On Tuesday June 18, 2013, join the Lucas Soil & Water Conservation District, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, among others for The Costal Climate Change Adaptation & Resilience Workshop. Planners and professionals addressing land use, public health, storm water, watersheds, economic development, emergency preparedness, sustainability, agriculture, ports and natural resources are invited to attend the event. 

The workshop will include:

• Basic climate science.
• Regional climate trends.
• Potential climate change impacts.
• Planning processes and tools to help communities adapt to climate change and coastal hazards.
• Great Lakes Coastal Resilience Planning Guide - Learn what’s in the guide and how it can be used. Provide input to help shape this new planning resource.
• Learn how communities and habitat managers are adapting to a changing climate in the Western Lake Erie Basin and beyond.
• Communication and education techniques to support individual and community climate action.
• Opportunity to network with other communities and organizations.

If you have questions, contact the Lucas Soil & Water Conservation District at 419-893-1966 ext) 5.

The registration and information is out for the 2013 Kids' Outdoor Science Camp.  Check out "Weather or Not" from June 9 to 12, with the registration deadline of May 24.  You can pay online with a credit card at Eventbrite. For Scholarships, just use your county's name in the promotional code box and click on apply.

Here's a new brochure that highlights the District's involvement and partnership at the Blue Creek Conservation Area.

The bat houses are here and on sale for $25.  The wren houses have also been restocked.  They are $25 as well and made of recycled material.

The Blue Creek Compost is open and accepting vegetarian animal waste ie - horse, chicken, rabbit manure by appointments focusing on Wednesday.  Call 419-893-1966 for an appointment or more information.  Cost to dump is $5 per cubic yard. A level pick up truck bed is two cubic yards.

Composters, rain barrels, bird houses, feeders, and raised garden bed frames are on sale year round.  Call for availability on the frames though.  Just stop by the office and pick one up for $50 each. Here's their descriptions.