Wednesday, April 17 – 10 am to 3 pm – Blue Mountain Family Restaurant – Free meal included Saturday, May 11 – Kauffman’s Bar-B-Que, Free meal included Do you need a manure management plan or is your plan out of date? All farms that generate or spread manure are required to have …
Mark your calendars for BCCD’s Annual Seedling Sale to be held on April 26, 2019 from 11:00 AM to 7:00 PM at the Berks County Agricultural Center (1238 County Welfare Road, Leesport PA 19533). In addition to picking up pre-orders, you will have the opportunity to shop our extra stock of …
There will be a free tire collection for Berks County residents and farmers hosted by the Berks County Conservation District and the Berks County Department of Agriculture. The event will be held at two locations on Friday, May 17, 2019. For details and to set up an appointment, read and …
Can you help the Berks County Source Water Protection Program find its new logo? Design a logo and win up to a $1000.00 in scholarship money for your schooling! Contest Details: Scholarship Prize – $1000.00 for 1st Place, $300.00 for 2nd Place, $200.00 for 3rd Place. Contestant Eligibility – Any Berks …
The Berks County Conservation District’s (BCCD) Spotted Lanternfly Control Program is no longer accepting applications for assistance requests. Applications were due Friday, February 15, 2019. For those that submitted an application, we are currently in the process of reviewing and ranking all applications received by our office. All applicants, whether …
Learn, grow and give back to the community in 2019 The Penn State Extension Master Watershed Program in Berks County will be training a new class in 2019. We are looking for individuals who have an interest in the environment, a willingness to learn more and most importantly, a strong …
The PADEP has recently published information on maintaining streams on your property, including a fact sheet on emergency removal of debris from streams and advice on flood prevention and management. This information is especially useful in light of recent rainfall and flooding events across Berks County during the summer of …
The BCCD is hosting a poster contest! The contest is open to all public and private schools (K to 6th grade) and the stewardship theme is “Life in the Soil: Dig Deeper! Due date for the posters to be submitted is Friday, April 5, 2019. Judging will take place April 12th-April …
The next round of REAP is scheduled to begin August 6th, 2018. What’s new for 2018: Cover Crops – Farmers can now apply for up to 3 years of proposed cover crop plantings. In addition, applicants are eligible to receive credits on the same acreage more than once. Applicants are no longer …
The Berks County Conservation District is partnering with the Trout Unlimited Tulpehocken Chapter to sponsor a Trout in the Classroom program in every School District in Berks County! Trout in the Classroom is a Trout Unlimited program that provides schools with aquarium equipment, assistance with set up, faculty training, and live …
