Register for the 2021 Annual Meeting!

Join us! The Annual Meeting of the Association of Illinois Soil and Water Conservation Districts will occur Sunday, December 5th – Monday, December 6th, 2021 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel and Conference Center in Springfield. Registration will be accepted until November 20th. Please complete the registration form and return via Read more…

We’re Hiring, Join the Team!

To meet Illinois’ aggressive water quality goals and sustainably feed a growing world population, agricultural conservation practices need to work at the individual farm and field level. Communicating how conservation solutions solve real issues farmers face, while also providing environmental benefits, will be key to long term adoption. The IL Read more…

Editorial: What Does Conservation Mean to You?

There are many different “definitions” of the word conservation. Webster’s dictionary is “a careful preservation and protection of something, especially planned management of a natural resource, to prevent exploitation, destruction, or neglect. Another definition from Wikipedia is “the preservation or efficient use of resources, or the conservation of various quantities Read more…