{"id":14,"date":"2025-09-02T16:17:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T20:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingstoncountynyswcd.gov\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2025-12-15T08:11:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T13:11:54","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/livingstoncountynyswcd.gov\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-d085566\" data-block-id=\"d085566\"><style>.stk-d085566 {margin-bottom:0px !important;}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-d085566-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-e6def45\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"e6def45\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-e6def45-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-e6def45-inner-blocks\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is a Conservation District?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conservation District: A local governmental subdivision<br>established under state law to carry out programs of<br>conservation, wise use and development of soil, water<br>and other natural resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Conservation Districts Are resource management agencies<br>coordinating and implementing natural resource and<br>environmental programs at the local level oftentimes in<br>cooperation with federal and state agencies.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-7de07a0\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"7de07a0\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-7de07a0-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-7de07a0-inner-blocks\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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href=\"https:\/\/plants.usda.gov\/plant-profile\/PIGL\">White Spruce<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.usda.gov\/plant-profile\/PIST\">White Pine<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.usda.gov\/plant-profile\/JUVI\">Red Cedar<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.usda.gov\/plant-profile\/TAHE\">White Cedar<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.usda.gov\/plant-profile\/METAS2\">Dawn Redwood<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.usda.gov\/plant-profile\/SANI4\">Black Elderberry<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.usda.gov\/plant-profile\/BUDA2\">Butterfly Bush<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.usda.gov\/plant-profile\/SYVU\">Lilac Common<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.usda.gov\/plant-profile\/PHOPO\">Ninebark<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.usda.gov\/plant-profile\/GAULT\">Snowberry<br><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.usda.gov\/plant-profile\/CALYC5\">Sweet Shrub<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.usda.gov\/plant-profile\/BEPA\">Birch,Paper<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.usda.gov\/plant-profile\/ACSA3\">Sugar Maple<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.usda.gov\/plant-profile\/NYSY\">Gum, Black<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.usda.gov\/plant-profile\/GYDI\">Coffeetree, Kentucky<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.usda.gov\/plant-profile\/CASP8\">Catalpa, Northern<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.usda.gov\/plant-profile\/QUSHS2\">Shumard Oak<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/plants.usda.gov\/plant-profile\/PLATA\">Sycamore<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file alignright\"><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-ec367fee-1a6d-4509-a889-6e57a5b3444e\" href=\"https:\/\/livingstoncountynyswcd.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/order-form-2026.pdf\"><strong>Order Form 2026<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/livingstoncountynyswcd.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/order-form-2026.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button 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