Association of Texas Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Annual District Programs
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
2025 STATE AWARD WINNERS!
Complete Listing of all Area Winners:
Conservation Farmer
Roger and Zachary Glass
Tom Green SWCD #248
Outstanding SWCD
Kleberg-Kenedy SWCD #356
Conservation Rancher
L Cross Ranch
Bandera SWCD #229
Conservation Teacher
Jenna Cotter
Wilson County SWCD #301
Wildlife Conservationist
David Motl
Hill Country SWCD #534
Friend of Conservation
Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA)
Creekside Conservation Program
Llano County SWCD #233
Junior Essay
Tyler Ashton Woodall Freestone County SWCD #424
Senior Essay
Calli McCoy
Mills County SWCD #554
Poster K-2nd Grade
Noah Sanchez
Upper Clear Fork SWCD #165
Poster 3rd-6th Grade
Anayah Serna
Austin County #347
Complete Listing of all Area Winners:
2025 Conservation Awards Program
Award entries must be postmarked no later than February 3, 2025
The 2025 Conservation Awards packet can also be found online on the TSSWCB website at: https://www.tsswcb.texas.gov/programs/public-information-and-education/texas-conservation-awards-program
"The Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board (TSSWCB) and the Association of Texas Soil and Water Conservation Districts (ATSWCD), as directing sponsors of the Texas Conservation Awards Program, are pleased to join the 216 Texas soil and water conservation districts in the quest for area winners.
The purpose of the Texas Conservation Awards Program is to acknowledge, recognize and honor those who dedicate themselves and their talents to the conservation and wise use of our renewable natural resources. The conservation awards program provides competition and incentives to expand and improve conservation efforts, resource development, and increase the wise utilization of our renewable natural resources. As a result, soil and water conservation districts and both rural and urban citizens of Texas are benefited."
"HOME IS WHERE THE HABITAT IS"
THE 2025 STEWARDSHIP WEEK
AND TEXAS AWARDS CONTEST THEME
DISTRICTS, TEACHERS AND OTHER EDUCATORS:
"Home Is Where The Habitat Is"
Technical Resources
TEXAS SOIL AND WATER STEWARDSHIP WEEK APRIL 27 -- MAY 4, 2025
TSSWCB Soil and Water Stewardship Week media kit:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1q4G8EpqXA8HIEtXiFRJRE4pkZnR91MU0?usp=drive_link
See the NACD Website/Conservation Education Hub
https://www.nacdnet.org/conservation-education-hub/
to download curriculum and other educational material
for past years' conservation stewardship themes:
Healthy Soil: Healthy Life
Pollinator Field Day Guide
Healthy Forests = Healthy Communities
Where Would We Bee Without Pollinators?
Life in the Soil: Dig Deeper
Watersheds: Our Water, Our Home
Healthy Soils are Full of Life
The Soil and Water Stewardship Week message
is a joint effort of ATSWCD and TSSWCB, in partnership with these
sponsoring ag and conservation agencies
FFA LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
SOIL STEWARDSHIP PUBLIC SPEAKING CONTEST
2023 FFA LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WINNERS
SOIL STEWARDSHIP PUBLIC SPEAKING CONTEST
State Champion, Katie Turner - Llano FFA
Jeremiah McGee, Second Place - Union Grove FFA
Cason Green, Third Place - Iowa Park FFA
State Champion Katie Turner
LLano FFA
Jeremiah McGee, Second Place
Union Grove FFA
Cason Green, Third Place
Iowa Park FFA