News & Updates
Paulding SWCD Board Members up for Re-Election
The Paulding Soil and Water Conservation District is guided by 5 volunteer board members who are elected to their positions for 3 year terms. These board members are community members who help make funding decisions on how local and and state funds are spent to...
3rd Annual Conservation Classic Golf Scramble
Save the date of Friday, September 10th, 2021 for our 3rd Annual Conservation Classic! This fun event is held at the Auglaize Golf Course and is opportunity for Paulding County residents to vote for the Soil and Water Board and participate in a fundraiser for...
The importance of water Quality
What is water quality and why is it important? Here at the Paulding Soil and Water Conservation District, our mission, in part, is to protect water quality. We recognize that everything we do here in our county affects the quality of water and the health and...
5th Grade Field Day Fun
Friday, May 14, 2021, Paulding Soil and Water Conservation District hosted the 6th Annual 5th Grade Field Day. This event was a welcomed respite from an uncertain school year of quarantines and mask wearing. 5th graders from all over Paulding County were invited spend...
Tree sale wraps up
The 2021 Tree Sale is now coming to a close. We would like to thank everyone who supported the tree sale this year. Final numbers will be coming your way soon! In the meantime, we have several tree seedlings remaining that need to find homes. These include sugar...
Big Trees in Ohio
Imagine taking an early morning walk along a river bank, listening to the water rush by, the birds serenading the morning. The peacefulness of the moment washes over you. Along your walk image coming across the path of a tree so massive and monumental that you stand...
2021 Fish Sale going on now!
The 2021 fish sale is going on now! Get your orders in for your fresh water pond fish. Varieties include but are not limited to bluegill, perch, bass, white amur, pond bacteria and more! Plan ahead and stock up your pond. Sale order deadline is April 23rd. Click the...
Tree Sale
The Paulding SWCD Tree sale is going on now. We have pre-ordered a limited number of trees and shrubs that work well in our Northwest Ohio wet clay. Get your orders in and we will do our best to fill them while supplies last!
Farmers Receive First H2Ohio Incentive Payments
$197,000 going out to 154 farmers in Northwest Ohio, $2.1 million expected to go out to 1750 farmers by the end of May REYNOLDSBURG, OH (Feb. 4, 2021) – Initial payments are going out to farmers enrolled in Governor Mike DeWine’s H2Ohio Initiative for improved water...
Water Quality Wednesdays
As water quality concerns remain, so do opportunities for reviewing the current research and considering adopting practices that work for your situation. Join The Ohio State University Extension-Water Quality Team and guest speakers for a webinar series discussing...
Now Hiring!
Paulding Soil & Water Conservation District is currently Hiring for a Full Time District Technician. Responsibilities of the position include: providing technical/engineering assistance, agriculture cost-share program administration, and assisting in county ditch...
Let’s go Outside!
This fall we have been blessed with amazing weather! I hope that everyone is taking the opportunity to go outside for awhile each day! Nowadays we are spending more and more time inside, in front of technology. Admit it, you have an extra minute you pop on social...