February 13th. By attending this meeting, companies were placed on the SWCD Contractor’s list. This list is given to people who contact us asking for work such as waterways, ponds, terraces, etc. Attendance at this meeting also provides the most up-to-date information on our regulations and permits.
Lake Springfield Watershed Bus Tour
We had a very successful Lake Springfield Watershed Bus Tour despite the recent rains! A huge thank you to all of our presenters and hosting us on this bus tour. A wealth of information was presented about our Lake Springfield Watershed and the things we are doing to improve it! We hope everyone on the tour now has a better understanding of the efforts the landowners and farm operators are doing to improve the water quality of Lake Springfield through voluntary implementation of Best Management Practices (BMPs) on their land.
Ball Chatham fourth-graders help with prairie restoration planting!
Sangamon County SWCD has partnered with Chatham School District, Pheasants Forever - Sangamon County Chapter, Naturkin Network, USFWS Partners Program, Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois Clean Energy Foundation and Lincoln Memorial Garden to present a "Youth Pollinator Habitat Program" at Ball Chatham Elementary in Chatham. Over 300 students from Ball, Glenwood and Chatham Elementary were able to attend the prairie restoration where they attended educational seminars about pollinators, conservation, and prairie ecosystems along with hands on planting and spreading of forbs (flowers) plugs and seeds throughout the site. A HUGE thank you to all of the volunteers that helped with this event and their efforts to make this all possible!!! We can not wait to see what this site looks like years to come and have outdoor education opportunities for students in the future!
See link below for the article and video of the Prairie Restoration Day by the State Journal Register.
See link below for the article and video of the Prairie Restoration Day by the State Journal Register.