Morgan County Soil & Water Conservation District

09/08/2026

🌱 Your Voice Matters! 🌱
We’re inviting ALL community members, farmers, landowners, partners, and anyone who cares about our natural resources to join us for the Local Working Group Meeting.
📅 Date: September 9, 2026
⏰ Time: 6:30 PM
📍 Location: Morgan County Administration Building, Lucille Sadler Room
This is your chance to speak up about the resource concerns you see on the land — your input directly shapes the priorities shared with NRCS and the State Technical Committee when it comes to Farm Bill Programs and local programs.

Resource Concern Categories that will be discussed during the meeting

-Air Quality emissions
-Aquatic Habitat
-Concentrated Erosion
-Degraded Plant Condition
-Field Pesticide Loss
-Field, Sediment, Nutrient and Pathogen Loss
-Fire Management
-Inefficient Energy Use
-Livestock Production Limitation
-Pest Pressure
-Salt Losses to Water (does not apply to Morgan County)
-Soil Quality Limitations
-Source Water Depletion
-Storage and Handling of Pollutants
-Terrestrial Habitat
-Weather Resilience
-Wind and Water Erosion

Stay afterward: Our public SWCD Board Meeting will follow immediately.

Let’s make sure Morgan County’s conservation priorities reflect what you care about most. 💬🌾

09/05/2026

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗣𝗮𝘄𝗽𝗮𝘄 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻!!

It’s that wonderful time of year when North America’s largest fruit is ripening!

If you’ve never had one, their flavor is best described as a cross between a mango and a banana, with some melon-like notes.

When harvesting, be sure to only pick the fruits that are ripe (if you can easily indent them with your fingers, and they easily fall off the branch when shaken), as they do not continue to ripen off the tree.

The yellow flesh is delicious, but be sure to avoid eating the green skin and to eat around the large seeds.

Did you know that this tree is the only plant that zebra swallowtail caterpillars can eat? Without these trees, we would not have these iconic butterflies in our forests!

These trees are quite common in our forests here in Indiana, but they inconsistently fruit due to their inability to self-pollinate and are only pollinated by carrion flies and beetles in early spring.

Pawpaws are quite the treat! Have you ever tried one?

09/03/2026

OUR NATURE JOURNALING PROGRAM THIS EVENING HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO SEPTEMBER 21ST AT 5:00 PM, due to a projected heat index of over 100 degrees!

We're so sorry for any inconvenience, and we hope you can attend on the new date!

Stay cool out there!

09/01/2026

(NATURE JOURNALING PROGRAM HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT THIS EVENING!) We have TWO great upcoming events at Burkhart Creek County Park! You won't want to miss these:

𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 | RESCHEDULED TO SEPTEMBER 21ST, 5:00 PM
Connect with nature on a deeper level during this introductory nature journaling session! We will be providing basic art supplies, but bring your own journal and art supplies if you can!
𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗸 | 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟴𝘁𝗵, 𝟱:𝟬𝟬--𝟴:𝟬𝟬𝗣𝗠
Find and learn all about our fuzzy, buzzy, and winged native pollinators and the native plants they rely on during a guided walk around the paved trail in the park!
𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://forms.gle/8kgsDu1tMrDYPesT9 (encouraged, but not required!)
Meet at the shelter house near the playground for both events, and be sure to bring a water bottle and dress appropriately for the weather

08/27/2026

The Morgan County Native & Invasive Plant Partnership is hosting several W**d Wrangle events this fall and are looking for VOLUNTEERS! You will get to learn about the invasive species that there are going to work on at that location first and then work as long as you'd like (or until noon) removing them from the park or preserve! These W**d Wrangles do typically involve the use of sharp hand tools and herbicide, so we ask that only mature and well supervised children and adults may attend. No need to RSVP. Please cal the SWCD with any questions that you have or to learn more about invasive species in Morgan County!

08/26/2026

Want to find out how much fun everyone is having at these Hoosier Riverwatch events? Join us at Burkhart Creek Park for the next one! Come prepared to get in the water! Register at the link below!

https://forms.gle/sJxTBcC3roemHLwy8

08/26/2026

08/25/2026

Still cleaning up debris from the recent flood? You can read the recommendations that the Indiana Department of Environmental Management gives for disposing of flood related debris at the link provided: