BACKYARD CONSERVATION

The Shelby County Soil and Water Conservation District applied for a Clean Water Indiana Sediment and Nutrient grant in 2008 and was granted $10,000.00 in January 2009.  If you are interested in Backyard Conservation by installing best management practices, then we may have cost-share funding available to you!

Just a few of the cost-share opportunities include: Soil Sampling, Tree Planting, Composting Kits, Rain barrels, Buffers, Rain Gardens, Nutrient and pest management, Wildlife Habitat Enhancement.

For more information on Backyard Conservation click on the links below:

Backyard Conservation Cost-Share Program

Click here to download the new booklet "Build Your Own Rain Garden"   

Tip Sheets:  

Backyard Ponds             Composting             Filter strips                 Invasive Species        

Land Grading                 Mulching                 Nutrient Management   Pest Management

Porous Pavement           Rain Barrels            Rain Gardens               Terracing

Tree Planting                 Vegetative Streambank Stabilization            Water Conservation

Wetlands                      Water Edge Enhancement                           Wildlife Habitat