Anna Gurney from the Paulding SWCD office visited to teach us all about winter animals and how they survive the cold, winter months. She brought along many animal furs and then we did a bear craft together. Shown here with their awesome bears are in back with Miss Anna, Johanna Federighi, Brynleigh Adams, Savannah Coil,…
AgCredit, one of northern Ohio’s largest lenders for farmers, rural homeowners and agribusiness, today announced that it is awarding $120,000 in Mission Fund grants to 13 community organizations in support of their efforts to improve the quality of life in communities primarily within the cooperative’s 18-county service territory. Now in its sixth year, the Mission…
By: Patrick Troyer, Paulding SWCD While the Paulding County Fair has now come and gone, there are still some winners of some contest that are to be announced! Visitors to the Paulding Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) booth at the fair had the opportunity to vote on their favorite photos and posters as part…
By: Patrick Troyer, Paulding SWCD The 2019 Paulding County Fair is quickly approaching and the Paulding Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) is preparing some great activities for you and your family! New this year, our booth will be in a white tent right on the midway! Come on out to enjoy some great make-n-take…
By: Patrick Troyer, Paulding SWCD In honor of Arbor Day & Earth Day, first graders at Paulding, Oakwood, Grover Hill, Payne, and Antwerp Elementary Schools along with Divine Mercy Catholic School learned about why it is critical that we protect a valuable resource, trees! As part of this annual program, each student received a Colorado…
Some of you may have noticed or will notice some containers popping up around your school with a sign that looks a little something like this. The Paulding Soil & Water Conservation District and Paulding County WMEA have partnered up for a county-wide marker recycling program for schools to repurpose the markers that are used…
By: Patrick Troyer, Paulding SWCD With the occurrence of less fence rows and wooded areas along with tillage, farms across Ohio are losing more and more soil each year due to erosion. As many of us might know, it takes over 500 years to build just one inch of topsoil through the process of weathering.…
By: Patrick Troyer, Paulding SWCD The Paulding Soil & Water Conservation District is pleased to welcome Tayler Coy as our newest addition to the office as the Western Lake Erie Basin Nutrient Management Specialist. Tayler covers the following three counties in his position: Paulding, Defiance, and Williams County. Let’s cover a bit of information about…
By: Patrick Troyer, Paulding SWCD Recently, the Paulding SWCD held its 69th Annual Banquet & Supervisor Election “A Community Conservation Celebration”. The community came out to celebrate a year’s worth of many great accomplishments for the Paulding Soil & Water Conservation District in the areas of technical assistance, educational programming, nutrient management, ditch maintenance, and…
By: Patrick Troyer, Education Specialist Fourth grade students at Oakwood Elementary have built upon their knowledge of erosion, weathering, deposition, and pollution via two presentations recently. First, students learned about the changing landscape of the Earth and the forces such as erosion, deposition, and weathering that work together to either construct or transform our environment…
By: Staci Miller, Education Specialist, Paulding SWCD Last week, Grover Hill kindergarten got to learn about the wonderful things worms can do. Staci Miller with Paulding SWCD went in to visit the classrooms with her very own worm farm. The students learned about vermicomposting which is the process of using worms (“vermin” is Latin for…
