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Eliot Clay Selected as New AISWCD Executive Director

The Association of Illinois Soil & Water Conservation Districts (AISWCD) is pleased to announce the selection of Eliot Clay as its new Executive Director. Clay, a seasoned policy leader with deep expertise in agriculture, conservation and environmental issues, brings a wealth of experience to the organization. Clay comes to the Read more…

By Admin, 5 months5 months ago
Josh and Karla stand with award certificates

Peoria’s Josh Joseph named Outstanding District Employee of the Year

The Illinois Soil & Water Conservation District Employee Association honored Josh Joseph of the Peoria County Soil & Water Conservation District with this year’s Outstanding District Employee of the Year at the association’s winter training conference Dec. 4 in Springfield. Josh has been with the Peoria SWCD for 25 years Read more…

By Admin, 6 months6 months ago
Critch Judd, chairman of the McHenry-Lake Soil & Water Conservation District stands by stream in DeKalb.

Local banker saves McHenry-Lake SWCD from hacker

The call from the bank came at noon on Friday. “Did you guys request to add someone to all your accounts as a signatory?” That one phone call from Matt Hamilton, a relationship banker at American Community Bank & Trust in Woodstock, was the final check that worked, keeping hackers Read more…

By Admin, 6 months ago

Will County pushes for conservation with local food production and processing

On Thursday, November 21, the Will County Board adopted a resolution urging creation of a systems approach for increasing the supply of “locally produced/processed foods to complement global supply chains that may be disrupted in emergency events.” Will County Board Chair Judy Ogalla (R-Monee) spearheaded passage of the resolution.  The Read more…

By Admin, 6 months ago

2025 Fall Covers for Spring Savings application announced

The Illinois Department of Agriculture announced application details of the 2025 Fall Covers for Spring Savings Cover Crop Incentive Program. Pre-enrollment opens 8am Wednesday December 4 and final submissions will be accepted starting 8am Monday December 16.  A total of 190,000 acres are available (of which 40,000 acres are thanks Read more…

By Admin, 6 months6 months ago

Farmers tell their stories to Rich Saal in Soil & Soul exhibition

The University of Illinois Springfield’s Sangamon Experience features a two-year documentary project by Rich Saal telling the stories of 10 individuals who have spent their lives farming in the Sangamon River Valley. You can see a trailer of the presentation on YouTube, and more details on the project on the Read more…

By Admin, 7 months7 months ago

Industrial hemp farm featured at Women in Ag by Kane-DuPage SWCD

The Kane-DuPage Soil & Water Conservation District held the second installment of their Women in Agriculture networking and educational series Friday November 1, 2024 in Kane County. About 30 people gathered for an opportunity to learn about starting or expanding an agriculture business or farm and to network. This event Read more…

By Admin, 7 months7 months ago

Associations: What’s in it for Me? 

By Ryan Arch  “What’s in it for me?” It’s a fair question, isn’t it? And I can tell you as an executive director of an Association for 9 years, it’s also a question I get fairly often. While the short answer is “more than you can imagine,” I’ll do my Read more…

By Admin, 7 months ago

AISWCD and 4-H partnering for 4th year of statewide tree planting

The AISWCD Forestry Committee and Illinois Extension 4-H are partnering again for a fourth year of statewide tree planting to take place in the spring of 2025. This effort continues to utilize the strengths of the statewide network of Illinois Soil and Water Conservation Districts and the educational and youth Read more…

By Admin, 8 months8 months ago

Burke Davies retires after more than four decades in service of conservation agriculture

Community members visited Marion County Soil & Water Conservation District Wednesday to acknowledge Burke Davies’ four decades of service in the field of conservation agriculture.  Burke has served as resource coordinator for the district in Salem since August 1987, and his agriculture life has included everything from walking beans, reclaiming Read more…

By Admin, 8 months8 months ago

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