Conservation Spotlight
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

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

• 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 ]