Scott County Conservation District
Phone: 620-872-3230 | Fax: 620-872-5873 |
1410 S. Main, Ste. 1, Scott City, Ks 67871
Scott County
Conservation District
Phone: 620-872-3230 | Fax: 620-872-5873 |
1410 S. Main, Ste. 1, Scott City, Ks 67871
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Board Meetings
The Conservation District Board Meetings take place once a month,
on
every second Tuesday of the month. Meeting time is at 1p.m.
These
meetings are open to the public. Please feel free to attend. We
would love to see you here. The next meeting is on February 14th,
2012.
*Closed sessions can take place in accordance with state
regulations. No executive
decisions will be made during a closed session.
Annual Meeting
February 6th 2012
The Scott County Conservation District (SCCD)
has set the date for the Annual Meeting on February 6th 2012 at 7p.m.
It will be held in the William Carpenter Building at the county fair grounds.
The RSVP slips will be printed in the Scott County Record from December thru
January. Supper will be provided by 5th
Street BBQ. Our sponsors for the
dinner are Security State Bank and First National Bank. The speaker this
year is Eric B. Banks, the Kansas State Conservationist. You can find more
information Mr. Banks at
http://www.ks.nrcs.usda.gov/about/stc.html.
Western State Bank is donating money towards the speaker but because he can not
take monetary donations we have jointly decided to give the gift to Pass It On-
Outdoor Mentors. Pass It On is an organization that encourages children to get
out and learn about the world around them with a mentor. To read more on this
group we have provided the link for you.
http://outdoormentors.org/
SCCD gives out several awards at the Annual
Meeting to those who keep conservation in mind all year around, called Banker's
Awards. The Soil Conservation Bankers Award is given out to those who made
soil conservation a priority, showed improvement and success in following a
guideline set for their land. This year's Soil Conservation Banker Award
goes to Dennis Bontrager. In addition to the Soil Conservation
Banker Award, SCCD gives out other Bankers' Awards earned through through
other practices with conservation still being a factor. We will be
presenting Chandler and Meredith Cupp the Windbreak Award, and James H. Kirk II will receive the Grassland Award.
To see a more information on the Banker's Awards and how they are chosen
follow the link listed and click on KS Bankers Awards listed on the upper left
hand side.
http://www.agronomy.ksu.edu/extension/p.aspx?tabid=46
The 6th Grade Brochure winners are invited to attend the
Annual meeting with their families to be be presented with their awards. Farm
Credit donates backpacks for each of the 6th Graders, with the child's
name embroidered on it. Richard Dirks, a local contractor for the SCCD, donates
a monetary award to each winner too. This year's top three brochures were
created by 1) Abbigail Prochnow 2) Kaitlyn Roberts 3)Kevin Herndon and
Sahil Anil.
6th Grade Conservation Field Trip
Every year the SCCD sends the 6th grade class on a Conservation trip. Its a time
to teach young people about the importance of conservation, and the methods that
we use in our county. The 6th graders get a taste of the different aspects of
daily activates taking place in the county on a regular basis. This last August
the kids had a full day with seven different stops. The first stop was at the
Scott City Sewer Ponds. Next they went to the Co-op Fertilizer station, and then
on to The American Implement. They went to see an established windbreak after
that, and to Royal Beef for their lesson on feed lots. The second to last stop
was to see terraces and the last stop was for wildlife lesson at Scott Lake
State Park.
The SCCD would like to thank all the people and organizations who help with
this trip.