Soil and Water Stewardship

2010 Stewardship Theme:
"Conservation Habits = Healthy Habitats"

Conservation habits can help conserve water, increase food supply and provide shelter for animals, birds and insects. By working to improve our environment, everyone can develop good habits that will last a lifetime and also inspire others around them.

Thus, conservation habits are consistent actions that can help protect and manage our natural resources. Many of those habits will help establish and maintain healthy habitats, which are flourishing places for animals and others to live. As Aldo Leopold envisioned, "environmental progress ultimately resides in the efforts of all of us to apply a caring hand to the landscape. It resides in our own actions, in our backyards, at our places of work, on our farms and ranches and factories, and in our communities."