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The Dickinson County Conservation District invites Dickinson County students to participate in the annual youth poster, limerick, and essay contest – “Healthy Forests Healthy Communities.” The poster contest is open to public, private, or home school students in Dickinson County. Students will compete in poster categories by grade: K-1; 2-3;Continue Reading

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The Dickinson County Conservation District has cost-share funds available for failed septic systems and abandoned well-plugging projects in Dickinson County.  Landowners and organizations are eligible for up to $1,500 in cost-share funding to assist in the implementation of septic systems and lagoons or $300 to plug abandoned wells.  Kansas ConservationContinue Reading

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Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the USDA Service Center in Abilene is open for business by phone appointment only. While our staff will continue to come into the office, they will be working with our agricultural producers by phone and using email and online tools whenever possible. Field work, includingContinue Reading

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The Dickinson County Conservation District is pleased to offer up to two (2) individual $1,000 college scholarships to Dickinson County students. The scholarship is intended to encourage qualified students to increase their interest in conservation, to obtain technical competence in some phase of conservation, and to pursue a career inContinue Reading

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Local Work Groups focus on identifying agricultural and natural resource issues existing in our communities and provide information and feedback to direct NRCS programs. Participants can be agricultural producers; owners of nonindustrial private forest land; representatives of agricultural and environmental organizations; and representatives of governmental agencies carrying out environmental, agricultural,Continue Reading