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GILLESPIE COUNTY SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT #220

Gillespie County, Texas

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Gillespie Co. SWCD Newsletter Archives

SWCD newsletters are distributed in the Fredericksburg Standard - Radio Post, which has a circulation of about 8,400. Newsletter copies are also distributed at SWCD events and through libraries & businesses within Gillespie County, TX.

The next newsletter will be out in late April or early May 2012.  The SWCD is taking business ads for this and the Fall 2012 issue.  If you are interested in advertising in the newsletter, please call the Gillespie Co. SWCD office at 830-997-3349 ext. 3.  Regular office days for the SWCD staff are Monday through Wednesday.

Newsletter PDF files can be downloaded from April 2007 thru May 2011 issues.  Many of these files include color pictures and ads from our sponsors.

 

 

May, 2011 Newsletter paper download pages 1-4 (961 kb)

Conservation Awards Dinner was March 23

Annual Spring Beef & Range Field Day is May 12

2010 Fall Field Day was Oct. 7 at Doss

Weed and Minerals Update – Twin-Leaf Senna

Youth Range Workshop Now Accepting Applications

EQIP & Pedernales Water Supply Enhancement Project

Thank You to All Who Support the Gillespie County SWCD

Major Concerns of Gillespie County SWCD & FY 2010 Progress Summary

Gillespie Prescribed Burn Association (GPBA) & EPPBA - News & Events

Save a Cow! Don’t Litter

Water Conservation Tips

Calendar of Events for Spring and Summer 2011

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July, 2010 Newsletter paper download pages 1-4  (533 kb)

2010 Conservation Award Winners – story & pictures

Recap of May 2010 Beef & Range Field Day

Whom Do I Ask – A list of agricultural or conservation related offices

Pedernales Water Enhancement (State Brush Control Project)

Maner Ranch, 2010 Outstanding Wildlife Conservationist

Texas Plant Reference Books list

Thank You to Businesses that Support 2010 Field Days

Terry Bonn, 2010 Outstanding Conservation Rancher

Desmond Sagebiel, 2010 Pioneer in Agriculture

Three Fredericksburg Students Attend Youth Range Workshop

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Fall/Winter, 2009 Newsletter paper download pages 1-4 (757 kb)

Prepare Now For Next Year’s Prescribed Burn

Fall Field Day was Oct. 1, 2009 at Lewis Ranch, Fredericksburg

Annual Beef & Range Field Day was May 14, 2009

Thank You to All Who Support the Gillespie County SWCD

Call Us for Grass or Wildflower Seeds

Gillespie County Conservation Award Winners; Historical Lists 1970s-2009

Gillespie Co. SWCD Annual Report

Calendar of Events for Dec. 2009 through May 2010

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May, 2009 Newsletter     paper download pages 1-4 (892 kb)

March 2009 Conservation Awards

Gillespie County SWCD Wins Outstanding District in TX

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

Wanda Wunderlich, 2009 Pioneer in Agriculture

Bruce and Joyce Thiele, 2009 Outstanding Conservation Rancher

Herbicide Information

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

Ads of Businesses Who Sponsor the 2009 Newsletters

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November, 2008 articles         paper download pdf file

October Seminar on Marketing Strategy – Fighting Pasteurella Pneumonia

Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) Update

Wildlife Management Associations in the Area

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May, 2008 articles        paper download 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!

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November, 2007 articles         paper download pdf file

Cedar Management and Maintenance

Curtis Eckhardt, DVM,  2008 Outstanding Conservation Rancher

Liza and Jack Lewis,  2008 Outstanding Wildlife Conservationist

How Much Livestock Can Your Ranch Support?

Recap of 2007 Field Days

Cody Frantzen Attended the 2007 Youth Range Workshop

Businesses that Sponsored Ads in Gillespie SWCD 2007 Newsletters

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April, 2007 articles       paper download 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

 

 

Thank you to all our sponsors who purchased ad space in the SWCD newsletters. .  If you’d like to sponsor an ad, please call the office at 830-997-3349 ext. 3 for details

 

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The Gillespie County SWCD #220 prohibits discrimination in its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, and marital or familial status.  (Not all prohibited bases apply in all programs.)  "An Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer"