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Small things can make a big difference.
“Small Space” and Balcony gardening is more limited than gardening with access to land, but these small spaces add up and can make a huge...
carla6727
6 days ago11 min read


Smokey Bear Collaborates with Guemes Island for Wildfire Community Preparedness Day
Smokey Bear joined wildfire resilience partners at the Guemes Community Center to educate the community on ways to reduce wildfire risk...
carla6727
May 233 min read


The Scoop on Poop Patrol
In December 2019 a local Pet Waste Social Marketing Action Plan was initiated with Skagit Conservation District (SCD), the City of...
carla6727
Nov 27, 20232 min read


Save Time, Money, and Work
by letting your landscape work for you Using thoughtful landscaping techniques can make your yard more efficient. Using the shape of the...
carla6727
Nov 27, 20234 min read


The What's the Scoop?
What's so bad about poop? Isn't it good fertilizer? Aside from the unpleasant odors, flies, and other pests (and the fact that it is...
carla6727
May 18, 20221 min read


Attention Beach Lovers!
Do you enjoy spending time at the beach, digging clams, learning new skills, and contributing your time to an important community project?...
carla6727
Mar 15, 20223 min read


¡Hola! Nosotros estamos aquí para todos ustedes.
~Al servicio del condado de Skagit desde 1942~ La misión del Distrito de Conservación de Skagit es brindar soluciones de recursos...
carla6727
Mar 9, 20221 min read


Backyard Conservation
Making the world a better place, one back yard at a time... The Skagit Conservation District Backyard Conservation Short course is a...
carla6727
Mar 8, 20222 min read


What is a conservation district?
It just occurred to me that in my enthusiasm to talk about watersheds, I skipped right over the introductions. So pardon me while I take...
carla6727
Nov 19, 20215 min read


There's something fishy going on...
The autumn winds are blowing through, the rains are flooding the rivers, and there's something fishy going on in our own backyard......
carla6727
Nov 8, 20214 min read


The watershed in your backyard
As I said in my last Blog, "All land on earth is a watershed. All our activities play an important role..." You may have notice that the...
carla6727
Oct 29, 20213 min read


IT MAY BE TIME FOR A LITTLE "DRAINSCAPING".
Keep autumn leaves off the ground and out of the storm drain Do you have a storm drain near your home? Maintaining them is important, as...
carla6727
Oct 27, 20212 min read


Where does your water shed?
All land on earth is a watershed. All our activities play an important role in watersheds, yet few people understand them. Still fewer...
carla6727
Oct 26, 20213 min read


In our back yards...
I was walking around my yard the other day, and discovered a bunch of trash that someone had, apparently, thrown out the window of their...
carla6727
Oct 26, 20211 min read
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