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• Poster Contest:

• Materials distributed in January and contest deadline being April of each year.

• 2007 Theme "Community Waters".

• Classroom teachers and administration will receive registration information.

• 4th Grade Field Day:

• Available to all 4th Grade students in Lincoln County.

• In May of each year.

• Held at the Hole in the Mountain Park, Lake Benton, Minnesota.

• Soil Stewardship Week:

• Provides Soil Stewardship material to the churches in Lincoln County.

• Held in April-May of each year.

Education programs that the Lincoln Soil and Water Conservation District co-sponsor include:

• Women's Day Program:

• Provides information to women landowners throughout a 6-county area information about various conservation programs.

• Held in September of each year.

• Minimal fee for participation.

• Area V Environmental Fair:

• Environmental programs held for 6th grade students.

• Fourteen county area in Southwest Minnesota.

• Held in September of every year with the location changing each year.

• Area V Envirothon:

• Environmental competition for students in grades 9-12.

• Fourteen county area in Southwest Minnesota.

• Winners advance to state and national competition.

• For information on the Minnesota Envirothon go to http://www.bwsr.state.mn.us/outreach/index.html

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Contact:

For more information on the education programs the Lincoln SWCD provides, contact: terry.dybsetter@mn.nacdnet.net

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