Perry County Kentucky Conservation District

06/01/2026

Reminder of the upcoming meeting on Thursday of this week. It is important we have your input.

🌿 YOUR LAND. YOUR VOICE. OUR FUTURE. 🌿

Eastern Kentucky, we need YOUR voice!

The Perry County Conservation District is hosting a Local Working Group Meeting to discuss the natural resource concerns impacting our communities and help guide future conservation priorities and NRCS program funding.

Whether you’re a farmer, landowner, forestry owner, conservation enthusiast, or simply someone who cares about Eastern Kentucky, we encourage you to attend!

Topics will include:
✔ NRCS Program Updates
✔ Local Natural Resource Concerns
✔ Input from Local Landowners & Producers
✔ Conservation Priorities & Initiatives
✔ Kudzu, Autumn Olive & Other Invasive Species Management
✔ Flood Recovery, Forestry & Agriculture Concerns

📅 Thursday, June 4th
⏰ 10:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.
📍 Kentucky River ADD Office (Perry County)
941 N. Main Street
Hazard, KY 41701

This meeting is open to Perry, Knott, Letcher, Breathitt, Leslie, and other Eastern Kentucky counties that can’t attend a meeting near them.

📞 606-435-1725
📞 606-216-4326
📧 [email protected]

Everyone’s input makes a difference. Let’s work together to protect our land, water, wildlife, and future generations. 🌲💧🚜

05/31/2026

Honoring Veterans, Building Hives, Sharing Stories

We had the best time this past week with the help of JJ Baker and the Appalachian Heritage Bee Association. Together, we worked with the veterans at the Paul E. Patton Eastern Kentucky Veterans Center to build a foundation box for bees and we heard some of the best stories while we were at it.

So many of the guys were former beekeepers or just loved honey.
We’ll be heading back in a couple of weeks to paint the boxes with them, and they’re already excited.

One gentleman said, “I remember getting some apple trees off you one time at that building above the school.”
I told him yes I sometimes have workshops there.
He said, “Would you bring some trees back and plant with us?”
And I said, absolutely, I’ll work on that.

Moments like these remind me how blessed we are to serve the people who served us.

Note: The activity director told me that most activities only hold their attention for about 30 minutes before they get bored and head back to their rooms unless it is bingo.
We were there two and a half hours, and the majority of them stayed right with us the whole time, fully engaged. That meant the world to us.

05/20/2026

🌿 YOUR LAND. YOUR VOICE. OUR FUTURE. 🌿

Eastern Kentucky, we need YOUR voice!

The Perry County Conservation District is hosting a Local Working Group Meeting to discuss the natural resource concerns impacting our communities and help guide future conservation priorities and NRCS program funding.

Whether you’re a farmer, landowner, forestry owner, conservation enthusiast, or simply someone who cares about Eastern Kentucky, we encourage you to attend!

Topics will include:
✔ NRCS Program Updates
✔ Local Natural Resource Concerns
✔ Input from Local Landowners & Producers
✔ Conservation Priorities & Initiatives
✔ Kudzu, Autumn Olive & Other Invasive Species Management
✔ Flood Recovery, Forestry & Agriculture Concerns

📅 Thursday, June 4th
⏰ 10:00 A.M. – 1:00 P.M.
📍 Kentucky River ADD Office (Perry County)
941 N. Main Street
Hazard, KY 41701

This meeting is open to Perry, Knott, Letcher, Breathitt, Leslie, and other Eastern Kentucky counties that can’t attend a meeting near them.

📞 606-435-1725
📞 606-216-4326
📧 [email protected]

Everyone’s input makes a difference. Let’s work together to protect our land, water, wildlife, and future generations. 🌲💧🚜

04/27/2026

💛🍯🐝

04/08/2026

WE ARE OFFICIALLY OUT OF SEED!!

Tomorrow morning, April 9, 2026, we will be hosting our Annual Drive By Garden Seed Giveaway starting at 9:00 AM.

We’ll be set up in our parking lot, and everything will be first come, first served. Please note there will be no holds or saves, as we’ve had items go unpicked in the past and that keeps others from getting them.

You can find us in the building located between the old Ponderosa and Hillside Theater.

Available seeds include:

• Ambrosia and Peaches & Cream
corn
• White Half Runner and Blue Lake
bush beans
• Cucumbers
• Mustard greens
• Lettuce

Come on out early and get what you need for your garden—we look forward to seeing you! 🌱

03/25/2026

It’s a busy time of the year and we are a day late posting for 2026 National Ag Day.

National Ag Day is a reminder of something we depend on every single day, whether we think about it or not… agriculture.

It’s more than just farming. It’s the food on our tables, the clothes on our backs, and the hard work of folks who get up before daylight and keep going long after the sun goes down.

Agriculture isn’t just important here in Kentucky it matters everywhere. It feeds our communities, supports our economy, and keeps our country moving forward.

Right here at home, we’re blessed with farmers, landowners, and conservation partners who take pride in caring for the land and providing for others. It’s not an easy job, but it’s one of the most important ones there is.

So today, and every day, we say thank you.

Thank you to the farmers.
Thank you to the producers.
Thank you to the ones who work the land and take care of it for the next generation.

If you ate today, thank a farmer.

03/13/2026

🌼 Spring Clean‑Up Season is Here, Perry County! 🌼

We’re blessed to live in these beautiful mountains and hollers, and it’s the perfect time to work together to keep them clean. The Perry County Conservation District has trash grabbers and safety vests you can borrow, and trash bags are free for anyone doing a clean‑up.

And don’t forget, electronic recycling is available year‑round at the Perry County Maintenance Garage, so you can safely get rid of old electronics while you’re spring cleaning.

All we ask is that you snap a photo of your clean‑up and tag the Perry County Kentucky Conservation District so we can celebrate your efforts and encourage others to join in.

Let’s keep our county looking beautiful this spring 💚

PLEASE SHARE!!

02/26/2026