The Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, its Center for Rural Health & Social Service Development, and the Farm Family Resource Initiative have a series of virtual sessions on farm succession to help farmers and farm families planning for the future and weighing retirement options. It is estimated more than Read more…
Leaders from soil and water conservation districts from around the country gathered in San Diego February 10-14, 2024 for the National Association of Conservation Districts 78th Annual Meeting. “Getting together with people from all over the US, it broadens your horizons on what the conservation issues are,” said Steve Stierwalt, Read more…
Calendar details via Illinois Stewardship Alliance Advocacy in Action – Please join your fellow conservation colleagues, SWCD directors/staff, and stakeholders from across the state as we bring our message of clean water, healthy soil to Springfield and our state’s elected officials during Soil Health Week March 4-8. First, will you Read more…
The Illinois Department of Agriculture hosted the 2024 Conservation Cropping Seminar Wednesday January 31 at the IDOA Building at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield. The day began with a presentation by Macauley Kincaid of Jasper, Missouri, who has gained renown for his regenerative agriculture practices and has been featured Read more…
The Association of Illinois Soil and Water Conservation Districts (AISWCD) Executive Director, Dr. Michael Woods, shared highlights of the Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy’s Non-Point Agriculture Sector at the NLRS Partnership Conference Wednesday January 25. Woods noted nutrient loads are still increasing for the non-point sector, there is urgent need to Read more…
The Association of Illinois Soil and Water Conservation Districts, a grassroots organization founded in 1948 to represent and empower Illinois’ Soil and Water Conservation Districts, is thrilled to announce the appointment of Dr. Michael Woods as its new Executive Director. Woods, with more than 30 years of community organizing, education, Read more…
The national STAR program featured Illinois STAR – started at the Champaign County Soil & Water Conservation District – in their January newsletter. Subscribe to the newsletter here. This month we highlight the Illinois STAR Affiliate – where STAR first started in 2017 when two Central Illinois farmers wondered how Read more…
Our friends at the Agroecology + Innovation Matters initiative featured the Champaign County Soil & Water Conservation District’s efforts in creating STAR (Saving Tomorrow’s Agriculture Resources) in a series of articles and videos. Click links for a story on the history of STAR, feature on some of the STAR creators, Read more…
2020 SUMMER TRAINING CONFERENCE & ANNUAL MEETING The Covid-19 pandemic of 2020 has disrupted the lives of all Illinoisans and existing restrictions on public life currently in place which are aimed at reducing the spread of the Covid-19 virus prevents large in-person gatherings. The AISWCD Board of Directors considered these Read more…
FOUNDATION NEWS Hawkins Park Grant Trevor Edmonson | Kankakee Daily Journal | Dec 19, 2019 At the most recent Limestone Township Park District board meeting, it was announced the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation had awarded a $9,000 grant for native plantings at Hawkins Park in Limestone Township. Getting this Read more…