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Bond County Soil and Water Conservation District

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Funding is not guaranteed.  Availability of funds is dependent on grant funds received from the Illinois Department of Agriculture.  Submit your application before April 30 to ensure you're included on the list of eligible recipients.

 

2024 Teacher Workshop

April Stich Selected for 2024 Gehrig Scholarship

The Bond County Soil and Water Conservation District is pleased to announce their 2024 Dr. Harold Gehrig Memorial Scholarship Recipient. The scholarship was setup to recognize Dr. Harold Gehrig for his contribution to agriculture, veterinary medicine, and the Bond County community. The 2024 Gehrig Scholarship recipient is April Stich of Greenville.


April Stich is a 2015 graduate of Greenville High School. She graduated with her Bachelor of Science Degree from Maryville University in 2019 where she served as student government President. She is currently enrolled in the college of veterinary medicine at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. April is the Relations Director for the Veterinary Business Management Association. She is a member of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners, American Association of Equine Practitioners, and the American Association of Swine Veterinarians. She is also involved in the Animal Welfare Club, Shelter Medicine Club and Student American Veterinary Medical Association.

The Bond County Soil and Water Conservation District was pleased to provide the scholarship award to April Stich during their 79th Annual Meeting on February 9. 

Conservation Seed For Sale

Contact the SWCD office to order your CRP and conservation seed.  Many mixes available.  Mixes meet NRCS standards for CRP seedings.  Several mixes include pollinator habitat, wildflowers, warm season grasses, monarch butterfly habitat and more. Contact the SWCD office info@bondswcd.org or  618-664-3590 ext. 3 for pricing and more details.

Pay Invoices Online

The Bond SWCD is NOW accepting credit cards for payment of invoices for the following:

Equipment Rental, Fish Orders, Soil Sampling, Conservation Seed, AITC Sponsorships, Scholarship Donations, Meeting Sponsorship

To pay by credit card click the Jetpay logo below  You can either make a one-time payment or establish a login account for regular customers. 

 

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Soil Sampling - Call Now

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Now offering Haney Soil Health Testing and Corn Tissue Testing. 

Call now to schedule your field for soil sampling, or tissue testing.  Allow us to pull the samples and submit them for lab analysis.  Or you can drop off your samples and we'll analyze them for you.  For more information or to book your appointment call Roger Marcoot at 618-664-0555 ext. 3013 or 618-292-6043.

75 YEARS OF BOND COUNTY SWCD - Learn more....

To learn more about the history of the Bond County Soil and Water Conservation District click the link below.  The Bond SWCD was chartered in 1944 by forward thinking agriculturalists that had visions of a more conservation friendly system of farming.  The district has evolved to include service programs, education outreach, equipment rental, soil sampling and more.  To learn about the programs, leaders and past award winner click below:

75 years of the Bond County SWCD