Minnehaha Conservation District

News of the Day — 7/7/2020

NATIVE FLOWERS AND PERENNIALS SALE It’s that time of the year again when we’re having our native flowers and perennials sale! This will be a 3-week sale so your orders will need to be in by July 31, 2020. Here’s the order form with prices and what we have available! Let’s make those yards beYOUtiful!

News of the Day — 6/30/2020

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEEKS FEEDBACK ON ADVISORY SYSTEM CHANGES The National Weather Service (NWS) is seeking public feedback on a proposal to make major changes to its Watch, Warning, and Advisory system, which has been determined by social science research to be confusing to the public. NWS is proposing to move to a simpler, two-tier […]

News of the Day — 6/26/2020

OUR AMAZING GRASSLANDS Lance Vilhauer, Mina, SD “With rotational grazing, what really turned me onto it and got me into it was, honestly, the economic value of it, obviously in dollar signs. I was thinking, “Oh, if we do rotational grazing I automatically should be able to put so many more pairs on a piece […]

News of the Day — 6/23/2020

OUR AMAZING STEWARDSHIP Dennis and Jean Fagerland, Langford, SD Watch one of the latest TV commercial in this series, featuring Dennis and Jean Fagerland as they describe their approach to land management and the importance of stewardship. The “Our Amazing South Dakota Resources” campaign was created in 2018 with the goal of better communicating the […]

News of the Day — 6/19/2020

NOTICE OF VACANCY Final Posting The Minnehaha Conservation District will have three vacancies on their board of supervisors, due to the expiration of the present term of office or resignation of the elective officer. The open positions are all four-year terms. The deadline for filing nominating positions is July 1, 2020 at 5:00 pm. If […]