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The Knox County Cooperative Weed Management Area (CWMA) is hosting a woodland invasive plant training with Purdue Extension Forester Ron Rathfon on Saturday, September 16th from 8:30 am to noon at the Southwest Purdue Ag Center (4369 Purdue Rd, Vincennes, … Continue reading →

Join us this Saturday, June 24th at the Historic Vincennes Farmers Market to get some great native pollinator plants from us! We’ll have over 20 different species of native wildflowers and grasses including Common Milkweed, which is a host plant … Continue reading →

Wild Parsnip contains a compound that can cause severe rashes/burns, so do not touch this plant! See our fact sheet here.

Our monthly board meeting has been rescheduled from this Wednesday to this Friday the 19th at 7 am.

The Knox County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) is a subdivision of state government and is governed locally by a five-member Board of Supervisors and with the support of Associate Supervisors. The SWCD exists to promote the responsible use, … Continue reading →

See our April Weed of the Month fact-sheet here.

We will be holding a special annual meeting this year to celebrate our 75th anniversary as a Soil and Water Conservation District! Tickets are free, but please RSVP by Wednesday, February 22nd. We need a head count in order to … Continue reading →

Check out the Weed of the Month fact sheet on Garlic Mustard here.

The Knox County Soil & Water Conservation District is pleased to announce that we are accepting applications for its new Invasive Plant Species Management Cost Share Program on private lands. We are targeting landowners with natural areas (e.g. woods, wetlands, … Continue reading →

View the fact sheet here.