Eaton County - Eaton County

Programs are listed below:

• Backyard Conservation Tip Sheets on how to make your yard more attractive and enjoyable while helping the environment. Conservation practices help conserve and improve natural resources find “how to” steps and helpful hints here.
• Charlotte Raingarden The City of Charlotte and ECD partnered on this water quality project utilizing grant funds from the Doty Foundation and volunteers from our community. Click here to learn more about the raingarden project, its impact on the Battle Creek River and how to volunteer for future projects.
• Charlotte Wellhead Protection Program This program ensures water users in the Charlotte area of high quality drinking water. Learn about your role as an individual or business in preserving and protecting our water supply.
• Conservation Recognition/Awards Do you know of an individual, business or organization that is a true leader in conservation? Click here to nominate someone serving Eaton County “who does it right” regarding natural resource problems and/or solutions.
• Envirothon This program is designed as a Nationwide competitive event for High School students sponsored by Canon. Students use teamwork to answer questions related to our natural resources at competitions held in parks and natural areas. Click here to learn more on how to participate
• FarmMarkets Purchasing locally grown food allows you to talk to the person who grew it about their farming practices. Local foods can taste better and have more nutrition. Help spur economic growth, keep local farms in business and help maintain our rural character by shopping farm markets. Click here for a list of markets.
• Foresty Confused about how to best manage your woodlot? Click here for a list of Consulting Foresters. Foresters can help with questions on wildlife, timber production or pruning.
• Greening Mid Michigan - Conservation Areas and Green Infrastructure Eaton, Clinton, and Ingham Counties combined resources to put together a comprehensive plan complete with detailed maps and information about natural resources and green infrastructure throughout the tri-county area.
• Michigan Arbor Day Alliance Eaton Conservation District administers the statewide Arbor Day Program. A coalition of organizations and agencies dedicated to the promotion of Arbor day throughout Michigan.
• Michigan Water Stewardship Program The Michigan Water Stewardship Program (MWSP) is a cooperative effort designed to help individuals reduce the risks of groundwater contamination associated with pesticide and nitrogen fertilizer use. The MWSP is voluntary, locally driven, and designed to address the concerns of individuals by maintaining a focus on the financial and technical constraints, which drive real-world decisions. The program is funded through fees that are assessed on sales of pesticides and nitrogen fertilizers
• Photo Contest Do you have a passion for amateur nature or wildlife photography? Click here for information on how to enter your pictures from around Eaton County into our contest. Past winners also listed, look for your friends’ names.
• Poster Contest - 2011 Forests for the Future Poster contest for k-12
• Stewardship Materials for schools, churches, and community members
• Resource Assessment Have an opinion about natural resources? Click here to provide your input on conservation issues in Eaton County. You can let us know what you think is important, this will help the District in deciding future programs and services to be offered.
• River Clean-ups Eaton Conservation District is involved with several river clean-up events throughout the County, Contact us to get involved.
• USDA Farm Bill Programs The Farm Bill’s conservation programs are essential tools to encourage, promote and reward natural resource stewardship by private landowners. These critical programs in the Farm Bill help farmers, ranchers and forest landowners meet environmental challenges on their land through financial, educational and technical assistance.
• Watershed Management Watershed management is the process of creating and implementing plans, programs, and projects to sustain and enhance watershed functions that affect the plant, animal, and human communities within a watershed boundary.^[1] Features of a watershed that agencies seek to manage include water supply, water quality, drainage, stormwater runoff, water rights, and the overall planning and utilization of watersheds.