Lamar County Soil & Water Conservation District

04/13/2026

🏟️ Suit up, Water Warriors!! 🏉

🏈 **It’s a Process** 💧
and we’re calling for abstracts!

Clear Water Alabama 2026 is heading to **Tuscaloosa**

Got erosion control wins, stormwater ideas, or sediment solutions? Submit your abstract now and present at the annual meeting! 💪😎

Deadline soon — don’t fumble it!
Link in comments 👇

04/13/2026

The Operation Grow Bootcamp has been rescheduled to May 28-29, 2026. Please see the updated information and flyer below for full details.

This is a two-day event. Each morning will include indoor learning sessions, followed by farm visits in the afternoons.

You can register here: www.aces.edu/go/2026-OG-Bootcamp

02/21/2026

View Virginia "Kaye" Robertson's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

02/05/2026

02/05/2026

Conservation planning is the foundation of everything we do. We are committed to working with you to take a whole-farm approach to ensure resource concerns —soil, water, and overall natural vitality — are addressed together rather than in isolation. This includes streamlining applications, improving technology, and cutting red tape to help you help the land.

01/29/2026

🥜 Happy National Peanut Butter Day! 🥜

Did you know Alabama is one of the top peanut-producing states in the nation? Peanut farmers work hard to grow a crop that’s packed with protein, loved by families and essential to our state’s agricultural economy.

Grab a spoonful or a sandwich and help us celebrate one of Alabama’s most important crops on National Peanut Butter Day!🤎

01/29/2026

For International Environmental Education Day, we’re here with a reminder that the first step of your conservation journey is to build a plan. Whole-farm planning remains the centerpiece of our approach, ensuring that all resource concerns like soil, water, and overall natural vitality are addressed together rather than in isolation.

01/07/2026

The Alabama Farm Center moved one step closer to groundbreaking in late December, when the project received a $11 million grant from the federal Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization (AMLER) Program!👏

The funding will reclaim and restore abandoned mine land features at Hallmark Farms in Warrior in Jefferson County, helping transform the property into a state-of-the-art agricultural exhibition center that will boost education, tourism and economic growth across the region.

The Alabama Farm Center will feature facilities for livestock shows, rodeos, educational programs and an annual state fair. It will also generate an estimated $2.2 billion in direct economic impact over 20 years and create up to 850 jobs.

Alabama Department of Workforce Secretary Greg Reed said the grant is a shining example of cooperation and strategic partnerships between business and state and federal government.❤️

➡️ alfafarmers.org/recent-grant-to-hallmark-farms-highlights-economic-partnerships-between-business-and-state-federal-government/

01/07/2026

📢Great news, landowners!! The AFC's Site Prep applications are open NOW!

Services offered by the AFC include:
🔥Site prep burns
🚜Firebreaks & Food plots

📆Application period: January 1 - August 1

‼️*Please note*‼️
Enrolling in these programs does not guarantee these services will be performed. A site visit and assessment will be required by authorized AFC personnel to determine eligibility.

🔗https://alabamaforestrycommission.submittable.com/submit

11/17/2025

11/13/2025

Our office had the opportunity to host a station @ FAWN DAY for the Lamar County 6th grade students. Thank you so much to Stacy Williams from Walker County Conservation District for coming to present the Enviroscape. Stacy does a great job in kids education and she is an essential member of the Soil and Water Community! THANK YOU Stacy Hill Williams

11/13/2025

🌲 Looking for another way to manage your forest? The Alabama Cooperative Extension System explains how uneven aged management with longleaf pine can help you avoid clear cutting, earn steady income, and support wildlife. 🍃
If you already have longleaf on your land, you might be able to let nature do the work.
🔗 https://www.aces.edu/blog/topics/forestry/uneven-aged-management-of-longleaf-pine-an-often-overlooked-option-for-landowners/