Walker County grazing clinic

A grazing clinic will be held in Walker County at the Alabama Cooperative Extension System Building on August 2, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. with registration check in at 8:00 a.m. The registration fee for attending this clinic will be $30.00 and must be paid by July 22, 2011. Included in the registration fee will be a copy of Southern Forages, a forage measuring stick, additional educational materials as well as lunch. Please call the NRCS Jasper Field Office or The Walker County Soil and Water Conservation District at (205) 387-1879 for registration or questions.

Basic Goat Care - Goat Meeting to be held in Walker County

There will be a basic goat care meeting held at the Walker County Extension Office on Tuesday, May 31, 2011, at 6:00 p.m. Please call 205-221-3392 to register. You can double click on the brochure to the right for additional information.

Walker County grazing clinic will be rescheduled

Due to the storm damage on April 27, 2011, the grazing clinic that was scheduled for April 28, 2011 will be rescheduled. We believe the new date will be sometime in August 2011. Please refer to this site for additional information or call our office at 205-387-1879.

Please keep all of the storm victims in your thoughts and prayers.

Disaster assistance available for Walker County producers

Please refer to the newsbrief to the right for additional information regarding disaster assistance that is available through the USDA Farm Service Agency. This assistance is available for damage related to the storms that came through Walker County in April 2011. Please double click on the newsbrief to enlarge it.

Dealing with pasture weeds?

Dr. Stephen Enloe from Auburn University will be in Walker County on May 19, 2011, to discuss pasture weed control, herbicide application, when to spray & what to spray. Please double click on the brochure to the right for additional information.

Walker County Student wins the 2011 Area III ACDEA scholarship

2011 Alabama Conservation District Employees Association Scholarship Program Award

The Alabama Conservation District Employees Association accepted applications for six $500 scholarships to be awarded to students who are residents of the State of Alabama and planning to enter college the summer or fall of the year 2011. One scholarship will be awarded in each of the Association’s six designated Areas. This scholarship can be used at the college of his/her choice.

The Walker County Soil and Water Conservation District received 15 applications for this scholarship award program. We are pleased to announce that Miss Sarah Whitt who is a 2011 graduate of Carbon Hill High School won the $500.00 award for Area III. Sarah competed against students from 10 other counties in Area III to win this award. Congratulations to Sarah for winning this scholarship.

Walker County grazing clinic

A grazing clinic will be held in Walker County at the Carl Elliott Board of Education Building on April 28, 2011 from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. with registration check in at 8:00 a.m. The registration fee for attending this clinic will be $30.00 and must be paid by April 15, 2011. Included in the registration fee will be a copy of Southern Forages, a forage measuring stick, additional educational materials as well as lunch. You can click on the registration brochures above for additional information. Please call the NRCS Jasper Field Office or The Walker County Soil and Water Conservation District at (205) 387-1879 for registration or questions.