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VOL. XXXIX No. 4 C e l e b r at i n g 7 7 Ye a r s Winter 2017
MISSION STATEMENT :
OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE
QUALITY CONSERVATION SERVICES
RESULTING IN A HARMONIOUS BALANCE
BETWEEN NATURAL RESOURCES,
SOCIAL CHANGE
AND ECONOMIC HEALTH WITHIN
VANDERBURGH COUNTY
BY FOSTERING INNOVATIVE PARTNERSHIPS
We’re Hiring! Clean Water Indiana Invasive Technician
Vanderburgh County along with Gibson, Pike, Posey and Warrick County SWCD’s are hiring an Invasive Technician to serve all five counties. This technician is funded through a Clean Water Indiana Grant for three years. The application can be found at www.vandswcd.org. A completed applica-tion must be returned to the office by December 15th, 2017, a resume and cover letter are optional. The applica-tion can be emailed to [email protected] or mail to Erin Shoup, Vanderburgh County SWCD; 921 North Park Dr. Evansville, IN 47710. This technician will report to the above address daily and frequent the partnering counties. The salary for this posi-tion is set at $30,000/year for 3 years and is eligible for a bonus upon completion of the 3 year grant. The technician will be an employee of the Vanderburgh County SWCD and will work 35 hours a week with occasional travel. If you are interested in the details of this position please visit www.vandswcd.org to download the application and a full job description is on page 2 of this newsletter. We are looking to have this position start in February of 2018.
Don’t treat your soil like dirt Fall is for DRILLING
not TILLING By: Chris Lee, NRCS This field is a very steep C slope soil which means it has a
slope of over 6% and would no doubt be considered to be a
highly erodible soil type. It has been worked this fall with no
winter cover will be exposed to all of the elements over the
next eight months. By planting time this field will most likely
have suffered serious
erosion issues such as
sheet and rill erosion as
well as ephemeral or
classic gully in the areas
of concentrated flow. It
is likely that this field
will need to be worked
at least one more time
before planting because
of its rough condition.
Utilizing cover crops like these you are addressing four of the
keystone principles of soil health. You are 1. Minimizing dis-
turbance of the soil. 2. Maximizing biodiversity with a multi
species cover crop. 3. Maximizing the cover or armoring the
soil from the elements
and 4. Providing that
continuous living root.
By practicing these
principles of soil health
you WILL build organic
matter in your soil,
more rain water will
infiltrate your soil and
remain in the profile
available to your cash crops roots. You will have a lot less
erosion of your soil. These cover crops will help with alleviat-
ing compaction and controlling the temperature of the soil. By
increasing your soil organic content the life below your soil
will flourish. Besides all of the scientific reasons for using cov-
er crops it would be hard to deny that it just looks nicer and
keeping your soil on your farm has to be of value.
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T-Shirts for Sale
The Vanderburgh County SWCD has a limited amount of T-shirts for sale in a California Blue with white lettering featur-ing our “Don’ t Farm Naked “ logo. The price of the T-shirt is $10, no matter the size. We have a long sleeved t-shirt that sells for $15 and is charcoal grey in color. Please call the office at 812-423-4426 x 3 for more information.
New Pollinator logo Shirts for Sale
The Vanderburgh County SWCD has a limited amount of T-shirts for sale in Gold with black lettering featuring our “Get your buzz on, plant pollinators“ logo. The price of the T-shirt is $10, no matter the size. We will be ordering some long sleeved shirts this winter and these will sell for $15. Please call the office at 812-423-4426 x 3 for more infor-mation.
2018 CWI Conservation Showcase Grant
By: Andrew Smith, Urban Conservationist The Vanderburgh, Posey, and Warrick SWCDs were recently awarded a Clean Water Indiana grant through the Indiana Department of Agriculture for $49,032. The grant will help establish a conservation exhibit in each district to provide tan-gible examples of conservation practices that participants can see and experience such as cover crops, pollinator habitat, rain gardens, rainwater harvesting, invasive species manage-ment, conservation buffers, and xeriscaping. The importance of soil health and soil testing will also be emphasized through-out the exhibit and high-quality interpretive signage will play a major part in educating visitors. While the exhibit will be de-signed to illustrate conservation practices that can be imple-mented at a large scale over many acres, one primary goal of
the exhibit is to illustrate examples of conservation that can be put in place on smaller scales such as residential and non-traditional agricultural plots. The grant will also provide cost-share money for the practices on display at the exhibit such as cover crops, pollinator habi-tat, rain gardens, rainwater harvesting, invasive species man-agement, conservation buffers, soil testing, tree planting, and xeriscaping. The districts hope the exhibit will spur visitors to action when they see that many conservation practices are applicable to developed, urban areas as well. Visitors to the exhibit will be encouraged to contact their local SWCD office for information concerning cost-share opportunities. The Vanderburgh SWCD’s exhibit is tentatively scheduled to be installed at the Wesselman Woods Nature Preserve who is donating land for the exhibit. Construction will start in early 2018 and the exhibit will be open to the public in 2018. An example of what the exhibit might look like is below. Cost-share practice applications can be picked up at Vanderburgh SWCD office starting in January 2018. Stay tuned for details!
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Vanderburgh County 77th Annual Meeting
When: Tuesday, February 20th, 2018 at 6 p.m.
Where: Vanderburgh Co. 4-H Center, Banquet Hall
Price: $10 a person (Please call the office to reserve your seats in advance) This year’s 77th Annual meeting will focus on historical infor-mation about Vanderburgh County. This year’s speaker will be Dr. Fred Whitford from Purdue University. He will be discussing historical data from Vanderburgh County. There will be a wonderful catered meal prepared by Hornville Tav-ern. There will be lots of local giveaways as usual for those in attendance. Turley Mfg Jewlers has donated a fine piece of jewelry worth an estimated retail value of $200. The Vanderburgh County SWCD has several Coleman coolers with the “Don’t Farm Naked” logo on them and Insulated Casserole totes with the County logo on it as door prizes again this year. There will be many gift certificates to local establishments up for grabs as well.
SWCD Newsletter Needs Your Updates!
The Vanderburgh County SWCD would like to update their Newsletter mailing list. If you are currently re-
ceiving the newsletter and would like to unsubscribe please call the office at 812-423-4426 x 3 and we will
remove you from the list. Also, If you have moved
and need to update your address we have on file, please let us know. We are now offering the option of
having the newsletter to be emailed in a pdf format. If you would rather have an email newsletter please
call the office and we can change that for you. The office phone umber is 812-423-4426 x 3. Did you
know that we have a Facebook page at Vanderburgh
County Soil and Water Conservation District, please like and follow our page. The SWCD also has a brand
new Instagram account found at Vanderburgh SWCD please look for us on this site also. The SWCD has a
website, www.vandswcd.org please look at the web-
site for office information, staff and upcoming events.
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Tree-of-Heaven is common in urban settings and woodlands. Its roots sprout through cracks in sidewalks up to 50' away from the mother tree.
Though intolerant of shade, it may seed into mature forests and fill openings where native trees have died. Sprout clumps may exclude native vegetation from forest edges or mead-ows through shading and toxins from the leaf litter.
Do You Have Tree-of-Heaven
On Your Property?
In 2018 the Vanderburgh County Soil and Water Conserva-tion District, in partnership with Gibson, Pike, Posey, and Warrick Counties and Clean Water Indiana, will be hiring an Invasive Species Technician to provide hands-on exposure to all aspects of invasive plant species eradication. In this edi-tion of the newsletter we provide information about Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) which is also known as Ai-lanthus, Chinese Sumac, or Stinking Sumac because it look remarkably like native Sumacs when young. Tree-of-Heaven (Ailanthus) is distinguished by its unpleasant smell (like rancid peanut but-
ter) and the huge, alternate leaves each com-posed of a large number of pairs of gland-toothed leaflets. Break off one of the very stout twigs you will see a large horseshoe-shaped leaf scar.
The fruits are about 1 ½” long and papery with wings. They are green at first, go through a progression of colors (yellow, pinkish or orange, red) until ripening red-brown and are spiral or twisted.
One way to dif-ferentiate be-tween our native Sumacs and Tree-of-heaven is the fruits. Sumacs have very erect fruit and the Tree-of-Heaven fruits hang. Tree-of-heaven may resemble native plants with com-pound leaves like Walnuts, Hickories,
and Sumacs, but there are noticeable differences:
Tree-of-Heaven lacks serrate leaf margins
Tree-of-Heaven has a main trunk rather than a strag-
gly, shrubby branch pattern
Tree-of-Heaven bark is smooth
In autumn, Tree-of-Heaven leaves all drop at first
frost
A large amount of fruit may remain in the winter, but
Tree-of-heaven fruit masses hang down in the fall
New 2018 plat books are on the way!
The Vanderburgh County SWCD is anxiously awaiting the arrival of the new 2018 Plat Book. The books will have data from 2017 and cost the same price of $20/book. These new plat books are not in yet but are expected by the spring of 2018. Please call the office in 2018 for an updated arrival date. Once the books are in they can be picked up at the office during normal business hours M-F from 8:00-4:30 p.m. Please call ahead before making the trip to the Office as we are sometimes absent from the office due to the nature of our work. You may reach us at 812-423-4426 ext.3. These books are non-refundable and all sales final. We accept cash or check only, please.
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ASSOCIATES:
Paul Bouseman, Botanical Curator Kay Hoffherr, Teacher, Central High School Jeff Mueller, County Surveyor Lauren Preske, Environmental Educator
Heath Hamilton, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Biologist
Scott Winiger, Farmer
Phil & Deanna Outlaw, Farmers
Eldon Maasberg, Farmer
Davie Sue Wallace Litov, Business Owner
Steve Helfrich, Retired USI Facilities Director
VANDERBURGH COUNTY SWCD
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS: Ron Adler, Chairman, Farmer/Operates a Peach Orchard Kevin Rexing, Vice-Chair, Farmer Wayne Fehd, Treasurer, Farmer/Business Owner Linda Freeman, Member, Chief Deputy Surveyor Joe Schalasky, Member, Farm Manager at Seton Harvest
OFFICE STAFF:
SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT (SWCD)
Mark Abell, Water Quality Specialist
Erin Shoup, Administrative Assistant
NATURAL RESOURCE, CONSERVATION SERVICE (NRCS)
Rita Becker, District Conservationist
INDIANA STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (ISDA)
Linda Voglund, Resource Specialist
OFFICE LOCATION VANDERBURGH COUNTY SWCD 921 North Park Dr. Evansville, IN 47710-3629 http://www.vandswcd.org TELEPHONE: (812) 423-4426 X 3 FAX (855) 408-4686
Board Meetings are held on the fourth
Monday at 6 p.m.
of each month Unless
otherwise advertised. The public is invited to attend
all meetings
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IN THIS ISSUE: DON’T TREAT YOUR SOIL LIKE DIRT FALL IS FOR DRILLING NOT TILLING WE’RE HIRING! INVASIVE TECHNICIAN 2018 CWI CONSERVATION SHOWCASE GRANT ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY INCENTIVES PROGRAM SWCD NEWSLETTER NEEDS YOUR UPDATES VANDERBURGH COUNTY 77TH ANNUAL MEETING INFIELD ADVANTAGE DO YOU HAVE TREE OF HEAVEN ON YOUR PROPERTY NEW 2018 PLAT BOOKS ARE ON THE WAY
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