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January - |
- County Holiday - New Year's
Day
- We review our Goals and
Objectives and Strategic Plans for the year
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| February,
March |
- Order
seedlings for planting on private property, no restrictions. Costs range from .50 to $1.00 with discounts
given in lots of 25. Trees are sold with a minimum of 25 each.
Generally, we sell 5 varieties of evergreens and several "hardwood"
types such as white birch and flowering dogwood. Proceeds from these
sales go toward conservation education programs.
- Conservation Education
booklets are distributed to elementary schools with the theme for
the Conservation Poster Contest.
- County Holiday - President's
Day (February) and Good Friday (March).
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| April
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- Tree
seedling sale, school trees and public pick-up. Call the
Conservation District at (570) 726-3798 for more information.
- Earth Day is April 22nd.
- Soil and Water Stewardship
Week usually starts the last Sunday in April through the last Sunday
in May.
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May
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(always the first
Wednesday) |
- County
Envirothon, high school students are tested in five natural resource
topics. Winning team goes on to the State Environthon.
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| (Monday
and Tuesday the week before Memorial Day) |
- State
Envirothon. County winning teams compete at the state level.
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- Conservation Poster Contest
entries are judged and winners awarded.
- Max Bossert Award and
Sponsorship to attend the Conservation Leadership School are awarded
to high school students.
- Rich Ramm Memorial
Scholarship is awarded.
- County Holiday - Memorial
Day.
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| July
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- Annual
Planning meeting (Goals and objectives for next year are developed) - public participation encouraged.
- Joint Annual Conference
Meeting - State Conservation Commission and Pennsylvania Association
of Conservation Districts.
- County Holiday - Independence
Day (4th).
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| August
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- National
Canon Envirothon.
- Annual Farm Tour / Picnic.
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| September
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- Conservation
Field Day for 6th Graders.
- Farm - City Day Celebration.
- County Holiday - Labor Day.
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| October
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- Dirt and Gravel Road
applications are due from Municipalities.
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November
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- Official
Farm-City Week to mark the dependence of Farm and City folks on each
other. (The week before Thanksgiving).
- County Holidays - Election Day, Veterans' Day,
and Thanksgiving.
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| December
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- Dirt and Gravel Road
applications are ranked and awarded.
- County Holidays - December
24, 25, 26.
- We
start all over again!
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