All Loudoun County students in grades K - 12 can help promote pollinator conservation by entering our Conservation Poster Contest!
Entries Due September 15.
Click to find out more contest details and download FREE Pollinator materials such as posters, bookmarks and activity sheets and books.
FREE while supplies last until June 30th. Please visit VASWCD Student Patch Program to learn more!
To help with learning at home, VASWCD is offering the opportunity for students third grade and above to earn a Soil Expert Patch, and fourth graders and above can earn a Living in Your Watershed Patch.
Celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day by entering the VASWCD 2020 Photo Contest, “Earth Day Everyday.” Capture those vibrant moments and express what Earth Day Everyday looks like to you! The contest is open from March 1 – July 31, 2020.
Click to learn more!
Earth Day Everyday
Welcome to Loudoun Soil and Water Conservation District
The Loudoun Soil and Water Conservation District is responsible for the conservation work within its boundaries (Loudoun County)*. The mission of the District is to provide leadership in recognizing and addressing soil and water conservation issues and problems, both existing and potential, and to promote and develop education and technical programs which will meet the agricultural and urban conservation needs of our District.
NOTICE:
With the Governor’s declaration of a state of emergency and the public health concern affiliated with COVID-19, our staff will be working remotely until further notice.
If you do need out of office assistance, please ask yourself the following questions:
* Have you, or someone living in your household, someone you’ve been in close or frequent contact with, or someone you are caring for been diagnosed with COVID-19 (Coronavirus) or had any contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19?
* In the last 14 days, have you or someone living in your household, or someone you have been in close or frequent contact with, or someone your are caring for returned from, or made a travel connection through a CDC Level 3 or Level 2 country or State Department Level 3 or Level 4 country?
* Do you currently have, or have you had within the last 24 hours, any cold or flu symptoms with a fever greater than 100.4 or acute respiratory distress (e.g. shortness of breath and coughing).
If you answer “yes” to any of the above questions, please let us know so we can serve you in the safest way possible. All staff can be contacted via email.
For Agricultural questions, contact:
Jay Frakenfield – jay.frankenfield@lswcd.org
Pat McIlvaine – pat.mcilvaine@lswcd.org
Chris Van Vlack – chris.vanvlack@lswcd.org
For VCAP, conservation plans, Land Use Tax and Ag Forestal Districts questions, contact:
Chris Van Vlack – chris.vanvlack@lswcd.org
For Education questions, contact:
Jennifer Venable – jennifer.venable@lswcd.org
For General questions or emergencies, contact:
Suzanne Brown – suzie.brown@lswcd.org
SUMMER INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY (Virginia Dept. of Forestry in partnership with Virginia Cooperative Extension): https://ext.vt.edu/internship/counties/northern_prince_william_nr.html
Loudoun Soil and Water Conservation District programs, activities and employment opportunities are available to all people regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin or political affiliation.