National Association of Conservation Districts

2009 Exhibitors

NACD 2009 Annual Meeting • February 1 - 4, 2009 • New Orleans, LA

Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative
The Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI) was founded to provide high quality technical assistance on privately owned grazing lands on a voluntary basis and to increase the awareness of the importance of grazing land resources.

Established in 1991, GLCI is carried out through coalitions of individuals and organizations functioning at the local, state, regional and national levels.  The coalitions include livestock producer organizations, scientific and professional grazing resource organizations, conservation and environmental groups, and state and federal natural resource and agriculture agencies.

Scheib Drainage Products, Inc.
Scheib Drainage Products, Inc. will have a sample size No-Seep Collar on display constructed of high density polyethylene plastic.

There are three basic sizes: 4’x4’, 5’x5’, and 6’x6’ for pipe from 4” to 36”.  The collars can be built to fit any type of pipe.  The collars come pre-cut and drilled with stainless steel bolts and bands.  They are user-friendly and can be installed during new pipe installation or around an existing pipe.

Literature will be available on all other products for sale.

North American Association for Environmental Education
NAAEE is the professional association for environmental education. Our members promote professional excellence in non-formal organizations, K-12 classrooms, universities (both instructors and students), government agencies, and corporate settings throughout North America and in over 55 other countries. Since 1971, the Association has created opportunities for its members to improve their skills in creating and delivering programs and services that teach people how to think, not what to think.

The National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education, initiated by NAAEE in 1993, has developed a series of Guidelines that set the standards for high-quality environmental education. Each of these publications was developed by a diverse team of professionals, and each has gone through a substantive review by thousands of professionals prior to its publication.

Through the National Project for Excellence in Environmental Education, NAAEE is taking the lead in establishing guidelines for the development of balanced, scientifically accurate, and comprehensive environmental education programs. Quality environmental education programs help develop an environmentally literate citizenry that can compete in our global economy; has the skills, knowledge, and inclinations to make well-informed choices; and exercises the rights and responsibilities of members of a community.

NACD Marketplace
See NACD’s new line of wearable items through our vendor Cabela’s.  As well as, plaques for your awards program, legacy markers for tree plantings, conservation mugs and more. Stop by and view our conservation theme items.  Orders of $150 or more placed at the conference will be eligible for a 10% discount. 

NACD Education & 2009 Stewardship Materials – DIG IT! The Secret of Soil
Are you ready to DIG IT!  NACD has partnered with the Smithsonian and Soil Science Society of America to produce education materials entitled “DIG IT! The Secrets of Soil”
Help promote the importance of soils!  See the All American Soil poster featuring all the state and US territory soils and more! These materials can be use to promote the 2009 Stewardship Week –April 26 through May 3, 2009. (Featured in the DIG IT session on Tuesday).

Oklahoma Soil Exhibit
Step into the world of soils featuring an exhibit by the Oklahoma Conservation Commission.  This exhibit has been viewed by tens of thousands over the past several years.  You will also be able to learn make paint with soil and paint during specific times at the conference. (Featured in the DIG IT session on Tuesday).

New Jersey Soil Exhibit
See a new soil exhibit designed by the New Jersey Association of Conservation Districts.  This exhibit will be loaned out to promote the importance of soil across NJ.  Explore the importance of soil and take ideas back to your state! (Featured in the DIG IT session on Tuesday).

NACD Photo and Poster Contest Winners
Districts across the U.S. utilize these outreach tools to tell the story of conservation.  Water Is Life national poster contest winners will be featured. Also the national photo contest winners showcasing their category entries of: Conservation Practices, Close Up Conservation, Conservation in Action, Ag/Conservation Across America.  Be sure to stop by to see the great artwork and photos and learn if your state has a winner! 

Canon Envirothon
The Envirothon is a good example of an ongoing partnership with conservation district associations and cooperating state, provincial, and federal natural resource agencies.  The program boasts a successful history of providing hands-on environmental and natural resource management education to high school students, empowering young people with the competencies and motivation vital to achieving and maintaining a natural balance between the quality of life and the quality of the environment.

Each year the Envirothon touches and positively influences the lives of over 500,000 young people across the country.  That number will continue to grow as additional states become involved.

Farm Safety 4 Just Kids
There are over two million farms in the United States with over one million youth living on these farms.  Startling facts surround the injury rates of these children and youth.

• Over one hundred children die each year on farms.
• Over 23,000 farm injuries to children and youth take place each year.
• Over half of farm children and youth report performing farm chores.
• The leading source of fatal injuries among youth involves machinery, including tractors.
• Two-thirds injured children were not actively working when an injury occurred.
• Livestock farm operations have a significantly higher rate of injury than farm crop operations.

Farm Safety 4 Just Kids is a non-profit organization located in Urbandale, Iowa with a mission of promoting a safe farm environment to prevent health hazards, injuries, and fatalities to children and youth.  The organization was initiated in 1987 after the death of Keith Algren at the age of eleven when he was helping with harvest.  More than twenty years later, FS4JK provides training opportunities and educational resources for children, youth, and their families to learn ways to stay safe while on the farm.  FS4JK has 137 volunteer chapters located in the United States and Canada.