24th Annual Conservation Field Day Approaches

The Northern Utah and West Box Elder Conservation Districts are hosting the Utah Conservation Field Days on June 18-19, 2008 at the Box Elder County Fairgrounds in Tremonton, Utah.

Events for the field day include an Agricultural Marketing Tour the afternoon on the 18th and Rough Stock Band will be the entertainment that same evening. In conjunction with the days events, there will be a conservation fair that is open to the public.

On the 19th, there will be an all day Conservation Tour. Charter buses will tour Box Elder County focusing on conservation and historical sites. The day will conclude with a visit to the Historical Golden Spike National Monument and the Bear River Bird Refuge.

Click here to view the registration brochure. Register early to reserve a seat and a lunch on the tour.

New NACD Presidency

The NACD Board of Directors elected new leadership at the 2008 NACD Annual Meeting in Reno, Nevada. Click here for more information and to read more about the NACD Officers at the NACD website.

MOU with NRCS Signed

UACD signs updated MOU with NRCS defining their relatioship for delivering technical assistance to conservation districts' customers in Utah. Click here to view the MOU.

Recently Published Fact Sheets

"Saving Utah's Landscape" features five weed control/program successes. These fact sheets were prepared by Utah Weed Supervisors Association in cooperation with the Bureau of Land Management, Utah Association of Conservation Districts, and USU Extension.

Ideas and information for the next series of fact sheets are now being solicited. Please feel free to print and use these fact sheets as would be helpful for communicating our successes in saving Utah's landscape. Click here to view these weed fact sheets.