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  • SD Soil Health Coalition Board Meeting

    Pierre, SD

    Please contact Cindy Zenk at (605) 280-4190 or sdsoilhealth@gmail.com for more information or to express your interest in attending our meeting!

  • Composting & Gardening: Just Do It!

    Menoken Farm, North Dakota 1107 171st St. NE, Menoken, ND

    REGISTRATION

    To ensure dinner, RSVP by Friday, July 5, by calling the Morton County SCD office at 701-667-1163, ext. 3, or e-mail Valerie at valerie.frohlich@usda.gov. If registering children, include their ages.

  • Pasture Walk: Dave & Holly Ollila Ranch

    Ollila Ranch, Newell, SD Newell, SD

    Dave and Holly Ollila have been using the principles of Holistic Management for nearly 20 years. Using sheep and cattle as tools they have seen remarkable changes in the health of the land.
    With Holistic Planned Grazing and the tools of grazing, animal impact and recovery time they have:
    • Increased diversity of plants and wildlife.
    • Increased the stocking rate on the land resource.
    • Created resilience during drought years
    • Birds, beetles and other beneficials are on the increase

    Registration is free to all members of the South Dakota Grassland Coalition – or $30 for nonmembers (which include a complementary one year membership). Contact Dave Ollila - (605) 569-0224

  • Pasture Walk: Dave Steffen Ranch

    Dave Steffen Ranch Burke, SD

    Tour Discussion Topics/Activities
     Introduction to the ranch operation
     Benchmark data for grazing livestock
     Livestock mineral program
     Prescribed fire for new native grass seedings
     Seeding native grasses

    Snacks will be provided after Tour: Contact Dave Steffen- (605) 830-9112

  • Soil Health Institute 2019 Annual Meeting: A Global Imperative

    Hyatt Regency Sacramento 1209 L Street, Sacramento, CA

    Soil Health – A Global Imperative is the theme for SHI’s 2019 Annual Meeting, reflecting just how critically imminent it is that we safeguard and enhance the vitality and productivity of soils to address food, water, climate, wildlife, fiber, fuel and other global issues.

    Visit https://soilhealthinstitute.org/event/annual-meeting-2019/ for more information!

  • Women’s Learning Circles: Soil Health Meetings For SD Women Landowners

    K.O. Lee Aberdeen Public Library 215 Southeast 4th Ave., Aberdeen, SD

    Organized by the Women, Food and Agriculture Network (WFAN), supported by conservation districts in eastern South Dakota through a grant from NRCS. No obligation, just an opportunity to learn from your peers and local professional women conservationists.

    THE AGENDA
    Coffee, sign-in, resource sharing at 8:30--meeting begins promptly at 9 a.m.

    Free lunch and afternoon field tour. The field tour will involve a short walk into a field, so please bring appropriate footwear and clothing.

    Return to meeting site for evaluation, dessert and wrap–up by 3 p.m.

    Please register at https://www.nolosd.org/learning-circle-meetings

  • Leopold Conservation Award Tour: Johnson Family, Frankfort, SD

    Johnson Farms-Frankfort, SD Frankfort, SD

    Directions: From 3 miles South of Frankfort, SD on 396th Ave; 1 mile East on 176th St. and 1 Mile South on 397th Ave.

    Rain or shine-outdoor attire is recommended, including water resistant footwear, jacket, and umbrella if raining. Please RSVP by July 11th to Judge at (605) 280-0127 or jljessop@kennebectelephone.com.

  • Excellence In Rangeland Management Tour: Little Owl River Ranch

    Timber Lake Community Center & Little Owl River Ranch

    -Cross-fencing to improve rotational grazing
    -Grazing management-drought management
    -Pollinator plot for ranch operation benefits
    -Tree and riparian management
    -Ranching for wildlife

    For additional information, contact Isaac Full, Pheasants Forever Biologist, 817-701-6707 or Nathan Grueb, NRCS District Conservationist, 605-365-5179 Ext. 3, or Timber Lake Field Office, 605-865-3522.

  • Women’s Learning Circles: Soil Health Meetings For SD Women Landowners

    Blarney's Sports Bar 2100 Highland WAy, Mitchell, SD

    Organized by the Women, Food and Agriculture Network (WFAN), supported by conservation districts in eastern South Dakota through a grant from NRCS. No obligation, just an opportunity to learn from your peers and local professional women conservationists.

    THE AGENDA
    Coffee, sign-in, resource sharing at 8:30--meeting begins promptly at 9 a.m.

    Free lunch and afternoon field tour. The field tour will involve a short walk into a field, so please bring appropriate footwear and clothing.

    Return to meeting site for evaluation, dessert and wrap–up by 3 p.m.

    Please register at https://www.nolosd.org/learning-circle-meetings

  • Women’s Learning Circles: Soil Health Meetings For SD Women Landowners

    Mary Jo Wegner Arboretum 1900 S. Perry Place, Sioux Falls, SD

    Organized by the Women, Food and Agriculture Network (WFAN), supported by conservation districts in eastern South Dakota through a grant from NRCS. No obligation, just an opportunity to learn from your peers and local professional women conservationists.

    THE AGENDA
    Coffee, sign-in, resource sharing at 8:30--meeting begins promptly at 9 a.m.

    Free lunch and afternoon field tour. The field tour will involve a short walk into a field, so please bring appropriate footwear and clothing.

    Return to meeting site for evaluation, dessert and wrap–up by 3 p.m.

    Please register at https://www.nolosd.org/learning-circle-meetings