Tips, tricks, and a quick peek into the everyday life of the conservation district.
As if native plants were not enough, here is another reason to come to the Plant Sale. Come support creative youth from around Snohomish County and Camano Island by voting for your favorite on the day of the sale!
Read MoreHere are some highlights from the 2018 Country Living Expo in Stanwood.
Read MoreSee what a Lawns to Lettuce grant can do for your community garden!
Read MoreLearn more about pollinators and the work of Snohomish Conservation District through this video created to inspire youth artists from K-12 around Snohomish County and Camano Island. Contest deadline is February 1, 2018.
Read MoreThis fall we offered an incentive to encourage landowners on Lake Stevens to plant native plants to protect the lake from runoff. Here's a before and after post to show just how pretty and practical doing so can be!
Read MoreThe crew works rain or shine all year round implementing conservation projects.
Read MoreThe heroes from the RoboGator Team Green at Northshore Christian Academy in Everett recently won the champion award to qualify for the semi-finals of the FIRST® LEGO® League Hydro Dynamics Challenge
Read MoreRain creates mud. That didn't dim the smiles on the WCC crew helping move dirt for garden beds in Monroe.
Read MoreHere's a video of the recently installed rain gardens at Quilceda Creek Apartments in Marysville during a rain event.
Read MoreA group of rural landowners gathered in Arlington at the Co-op Supply Store to learn about rain gardens from our district engineer and one of our farm planners.
Read More"'twas the night before Christmas in the SCD house...."
Read MoreIf you're looking for a compact and thorough look at urban farming, check out the community garden and cultural kitchen at Edmonds Community College.
Read MoreTwo new rain gardens have been installed in Marysville to reduce flooding and runoff to Quilceda Creek in the Snohomish Watershed.
Read MoreThis week we had the opportunity to spend a morning showing off projects in the 38th district to June Robinson. We are grateful for our partners in conservation!
Read MoreWe love our volunteers! Thanks to this group near Padilla Bay who helped plant the rain garden and terraced hillside at Bay View United Methodist Church.
Read MoreA housing complex in Twin Lakes now has raised garden beds for growing food thanks to an National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) grant and a partnership between Housing Hope and Snohomish Conservation District.
Read MoreHere's a series of videos showing how hard a recently installed rain garden is working for Cascade High School in Everett.
Read MoreMany people forget about fruit trees when they are planning out their yards, but they should not be overlooked. They are so simple, so rewarding, and so beautiful. They represent our most ancient connection to the bounty of nature. They are fun to work on, soothing to look at, and their personalities are all so different.
Read MoreNice write up from Sea Mar Community Health Center on their volunteer event a couple weekends ago.
Read MoreThe newly installed stormwater projects at these six schools will help divert and filter an estimated 436,700 gallons of stormwater each year! This number is based on an estimated 10 refills of the rain barrels and cisterns, which is the average usage rate. All of this adds up to cleaner, colder, and clearer streams and untold numbers of happy salmon.
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