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Welcome
to the Marion County Soil and Water
Conservation District Home Page. The District
works to provide technical, financial, and
educational services to help Marion County
land users conserve soil, water, and related
natural resources.
What's New???
It is Tree Sale Time
Again!
It is time for the District's Fall Tree Sale again. Check out our
Fall
Tree Sale brochure (in pdf format) for the order form and more
details. Also this year thanks to grant funding provided through the
U.S. Forest Service and Hoosier Heartland RC&D we are able to offer for
Marion County residents only, larger about 8 ft. tall, trees regularly
valued at $120 at the exceptional price of $60.00 each. Get the
details in our
Tree Cost Share brochure, again with order blank included.
Help Review the Fall Creek Watershed Draft Plan
Check out appropriate initial draft sections of the Lower Fall Creek Watershed
Management Plan (WMP) available on the Lower Fall Creek Watershed web site
under Plan at
www.lowerfallcreek.org/.
Provide comments back to our SWCD
before September 1, 2008. We truly encourage the inputs of anyone
interested in this project in providing pro and con comments and
suggestions to help us improve our Plan. Send comments and
suggestions via mail to the Marion County Soil and Water Conservation
District 6960 S. Gray Rd, Indianapolis, IN 46237or email the SWCD Director at ron-lauster@iaswcd.org.
If you need a hard copy of the plan phone the office at 317-786-1776. Your efforts will be greatly appreciated. The overall draft report
is currently 52 pages, but you can download individual sections in PDF
format as needed. We intend to have a newer updated draft available for
review and comment after the holiday season in December 2008.
Check out ongoing Watershed Planning Projects
Lower Fall Creek Watershed info is available
at
www.lowerfallcreek.org/..
Central Indiana
Watersheds
Eagle Creek Watershed
Upper White River Alliance
Check out our Backyard Conservation Fact Sheets!
Because of many questions about
around conservation issues and home sites, our District has developed
several fact sheets.
See our Backyard Conservation Fact Sheets. Check out our info on
Invasive Species,
Native
Plants,
Tree
Planting,
Rain
Gardens,
Rain
Barrels, Wildlife
Habitat and
Water Edge Enhancements. Also see the What to do about...
Surface Drainage Around Your Home and
Sub-surface Drainage Around Your Home.
Naturescaping Encouraged.
What is Naturescaping?
It simply is the concept of landscaping with native plants. For ideas on
naturescaping visit the Environmental Protection Agency’s
Landscaping with Native Plants
Website. Also see EPA's natural landscaping plant
factsheets.
Interested individuals are also encouraged to talk to their local plant
nursery personnel, visit their local library for books on natural
landscaping or contact the Marion County Soil and Water Conservation
District.
See our 2007 Annual Activities Report.
The District has
had another extremely busy year. Check out our
2007 Annual Activities Report.
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