Richland Soil and Water Conservation District

11/06/2026

Join us on Monday, November 9, for our monthly board meeting!

We will meet at 6 pm at the Lizard’s Thicket at 7938 Garners Ferry Road, Columbia. Dinner and networking will begin at 5:30 pm. Our board meetings are open to the public. Find the meeting agenda at www.richlandcountysc.gov/rswcd. We'll see you next week! 👋

11/02/2026

Cricket loves a good harvest, especially when it means more tasty treats, but a successful harvest starts long before crops are ready to be picked. During the growing season, farmers rely on irrigation systems to provide crops with the water they need to thrive. When these systems aren’t working properly, water can be wasted, crops may not receive enough moisture, and valuable resources can go down the drain.

Clemson Extension's Center Pivot Irrigation Test Program helps farmers evaluate how evenly their irrigation systems distribute water and identify opportunities to improve efficiency. By making sure irrigation systems are working as they should, growers can conserve water, reduce operating costs, and support a healthy harvest.

🔗 Learn more about Clemson Extension's Center Pivot Irrigation Test Program at https://www.clemson.edu/extension/water/programs/center-pivot-irrigation-test.html.

🔗 For more conservation tips from Cricket and her friends, subscribe to our newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/subscribetoRSWCD.

11/02/2026

Have you received free seeds through our Seed Sanctuary program? We'd love to hear from you!

Our Seed Sanctuary provides free vegetable, herb, and wildflower seeds to help Richland County residents grow at home, support pollinators, and access nutritious food. Your feedback can help us understand what is working well and how we can make the program even better.

Take our short survey to share your experience. Thank you for helping our Seed Sanctuary grow! 🌿

🔗 https://tinyurl.com/RSWCDSeedsSurvey

11/02/2026

10/27/2026

SC educators and parents! There’s only ONE month left for K-12 students to submit their entry in the SCEO Poster Contest. Visit www.energy.sc.gov/postercontest to learn more.

10/27/2026

Less than a week until America Recycles Month! ♻️

Starting November 1, we're kicking off the Challenge with 30 days of simple ways to reduce waste, recycle right, and care for the places we share.

Ready to join in? Here's how:

1️⃣ Complete the daily activity on our America Recycles Month calendar.
2️⃣ Share what you're doing with a photo or video. Use and tag Keep America Beautiful.
📅 Check out the calendar below, pick your first challenge, and see how many days you can keep the streak going!

Let's together this November.

10/27/2026

You can enjoy all the Halloween fun while making choices that are better for the environment. Try these four simple tips:

🍂 Decorate with natural materials like pumpkins, gourds, corn and straw.
🧛 Get creative and make a costume using items you already have at home.
🎃 Compost your pumpkin carvings instead of tossing them in the trash. Don't have a compost bin? Fall is a great time to start one!
🍬 Skip single-use plastic bags and collect treats in reusable baskets, buckets, totes or pillowcases.

Small changes can make a difference! Have a safe, happy and environmentally friendly Halloween.

10/27/2026

From choosing a mix to managing it in the field, there’s a lot to consider when adding cover crops to your operation.

Join us on Nov. 4 at 10:00 a.m. CT to hear from Carl Coleman, a South Carolina farmer and cover crop seed supplier. Drawing from his 36 years of farming experience, he’ll share how cover crops have impacted his family’s operation, what he’s learned from using them and some tips he’s picked up along the way.

Register today: bit.ly/4rb45CG

Soil Health Institute
The Center for Regenerative Agriculture

10/26/2026

Would you like to be involved in an SC AAS video project?

Our team is excited to begin creating a brand-new suite of videos to help new and returning volunteers.

We’re looking for volunteers willing to demonstrate sampling protocol in videos and/or allow us to film on their properties with waterway access.

🎬 Fill out our interest form: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/g/jwgie8a35m

10/26/2026

Are you passionate about SC AAS and interested in teaching others how to sample? We would love to have you join our volunteer trainer team next year!

New trainers must have completed 12 sampling events by January 2027, attend Train-the-Trainer workshops in early 2027, pass a closed-book test with 90% accuracy and host two workshops annually.

Start working towards your sampling events now to get ready for next year and reach out to [email protected] so we can keep in touch!