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GILLESPIE COUNTY SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT #220

Gillespie County, Texas

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District Newsletter archives

Our spring and fall newsletters are distributed in the Fredericksburg Standard - Radio Post.  Additional copies are at various locations within Gillespie County.

Besides relevant conservation articles, newsletters include ads from our sponsors.  Their ads help make our newsletters and web page possible.  We’d appreciate it if you’d support these businesses that support us.

Selected articles are available from each newsletter listed below. You can download a separate PDF file for each set of newsletter articles.

December, 2009 newsletter paper

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SWCD Directors Attended State Meeting in Arlington

Prepare Now For Next Year’s Prescribed Burn

Fall Field Day was Oct. 1 at Lewis Ranch, Fredericksburg

Prescribed Burn Annual Meeting Dec. 4 (rescheduled to Jan. 28)

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Annual Beef & Range Field Day was May 14, 2009

2010 Youth Range Workshop Accepting Applications

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)

Thank you to all who support the Gillespie County SWCD

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Gillespie Co. SWCD Equipment Rentals

Call us for Grass or Wildflower Seeds

Conservation Award Winners Lists

Pedernales Water Enhancement Project (State Brush Program)

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Conservation Award Winners, continued

Gillespie Co. SWCD Annual Report

Calendar of Events for Dec. 2009 through May 2010

 

May, 2009 newsletter articles   paperdownload 1.5 megabyte pdf file

March 2009 Conservation Awards

Gillespie County SWCD Wins Outstanding District

How EQIP Works in Texas (from the TX NRCS web page)

Wanda Wunderlich, Pioneer in Agriculture

Bruce and Joyce Thiele, Outstanding Conservation Rancher

Gillespie County SWCD Equipment Rentals

NRCS Backyard Conservation Hints

Herbicide Information

Gillespie Chapter of Edwards Plateau Prescribed Burn Assoc. (GPBA)

Ads for Businesses Who Sponsor our 2009 Newsletters

 

November, 2008 articles         paperdownload pdf file

October Seminar on Marketing Strategy – Fighting Pasteurella Pneumonia

Literature Alert!

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Update

Pedernales Water Enhancement Project

Wildlife Management Associations in the Area

SWCD Directors Attended State Meeting in Bastrop

 

May, 2008 articles        paperdownload pdf file

Grazing Management Workshop Scored a Big Hit on April 12

Experiencing Prescribed Fire, by B. J. Lange, NRCS

Annual 2008 Conservation Awards

Collect Box Tops for Education!

Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI) Activities

 

November, 2007 articles         paperdownload pdf file

SWCD Director Royce Herbort Re-Elected, Oct. 2007

Cedar Management and Maintenance, by Amanda Kirchner, NRCS

Outstanding Conservationists Named for 2008
   
Curtis Eckhardt, DVM, Outstanding Conservation Rancher
    Liza and Jack Lewis, Outstanding Wildlife Conservationists

How Much Livestock Can Your Ranch Support?
    (with an animal units equivalent chart)

Spring Beef & Range Field Day was May 10, 2007

Fall Field Day was Held Sept. 27, 2007

Cody Frantzen Attended the 2007 Youth Range Workshop

(List of) Businesses that Sponsored Ads in the 2007 Newsletters

 

April, 2007 articles       paperdownload pdf file

District Honors Conservation Work in 2007

Herbicide Information and Related Websites

Tips for a Successful Grazing Program

Reserve May 10, 2007 for Beef & Range Field Day

 

April, 2006 articles       paperdownload pdf file

Celebrate Conservation!

Looking for Grass or Wildflower Seed? Call Us!

Grass Makes Its Own Food

 

If you're interested in sponsoring an ad in the newsletter, or want extra copies, please contact the District office, 830-997-3349 ext. 3.  The next edition will be published in September or October 2009.  Anticipated articles include District election, updates on the poster and essay contest, and the SWCD’s annual report.

 

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