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Logan SWCD has many education items that can be borrowed by teachers to assist with agriculture and environmental lessons in their classrooms. Below you will find a list of trunks/Equipment we have available. There is no charge to borrow a item, just contact our office to reserve the one you need.
We also a have soils tent/tunnel that can be borrowed for class presentations. This tent exposes students to an urban and farm setting along with showing the different colors, rocks and fossils found underground. The soils tent does have to be set up by Logan SWCD staff. Please call to set up a time if you would like to use this resource.
The Envirothon is a competitive,
academic, outdoor team event for high school students which tests their
knowledge in five areas; Aquatic Ecology, Current Environmental Issues,
Forestry, Soils and Wildlife. The event is designed to stimulate and reinforce
the students interest in environment and our natural resources and encourages
cooperative decision making, team building and problem solving.
Students who participate gain a greater awareness of
natural resources and environmental issues, a better understanding of
interrelationships between living and non-living components of the environment
and an increased interest in further science study. Teams consist of five
members from the same school and though each student contributes his or her
personal best, the score that counts at the end of the day is the TEAM score.
The four top scoring teams then progress on to the State
Envirothon Competition where the winning team then goes on to compete in the
National Envirothon Competition that is sponsored by Canon.
The Envirothon encourages young people to become
action-oriented members of society and promotes the spirit of inquiry,
competition and excellence.
The program has a number of goals and objectives, including:
By preparing for and participating in the
Envirothon, students will develop interpersonal skills by working with other
student team members in cooperative decision making and problem solving.
Students will also meet professionals from a variety of
federal, state, and local natural resource conservation and management agencies
and organizations and private industry. Students will benefit from exposure to
various approaches to environmental questions. They will also have an
opportunity to learn more about environmental career opportunities and
responsibilities. Logan County participates in the Area IV Envirothon in
Southwest Ohio. For more information please contact our office or check it
out the Area IV Envirothon site
on the web.
The Conservation Tillage Club is very popular breakfast series that is offered by Logan and Hardin County SWCDs and OSU Extension in Logan, Hardin, and Marion Counties during January, February, and March of each year. Speakers from OSU Extension, NRCS, SWCDs and other agencies provide current information on subjects such as economics and best management practices on the farm. The breakfast series is sponsored by ag lending institutions and ag businesses in Logan, Hardin and Marion Counties. The CTC meetings are held at the Plaza Inn, at Mt. Victory, Ohio. Breakfast starts at 7:30 am followed by the meeting at 8:00 am. Check back here to find out the dates and topics of upcoming meetings. The following are the 2010 CTC Breakfast Sponsors:
Thank you to all of our Sponsors!!
HARDIN COMMUNITY FCU
ADVANCED AGRI SOLUTIONS
AG CREDIT - KENTON
FARM CREDIT SERVICES
AG CREDIT - MARION
LIBERTY NATIONAL BANK
INDIAN LAKE WATERSHED PROJECT
HARDIN COUNTY FB
CENTRAL OHIO FARMERS CO-OP
HERITAGE CO-OP
SILVER CREEK SUPPLY
POWELL SEEDS BUCKEYE HYBRIDS
LOGAN COUNTY FB
LANDTECH
HOME SAVINGS AND LOAN
COMMUNITY FIRST BANK
CROP PRODUCRION SERVICES
