Board of Directors Meeting
The Daniel Boone Soil & Water Conservation District Board of Directors will be holding a meeting on April 22, 2025 at 6:00pm at the Daniel Boone SWCD office located at 32637 Main Street in Jonesville, Virginia. This meeting is open to the public.
Technical Committee Meeting
The Daniel Boone SWCD Technical Committee will be holding a meeting on April 22, 2025 at 4:30pm at the Daniel Boone SWCD office located at 32637 Main Street in Jonesville, Virginia. This meeting is open to the public.
Field Walk
The Daniel Boone Soil & Water Conservation District, USDA-NRCS, and Virginia Cooperative Extension will be hosting a Field Walk/Agriculture Outreach Event on April 28, 2025 at 11:00am at the Fannon farm in the Hickory Flats community. Topics will include learning about cover crop results from a previous drone application demonstration and about soil testing. Local agriculture agencies and groups will be present to share about cost-share opportunities and programs. Registration is required by April 25, 2025. For more information please click on the file below.
| 2025_drone_meeting.pdf |
Fencing & Water System Installation Standards Training
The Daniel Boone Soil & Water Conservation District, USDA-NRCS, and Virginia Cooperative Extension will be having a Fencing & Water System Installation Standards Training at the Town of Pennington Gap Community Center in Pennington Gap on April 28, 2025 at 4:00pm. The training will cover the standards and specifications for installing various types of fence and watering systems according to state and federal program guidelines. Registration is required by April 25, 2025. For more information please click on the file below.
| fencing___water_installation_standards_meeting.pdf |
VASWCD Scholarship
The Virginia Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts Educational Foundation is offering scholarships to students majoring in or showing a strong desire to major in a course curriculum related to natural resource conservation and/or environmental studies. The Daniel Boone Soil and Water Conservation District will be accepting applications from Lee County high school seniors and college freshmen for a college scholarship. Individual applicants must be Virginia residents and full-time students enrolled in or who have applied to a college freshmen level curriculum. Daniel Boone SWCD will judge local applications and select one applicant for the state competition. Four $2,000 scholarships will be awarded statewide. Applications are due to the Daniel Boone SWCD by Friday, March 21, 2025. For more information, contact the district at (276) 346-1531 extension 3.
Please click on the file below for the College Scholarship Application & Guidelines.
Please click on the file below for the College Scholarship Application & Guidelines.
| 2025-scholarship-guidline-and-application-.pdf |
Youth Conservation Camp
The Virginia Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts is sponsoring a week-long summer vacation camp at Virginia Tech from July 13-19, 2025. The Daniel Boone Soil and Water Conservation District will be accepting applications from Lee County students that are in grades 9-12 during the 2024-2025 academic school year. Twelfth graders who graduate in May, June, July or August 2025 are also eligible to attend. Daniel Boone SWCD will judge local applications and select two applicants to attend the camp. Additional applicants will be put on a waiting list to attend the camp. Camp tuition is $550.00. The District may be able to assist with the cost to attend the camp. Applications are due to the Daniel Boone SWCD by Thursday, April 17, 2025. For more information, contact the district at (276) 346-1531 extension 3.
Please click on the files below for the Camper Application and an informational flyer.
Please click on the files below for the Camper Application and an informational flyer.
| 2025_camper_application_vaswcd.docx |
| ycc_flyer_2025.pdf |