05/02/2026
For our final highlight, let's talk environmental education & outreach!
JCCD partners with many organizations throughout the year to bring several programs to the County, including all age groups! Events include Juniata-Mifflin Envirothon, Juniata-Snyder Kids EnviroCamp, and Juniata County Fourth Grade Ag Day, Women in Agriculture Event, and various field days like Rain Barrel Workshops, Riparian Buffer Workshops, and others!
The Juniata County Conservation District is able to promote these educational events due to grants and the generous donations of our local businesses! AMVETS Post 122, Benner’s Butcher Shoppe, Buttonwood Campground Inc., Hoober, Inc., JPH Enterprises LLC, Keystone Koating LLC, Mahantango Enterprises, Inc., Maple Lawn Associates Inc., Reinford Farms, Route 333 Supplies LLC, Stella-Jones Corporation, Scotch Hill Solutions, John H. Sheaffer, Inc., Pennian Bank, Trinity Financial Concepts, Kauffman Insurance Agency, Frymoyer & Son Excavation, Johnston & Zagurskie, RTM, Stahl Sheaffer Engineering LLC, National Christian Foundation, Land Pro Equipment, and Alice & Greg Gray!
Every fall, JCCD & partners present the Juniata County 4th grade Ag Day, an ag career awareness day for 4th graders throughout the county! The day is hosted by a local farm where students get to see what a farm operation looks like hands on. In 2025, Hart Brothers Farm hosted the event, with students rotating between 12 stations covering Ag career topics including: ag biosecurity, soils, veterinarians, crop management, dairy promotion, farm equipment, animal housing, manure management, and many others!
JCCD & Snyder County Conservation District hosted their annual Envirocamp event! Envirocamp is an environmental education events covering many different topics offered to students grades 1st through 4th grade in both Snyder & Juniata counties! Each year, the conservation districts partner with local businesses, agencies, etc. to teach the students. In 2025, environmental topics included studying streams, wildlife ID, stormwater management, soils, composting, beekeeping, forest firefighting, lumber production, and others! Smokey the Bear also made an appearance at the 2025 Envirocamp!
CD staff also hosts other environmental education events annually and assists Juniata County schools with many different events! Some 2025 events included a rain barrel workshop, TJHS great outdoors club trout release, JES eel release, JCS owl pellets presentation, Juniata County Library program, JCCD designed educational outdoor signs, and others! If you have interested in an environmental education program, please reach out to JCCD!
Every year, JCCD partners with Mifflin County Conservation District to hold the Mifflin/Juniata Envirothon. Envirothon is an environmental education competition where students grades 9-12 compete on several environmental topics. Teams are comprised of five (5) students with the winning team advancing to compete at the PA State Envirothon! Envirothon tests students’ knowledge on five (5) environmental topics, including: wildlife, forestry, soils, aquatics, and a current issue topic. Chicken Nuggetz from JHS won both the 2025 & 2026 local Envirothon!
We have many more events, but this post is already very long!
