Learning to Fish with Mom or Dad event
The Venango Conservation District is partnering with the Oil Creek State Park to host an educational event for children. "Learning to Fish with Mom or Dad" will be held on Saturday June 20th at 9:30am...
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WHY IS THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT PUSHING RAIN GARDENS?
Noticing a bit of hub-bub about rain gardens? The Venango Conservation District has been working to get the word out about rain gardens with news articles, mailings and educational events. The...
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Cherrytree Run Storm Damage Repair
The Venango Conservation District recently completed repair work to Cherrytree Run that was eroding the stream bank, causing pollution and land damage to a property in Cherrytree Township. Storm...
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Purple Cone Flower
The purple cone flower, like the ones pictured, are native to eastern and central North America. There are an herbaceous flowering plant of the genus Echinacea. They bloom from mid-summer through...
View ArticleEducation Activities for Families Set for August
The Venango Conservation District will be conducting a series of classes and activities for children and their families at Two Mile Run County Park. Classes are free, but class registration is...
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SHOWCASE - DGLVR Program
The Venango Dirt and Gravel Roads program, administered by the Venango Conservation District, provides education and funding to municipalities to improve dirt and gravel roads in the county. Trout...
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September 02nd, 2015
The Venango Conservation District, in conjunction with the Mercer County Conservation District will be coordinating and Agricultural Field Day on Thursday September 17th from 10am to 3pm. The event...
View ArticleA Closer Look at Next Week's Field Day Event
The Venango Conservation District, in conjunction with the Mercer County Conservation District will be sponsoring an Agricultural Field Day. We’ll have presentations on many agricultural practices as...
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VCD Land Management at the Polk Farm
What we at the Venango Conservation District call the “Polk Farm” is land owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that was once working farmland. Students of what was originally known as the State...
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Nutrient Management & Manure Management in Pennsylvania
Nutrient Management – Manure Management – what is this stuff all about? Well, since the Venango Conservation District spends a lot of time on nonpoint source pollution solutions, then it’s a good bet...
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Integrated Water Resource Municipal Permit Workshop Recently Held
The Venango Conservation District and cooperating agencies held another Integrated Water Resource Municipal Permitting Workshop. That’s a mouthful, but the goal of the workshop was to educate the...
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A Call Out For Discussion on Disposal of Agricultural Plastics.
The Venango Conservation District, together with the Venango County Regional Planning Commission and the Venango County Penn State Extension will host a public meeting to discuss potential recycling...
View ArticleNorthwest Region Manure Management Field Day Slated.
The Venango Conservation District has teamed up with the Crawford County Conservation District, the Erie County Conservation District and the Mercer County Conservation District to host a Manure...
View ArticleVCD Welcomes New Staff Members.
The Venango Conservation District is very pleased to announce that two new staff members have been added. Hilary Buchanan has been hired as the district's Dirt Gravel and Low Volume Roads Technician,...
View ArticleWestern PA Regional Soil Health Workshop
The Venango Conservation District is happy to announce that we will be offering the sponsorship of five Venango County agricultural producers to attend the upcoming Western PA Regional Soil Health...
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PA Conservation District Week April 23-30, 2017
The Pennsylvania State Senate and the House of Representatives declared April 23-30, 2017 as “Conservation District Week.” The dates coincide with Earth Day (April 22nd) events and celebrations.Each...
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Native Plants and your Landscaping
Pennsylvania DCNR says that at the beginning of the 21st century, about 1,300 species of nonnative plants existed in Pennsylvania outside of gardens, parks and agricultural lands. That means that 37...
View ArticleFree Twilight Pond Walk Offered
The Clarion and Venango Conservation Districts will be hosting a free Twilight Pond Walk with the Penn State Extension. The workshop will be held at YMCA's Camp Coffman. We will gather at the...
View ArticleWe're Sponsoring Ag Producers to Attend the 2018 Western PA Annual Grazing...
The Venango Conservation District is happy to announce that they will be offering the sponsorship of five Venango County agricultural producers to attend the upcoming 2018 Western PA Annual Grazing...
View Article2018 Annual Seedling Sale is Underway!
The Venango Conservation District is once again holding our annual tree seedling and groundcover sale through March 23td 2018. Species available this year will be Norway Spruce, Colorado Blue Spruce,...
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