Two Richland County students have been named state winners in the 2017 National Conservation Poster Contest:  Evan Carl Outlaw, who was a kindergartener at Catawba Trail Elementary School when he entered the contest and is now in first grade, is the K-1st Grade Division Winner.  Emiya Carolyn Gallman, who was an eighth grader in the ZooBot Magnet Program at Longleaf Middle School when she entered the contest and is now in ninth grade at Blythewood High School, is the 7th-9th Grade Division Winner.

Handouts and slideshows from the Conservation Partnership Field Day at Cooper Family Farms on 3/15/18.

Three Richland County schools will receive funding for conservation education projects this spring, thanks to funding provided by the Richland Soil and Water Conservation District (RSWCD) and the City of Columbia.

The Richland Soil and Water Conservation District (RSWCD) has selected Indya Woodfolk, a senior at Hammond School, to receive the $1,000 2018 Youth Conservation Scholarship to support her interest in conservation and her pursuit of a career in environmental sciences.

Richland County teacher David Kenga has been named South Carolina’s Conservation Teacher of the Year (Primary) by the South Carolina Association of Conservation Districts (SCACD).