The National Association of Conservation Districts and its 3,000 member conservation districts are joining forces this week to celebrate Stewardship Week. NACD began this national program in 1955 to encourage Americans to focus on stewardship. Today, it is one of the nation's largest conservation-related observances.
The Stewardship Week program relies on locally-led conservation districts sharing and promoting stewardship and conservation activities through field days, programs, workshops and other outreach efforts throughout their respective communities. The theme for NACD's 2010 Stewardship program is "Conservation Habits = Healthy Habitats."
NACD President Steve Robinson, a producer from Marysville, Ohio, points out that conservation districts are involved in stewardship activities every day, all year round. But Stewardship Week provides a unique opportunity to really increase outreach efforts in schools, churches and communities to emphasize the importance of caring for our natural resources.
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