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Updated 05/30/2007

Earth Day Events

Hardin County -  Hardin County Conservation District Tree Giveaway. 

Hardin County Conservation District held their annual tree giveaway in observance of Arbor Day.
A local Boy Scout troop volunteered to bag the trees for the giveaway. They bagged over 3,500 trees in an unusual frigid temperature for this time of year.  Several people from the community expressed their appreciation for the chance to obtain trees to plant in their yards. With the sprawl of urban development in Elizabethtown, the annual tree giveaway is a great incentive to encourage people to pay attention to our natural resources and put back some of what is being taken away.  Forestry and NRCS staff were on hand to answer questions.

Whitley County - Celebrating Soil and Water Stewardship Week. 
     
Whitley County conservation quiltThe Whitley County Conservation District is always looking to expand their educational program and find fresh new ways to reach out to the community. In celebrating Soil and Water Stewardship Week, district employees designed bulletin boards and distributed them to participating schools.

The designs varied based on the age group of the students, and were designed with the theme "Where Do You Fit In?"

For more information, contact Vickie Hart, Administrative Secretary.

Bell County  - Tree Give-Away. 

Each year, the Bell County Conservation District gives away approximately 500 trees in cooperation with the Kentucky Forestry Department. The tree give away is held at the local mall in Middlesboro. 

This year a record number of people came out for the tree give-away. The mall manager really loves having all the people turn out. Usually after they pick up their tree, they will shop. The manager volunteered to give the district $500.00 to help purchase more trees for next year. The manager of the mall said, “The tree give-away was a great help to bring people into the mall each year.”

This year when we arrived at the mall there were over 200 hundred people waiting for the trees.

For more information, contact Hannah Browning, Administrative Secretary.

Jackson Purchase
RC&D - Saturday, April 14 7 AM -Storm Drain Stenciling Event for Earth Day Activities
           - Saturday, April 21 - All day Recycling Event for Earth Day Activities
 

Harlan County - Friday, April 20 at 12 Noon at the Harlan Wal-Mart. Tree Seedlings will be handed out along with Earth Day T-shirts featuring the KY Earth Day Emblem and other Earth Day information.
   

Pennyrile
RC&D -  Friday, April 20   9AM to 1 PM -Partners - Pennyrile RC&D Office, USDA-NRCS, PRIDE Inc and the Jeffers Bend Environmental Center Committee - host an environmental education session for 100 second and fourth graders at Jeffers Bend Environmental Center in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.  Hands-on Earth Day activities to help the students better understand why we should protect our natural resources. A tree seedling will be planted on site at the end of the day and seedlings will be given to the students as they leave the environmental centerEvent for Earth Day Activities
 

Lewis County - Monday through Friday, April 23-27 Tree give away celebrating Earth day and National Arbor Day.  NRCS and the Conservation District distributes 2000-3000 trees to the landowners of Lewis County.
   

Green County - Saturday and Sunday, April 21 and 22 at the Green County Home and Garden Show NRCS and FSA features a conservation booth display.
   

Garrard County - Saturday, April 28 Second Annual Earth Day Festival at the Garrard County Fairgrounds. NRCS and Conservation District will feature a conservation booth.


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