SWCDs can submit resolutions for consideration at the 2024 IASWCD Business Meeting in January. Resolutions should be submitted online no later than September 15.

Indiana Conservation Awards: Nominations due Sept 15

Nominations are being accepted through September 15 for statewide Conservation Awards given at the Annual Conference of Indiana SWCDs in January.

Friend of Conservation Award 

Supervisor of the Year

Conservation Farmer of the Year Award

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the availability of $65 million through two funding opportunities for new tools, approaches, practices and technologies to further natural resource conservation on private lands through the Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) program. Of this funding, $25 million will be delivered through President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, the largest clean energy and climate investment in history, which directed USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to prioritize CIG On-Farm Trials projects that use diet and feed management to reduce enteric methane emissions from ruminants, as well as other projects that have climate mitigation benefits. 

Applications accepted now through October 30.

Mission:

Empower women in agriculture to be successful though education, networks, and resources.



Annie's Project is offering a six-week course that is a discussion-based workshop bringing women together to learn from experts in production, financial and tax management, human resources,

marketing, and the legal field. There will be plenty of time for questions, sharing, reacting, and connecting with presenters and fellow participants.

Division of Fish & Wildlife: Professional Pollywogging

Submit your most captivating nature photos to the TNC annual photo contest by September 29, 2023.

They are looking for your images of incredible landscapes, wildlife, nature adventures, people and nature, underwater views, or nature in the city. No professional experience required — every moment captured in nature is powerful.

Registration open for two Leadership for Midwestern Watersheds Events in November

These small, interactive conferences will share strategies and practical examples for engaging farmers, partners, and funders to improve water quality in the Midwest. Each event will have its own agenda tailored to the region.

Nov 2-3: West Lafayette, IN

Nov 8-9: Mason City, IA

Life Hacks over Lunch:

A Meet-up Series for Watershed Professionals

Now in its fifth season, this virtual meet-up series is a peer-learning opportunity for watershed professionals to share ideas and advice for solving real-life challenges of watershed projects. If you work with farmers and communities on watershed-scale projects to improve water quality and have ever found yourself thinking, “I don’t want to recreate the wheel,” this meet-up series is for you. In each meet-up, one person kicks things off by presenting a challenge they’re experiencing in their watershed work for the group to “hack.” Conversation, collaboration, and commiseration will ensue. Registration required.

When: The third Friday of the month: October 20th, November 17th, and December 15th

Time: 11:30am CT / 12:30pm ET

Place: Zoom

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