Elkhart County Soil & Water Conservation District
Our mission is to assist land users and other agencies in the wise use of natural resources in Elkhart County.
Kate will be speaking Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at Pay Dirt. Originally from Rochester, NY, Kate moved to South Bend to earn her PhD in Biology from the University of Notre Dame. After earning her doctorate in 2021, Kate found Read More
Reggie will be speaking Thursday, March 7, 2024 at Pay Dirt Municipal Breakfast Reggie Korthals currently is the Environmental Resource Project Manager in the Stormwater Division at Butler Fairman & Seufert, Civil Engineering in Indiana and works out of the Read More
Jennifer will be speaking Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at Pay Dirt Professor Jennifer Tank is the Director of the University of Notre Dame Environmental Change Initiative (ND-ECI). Tank has been actively involved at ND-ECI since it’s inception, previously serving as the principle Read More
Luke Owen (NPDES Training Institute) Luke will be speaking Wednesday, March 6, 2024 and he will be hosting NPDES training Thursday, March 7, 2024. Luke grew up in Colorado and currently resides in Georgia, a state plagued by centuries of Read More
Greg Peterson (Machinery Pete) Greg will be speaking on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 Greg Peterson, known as Machinery Pete, has built a network of 1,100 auction firms, 600 ag lenders, 2,000 implement dealers and hundreds of thousands of farmers worldwide. Read More
I recently had the privilege to lead an activity about worms and soil health with Benton Elementary 2nd graders. It truly was a privilege to be there. I felt honored to be in classrooms that were eager to learn and Read More