Aiken Soil and Water Conservation

06/01/2026

05/28/2026

At Nancy Carson library in North Augusta until noon with FREE seeds

05/27/2026

Happy last day of school teachers!

05/27/2026

Last night our state poster contest winner was recognize at the Board of Education meeting.

05/22/2026

Congratulations to Clara Fleury from North Augusta High School! Our $2500 scholarship winner!

05/22/2026

Our offices will be closed Monday to observe Memorial Day. Stay safe!

05/21/2026

05/19/2026

🚨 BREAKING: A South Carolina farmer carved a massive message directly into his crops so people flying overhead cannot miss it.
The message appeared this week across a huge stretch of South Carolina farmland and is already spreading across rural communities as more large-scale development and data center projects push deeper into the state.
The farmer said,
“This land feeds people. It supports farmers, fishermen, families, wildlife, and small towns. I’m not giving up a single inch of it for a data center.”
As industrial expansion continues moving into parts of the South, many South Carolinians are becoming increasingly protective of the farmland, forests, wetlands, and open countryside that define the state’s identity.
The message carved into the field says it clearly:
IT’S NOT WORTH GIVING UP AN INCH OF THIS FOR A DATA CENTER. 🌾🌴
From the Lowcountry marshes and coastal farmland to the rolling fields of the Midlands and the foothills of the Upstate, many people believe South Carolina’s land is worth far more than massive industrial server complexes that consume huge amounts of land, water, and power while permanently changing rural communities.
South Carolina is more than development projects and endless subdivisions.
It is:
• family farms passed down for generations
• quiet backroads under moss-covered oaks
• shrimp boats and fishing towns along the coast
• peach orchards and open pastureland
• rivers, swamps, forests, and wildlife habitats that cannot simply be replaced once destroyed 🌅
Once this land disappears under concrete and industrial expansion, it does not come back.
For many people across South Carolina, protecting the land is not about politics.
It is about preserving the character, beauty, history, and way of life that made people love this state in the first place. 💙🌾🌴

05/18/2026

Monday lol