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Conservation Spotlight
Summer 2022 [PDF]
  • Annual Meeting and Open House
  • Native Tree and Shrub Sale 
  • 2022 Caring For Our Watersheds Winners 
  • Upcoming Workshops​
Spring 2022 [PDF]
  • Compost Bin and Rain Barrel Sale
  • Master Rain Gardener Graduation 
  • Upper Dry Fork Watershed Public Planning Meeting
  • Green Infrastructure for Planners Workshop 
Winter 2022 [PDF]
  • 2022 Spring Intern
  • 2022 Rain Barrel Art Project 
  • Public Involvement Opportunities
  • Agriculture Education Day
Fall 2021 [PDF]
  • Award Winners
  • Rain Barrel Art Project
  • Caring for Our Watersheds
  • Master Rain Gardener Course​​
Summer 2021 [PDF]
  • 76th Anniversary Celebration
  • Stormwater Field Day
  • Native Tree Sale
Spring 2021 [PDF]
  • Rain Barrel Art Project 
  • Cicadas
  • Soil Testing
  • Compost Bin and Rain Barrel Sale
Winter 2021 [PDF]
  • 2020 Award Winners
  • Public Involvement Opportunities 
  • Road Salt
  • Cincinnati High Tunnel Initiative 
  • Rain Barrel Art Project
  • Citizens Water Quality Monitoring Lab 
Fall 2020 [PDF]
  • Annual Meeting 
  • Upcoming Webinars 
  • Clean Sweep of the Great Miami River
  • Milkweed Seed Pod Collection 
​Summer 2020 [PDF]
  • CFW Finalists 
  • ​2020 Poster and Essay Contest Winners
  • Soil Fertility Testing 
  • Cincinnati High Tunnel Initiative 
  • Upcoming Webinars 

Spring 2020 [PDF]
  • New Executive Director Selected
  • ​2020 Poster and Essay Contest
  • YouTube Channel
  • Live Staking Events
  • Citizen's Water Quality Monitoring Lab 

Fall 2019 [PDF]
  • Open House & Annual Meeting
  • Fall Cover Crops
  • Native Tree & Sale 
  • Stormwater Field Day
  • Milkweed Pod Collection 

Summer 2019 [PDF]
  • Native Tree & Shrub Sale
  • Compost Bin Sale
  • Cooper Creek Collaborative 

Spring.2 2019 [PDF]
  • Poultry Workshop
  • Rain Barrel Art Project
  • Earth Day Events
  • ODA Director Dorothy Pelanda 

Spring.1 2019 [PDF]
  • Our Creek and Rivers
  • Internships 
  • Cover Crop Study Results
  • Educator Workshops 

Fall 2018 [ PDF ]
  • The Last Paper Copy of Conservation Spotlight
  • ​2018 Annual Meeting Highlights
  • Prep Your Lawn and Garden for Winter
  • Monarch Butterflies are in the House

Summer 2018 [ PDF ]
  • 6 Things You Can Do With Your Kids this Summer
  • Caring For Our Watersheds Contest Winners
  • Book Worm Borrow: Bob & Otto
  • Rain Barrel Art Project

Spring 2018 [ PDF ]
  • You Can Help the Monarch Butterfly Migration
  • Pond Clinic
  • Former Supervisor Inducted into Hall of Fame
  • Rain Barrel Art Project

Winter 2017  [ PDF ]
  • Rain Barrel Art Project accepting entries
  • Caring for Our Watersheds
  • Help Restore the Great Miami River

Fall 2017 [ PDF ]
  • Product We Use Daily Are Polluting Our Streams
  • 2017 Annual Meeting Highlights
  • Collecting Milkweed Pods
  • Swimming Pool Water is Toxic to Aquatic Wildlife

Summer 2017 [ PDF ]
  • Open House, Annual Meeting & Election
  • Cover Crop Sale
  • Tree Sale
  • Erosion Control and Stormwater Field Day

Spring 2017 [ PDF ]
  • We are moving!
  • Pond Clinic
  • Earth Day - Celebrate with us!
  • Rain Barrel Art Project

​Fall 2016 [ PDF ]
  • Help save the Monarch Butter y Collect Milkweed Seed Pods 
  • 2016 Annual Meeting Highlights 
  • Some Jurisdictions will see a Change in Services 
  • Upcoming Teacher Workshop 
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Summer 2016 [ PDF ]
  • Caring for Our Watershed Winners!
  • Passport to Fishing
  • Pollinator Workshop
  • Tree Sale

Spring 2016 [ PDF ]
  • Passport to Fishing
  • Pond Clinic
  • Earth Day - Celebrate with us!
  • Rain Barrel Art Project

Winter 2015  [ PDF ]
  • Elected Candidates
  • Rain Barrel Art Project accepting entries
  • Caring for Our Watersheds
  • Keep the Winter Blues Away

Fall 2015 [ PDF ]
  • 2015 Election Candidates
  • Conservation Celebration
  • Aerial Cover Crop Seeding
  • Soil Testing.

Summer 2015 [ PDF ]
  • Caring for Our Watershed Winners!
  • Envirothon 2015
  • Prairie and Pollinator Workshop
  • Tree Sale

 Spring 2015 [ PDF ]
  • Hamilton Co. Teacher wins Educator Award
  • Pond Clinics
  • Earth Day - Celebrate with us!
  • Cover Crop Sale

Winter 2014  [ PDF ]
  • Elected Candidates
  • Rain Barrel Art Project accepting entries
  • Caring for Our Watersheds
  • Ariel Cover Crop Seeding

Fall 2014 [ PDF ]
  • 2014 Election Candidates
  • Joint Annual Meeting
  • Caring for Our Watersheds is Back
  • Soil Testing.

Summer 2014 [ PDF ]
  • Caring for Our Watershed Winners!
  • Fun-Tastic Envirothon
  • Summer Library Programs
  • 2014 Amateur Digital Photography Contest 

   Spring 2014 [ PDF ]
  • HCSWCD wins Eduction Award
  • Pond Clinics
  • Earth Day - Celebrate with us!
  • Cover Crop Sale

Winter 2013  [ PDF ]
  • Elected Candidates
  • Rain Barrel Art Project accepting entries
  • Caring for Our Watersheds
  • Geotechnical requirements of the EarthWork Regulations

Fall 2013  [ PDF ]
  • 2013 Election Candidates
  • 68th Annual Meeting
  • Caring for Our Watersheds is Back
  • Why is Erosion Control Important?

  Summer 2013 [ PDF ]
  • The Spectacular Rain Barrel Art Project
  • The Amazing Monarchs Need our Help
  • Organize a Storm Drain Labeling Event Today!
  • 2013 Amateur Digital Photography Contest 

   Spring 2013 [ PDF ]
  • Caring for Our Watershed - Winner 2013
  • Water Quality Monitoring
  • Earth Day Resolutions
  • Cover Crop Class and Sale


   Winter 2012 [ PDF ]
  • Rain Barrel Art Project
  • Education Corner- Recycled Sculpture Contest & 2013 Poster and Essay Contest
  • 2013 Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)
  • Annual Report 2012 Clips
  
 Fall 2012 [ PDF ]
  • 2012 Election Candidates
  • Urban Streams - Cleaning products worth the risk?
  • National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day - Sept 29, 2012
  • Cover crop sale & order form

   Summer 2012 [ PDF ]
  • Caring for our Watershed- 2012 Contest Winners
  • SWCD to Sell Cover Crop Seed in August
  • Pond Clinic - June 13, 2012
  • Summer Library Programs


   Spring 2012 [ PDF ]
  • HCSWCD receives Partnership Awards
  • Soil Fertility testing kits are back!
  • Education Corner: "Make A Splash" is Back
  • Free Events- Ultimate Educator Expo, Groundwater Awareness Celebration, Pond Clinic


   Winter 2011 [ PDF ]
  • 2011 Conservation Awards
  • Find Your Watershed!
  • Education Corner: Annual Poster & Essay Contests 2012 Theme: Soil to Spoon
  • Earthworks - Southwest Ohio Erosion and Sediment Control Field Day


   Fall 2011 [ PDF ]
  • 2011 Election Candidates
  • There is a new bad bug in town!
  • Earthworks - WHY TWO? Responsibilities under the Ohio EPA's
  • Education Corner: New Website and Programs
   
   Summer 2011 [ PDF ]
  • Congratulations, Annette Meagher, HC Employee of the Year!
  • Minges recognized as State Volunteer of the Year
  • Earthworks - Pond Clinic
  • Education Corner: Annual Poster & Essay Contests


   Spring 2011 [ PDF ]
  • Farewell to Stanley Strimple
  • How Safe Is Your Medicine Cabinet?
  • Streams
  • Education Corner: Why we need Environmental Education


   Winter 2010 [ PDF ]
  • 65th Annual Meeting
  • New Supervisors
  • Pharmaceutical Collection Event Success
  • Education Corner


   Fall 2010 [ PDF ]
  • 65th Annual Meeting
  • Early Blight - Common This Gardening Year
  • 2010 Conservation Reserve Program Announcements
  • Education Corner


   Summer 2010 [ PDF ]
  • Thank you Ohio Legislators for Suppporting Ohio's SWCDs
  • MSD is Walking the Walk - Building a Greener Future
  • Soil Fertility Tips
  • Stream and Storm Water Management News


   Spring 2010 [ PDF ]
  • We Have Moved!
  • Local SWCD Participates in State Meeting
  • Ag News - Seasonal High Tunnels for Speciality Crop Production
  • Earthwork News...
   
Winter 2009 [ PDF ]
  • 64th Annual Meeting
  • Envirothon 2010
  • Ag News - Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
  • Earthwork News...
  • 2010 Essay and Poster Contest 

   Fall 2009 [ PDF ]
  • Farewell Steve Sandfort
  • How's Your Well Water?
  • Earthwork News...
  • 2010 Candidates


   Summer 2009 [ PDF ]
  • National Women's History Month
  • Rain Barrel Sale a Success!
  • Earthwork News...
  • The Mussel Behind Improving Water Quality


   Spring 2009 [ PDF ]
  • Winter Conference
  • Learn How to Create the Best Garden Ever!
  • Rain Barrel Sale
  • Ag News


   Winter 2008 [ PDF ]
  • Happy Retirement
  • Annual Meeting - 2008 Conservation Awards Winners
  • Education Corner
  • Ag News - Horse Manure


   Fall 2008 [ PDF ]
  • Dan Taphorn Named HC Employee of the Year
  • 63rd Annual Meeting
  • Finally - A Rain Garden Manual for Our Region
  • Earthwork News


   Spring 2008 [ PDF ]
  • Break for Savings
  • Helping People Help the Land
  • National Soil and Water Stewardship Week
  • Earthwork News
District Brochure

Long Range Plan 2020 to 2024


Manual / Guidelines
  • "Rain Gardens Guidelines for Southwest Ohio" [ PDF ]

Publications
  • "Landslides in Hamilton County" [ PDF ]
  • "Making Waves Curriculum" - Teaching Non Point Source Pollution - Grade K - 12 [ PDF ]
  • Innovative Approaches to Developing an NPDES Storm Water Program – Public Involvement at the Watershed Scale through Stream Monitoring” – 2010-2011 Great Miami River and Ault Park Stream Restoration Data Analysis [PDF]
  • Cover Crop Demonstration and Study Project - 2014 to 2018
Annual Report
  • 2020 [PDF]
  • 2019 [PDF]
  • 2018 [PDF]
  • 2017 [PDF]
  • 2016 [PDF]
  • 2015 (New Fiscal Year) [PDF]
  • 2015 [ PDF ]
  • 2014 [ PDF ]
  • 2013 [ PDF ]
  • 2012 [ PDF ]
  • 2011 [ PDF ]
  • 2010 [ PDF ]
  • 2009 [ PDF ]
  • 2008 [ PDF ]
Office Hours: Monday to Friday 8 am to 4 pm

1325 East Kemper Road, ​Suite 115
​Cincinnati, OH 45246

​Phone: (513) 772-7645
The Hamilton County Soil & Water Conservation District is a legal subdivision of the State of Ohio responsible for the conservation of natural resources within Hamilton County, Ohio. We have a special emphasis on soil and water with a focus on assisting landowners in planning and applying conservation practices on the land. HCSWCD is dedicated to the sustainable use of our natural resources and to encouraging positive behavioral changes that produce a higher quality of life for our citizens. The District assists all Hamilton County residents, schools and jurisdictions through our free services and dynamic partnerships that continually provide innovative solutions for the challenges of our region.
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    • Get Involved!
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    • Soil Fertility
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    • Seasonal Stormwater Tips
    • Stream Conservation >
      • Stream Conservation: Why?
      • Cooper Creek Collaborative
      • Stream Impairment
      • Stream Conservation: How?
      • Your Streams
    • 2022 Tree Sale
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