GILLESPIE
COUNTY SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT #220
Gillespie County, Texas
District Newsletter, April 2006
CELEBRATE CONSERVATION!
Soil & Water Stewardship Week is being held in Texas April 30
through May 7, 2006. The theme from the National Association of Conservation
Districts is Water Wise. We need to share the good reasons why
we celebrate!
In almost every way, our lives in the United States are richer and
fuller than at any other time in history. People live longer now and enjoy better health. We can eat an incredible variety of
fresh foods any time of the year.
Overall air and water quality continues to improve. Our forest resources grow abundant
and healthy. People have the
ability to produce, travel, learn, and play more than anyone would have
thought possible a generation ago.
Many of these improvements in our lives come directly from good
conservation practices. Along
with our people, our nation’s greatest treasures are our abundant and
excellent soil and water resources.
Good conservation helps make sure we have the essentials of good food
and clean water. With our basic
needs fulfilled, we can spend our time making better lives for ourselves, our
families, and others with whom we share the world.
As we celebrate conservation, we should pause to consider and thank
the many people who work every day to protect, manage, and improve our
natural resources. We applaud the pioneers of conservation and encourage
those who continue to explore its frontiers today.
We marvel at the almost incredible growth of knowledge about our
world that allows us to conserve resources wisely. But we should still be humble at how much we have to
learn. We still face many
resource challenges, and the dynamic nature of our world guarantees that new
problems will arise.
As we learn and grow and adapt, we give thanks for this great
life. And as we review the many
things for which we have to be thankful, let us remember to CELEBRATE CONSERVATION!
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