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**PUBLIC NOTICE**
The Thomas Jefferson Soil & Water Conservation District Board of Directors monthly meetings are regularly held on the last Wednesday of each month at the District office located at 705 Dale Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22903.
Committee meetings begin between 8:30-9:00 a.m. (depending on agenda). The regular board meeting begins at 10:00 am.
Changes in meeting times and locations are posted on the District's website calendar at www.tjswcd.org
Please note that the next Board of Directors meeting will be held Wednesday, December 18, 2019, at 6:00 p.m., at Michie Tavern, 683 Thomas Jefferson Parkway, Charlottesville, VA 22902.
Have you heard? Registration is now open for the 2020 Virginia Environmental Education Conference- EE for EverybodEE and we are so excited for you to join us this February at the gorgeous Florence Elston Inn and Conference Center on the beautiful Sweet Briar College campus.
Please find the attached Registration Packet that includes a schedule at a glance, breakdown of workshops, sessions and field trips as well as lodging information to help you make plans for this year's conference!
Early Bird Registration Ends on 12/31 so you have through the end of the year to get in at the reduced rate!
Be sure to log into your account on the VAEE website and to make sure your membership is paid up before registering to ensure the best rates for this year's conference.
Registration is available by visiting :https://vaee.wildapricot.org/event-3546993
#NACD welcomes new NACD Soil Health Champion from #Maryland: Dr. Charles Mess saw benefits in recycling his manure and bedding and began applying it to his fields in the mid-1970s. Since then, he has continued to work to improve soil health on his farm. Read his profile on NACD's website to learn more about his soil health practices!
www.nacdnet.org/soil-champs/northeast/charles-f-mess-m-d/
Soil Health Principles Part 4 – Keep Live Roots in the Soil
Soil Health Principles Part 4 – Keep Live Roots in the Soil
onpasture.com
In this, the fourth in our series on soil health principles, Buz Kloot talks about how, through photosynthesis, plants create carbon-based sugars, a sizeable portion of which is transferred into th...As a way to fight climate change, not all soils are created equal
As a way to fight climate change, not all soils are created equal
phys.org
As the planet warms due to excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, a solution for drawing down that carbon—or at least a major part of it—lies silently below us.