Louisiana Association of Conservation Districts

06/17/2026

For the second year in a row, Louisiana is proud to have representation in the National Conservation Foundation’s Next Generation Leadership Institute! Blaise Pezold is a supervisor in Crescent Soil and Water Conservation District where he not only advocates for conservation locally, but also values sharing and connecting around the state. Thank you, Blaise, for your leadership and your efforts to continue growing and learning!

05/13/2026

Still two more opportunities to increase your feral hog mitigating know-how!!

Join us next week as we travel around the state sharing information to help better understand feral hog populations and how to make your trapping efforts a success.

05/11/2026

Happening tomorrow, Thursday, and Friday! Come hang out with us!

Join us next week as we travel around the state sharing information to help better understand feral hog populations and how to make your trapping efforts a success.

05/06/2026

Join us next week as we travel around the state sharing information to help better understand feral hog populations and how to make your trapping efforts a success.

05/03/2026

Education is a year-round effort! If you want to learn more about soil health, download the free education materials from at bit.ly/nacd-sw26.

You’ll find activity sheets, lesson plans, coloring pages, bookmarks, and more. These are perfect for classroom visits, field days, festivals, and more!

05/02/2026

Healthy soil benefits us all! As water travels through soil, it slows down, spreads out, and many impurities are removed, helping protect water quality before it reaches streams and rivers.

05/01/2026

It takes over 100 years to form just 1 inch of topsoil.🌱📅

This rate depends on several factors, including parent rock material, climate and weathering conditions, organic material accumulation, vegetative cover and land use, and biological activity like worms, fungi, and microbes.

In areas with rich biological activity and moisture, topsoil might form in 100 years. In dry, cold, or heavily disturbed regions, it may take 500 to even 1000 years!

Soil is a living and slowly renewing resource. Protecting what we have is much easier than rebuilding what we lose.

05/01/2026

Agricultural conservation practices like planting cover crops and reducing soil disturbance help keep soil in place, prevent erosion, increase farm productivity and profitability, and protect nearby habitats. 🌾🚜🧑‍🌾

Conservation districts work with local farmers and producers to implement soil health practices on their lands. Contact your local district to find out how we can help you!

04/30/2026

Soil is made up of layers! These layers can be hundreds and thousands of years old. When digging into soil, you are literally digging into history. Every layer tells a story; it’s like the earth’s own natural history book.

🌱 Topsoil – Where plants grow and roots live
💧 Subsoil – Stores water and nutrients
🪨 Parent Material – Pieces of rock breaking down
🟫 Bedrock – The solid rock below all layers

04/27/2026

IT'S ALIVE!! 🪱 Healthy soil is full of organisims which require food, water, and air to help it to grow and change. Our soils provide for us and, in turn, we take care of the the needs of our soils.