Education is Key to Conservation....

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Jeopardy Game can be customized.  Change the questions and answers to fit your age of students and the level of learning.  Conservation Jeopardy is currently set for a 6-8th grade level.  Please contact Mitzi Dohrman at 337-893-5664 ext 3 if assistance is needed.
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Soil Painting

Grind soil with a metal bladed coffee grinder (I use a $20 Walmart grinder), Pour into a cup and slip two pantyhose over the top.  Whatever sifts out of the pantyhouse is fine enough to use to paint.  Mix 1 part cheap washable glue with 2 parts water.  Mix soil and glue mixture together for easy painting.  The more glue mixture you add the lighter the soil will be.  It is best to use old paper, but you can paint on just about anything!

Project WET Workshop (Water Education for Teachers)

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On October 5, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. Vermilion SWCD hosted a second Project WET Workshop for Vermilion Parish teachers.  It was held at the Abbeville Public Library from 9:00 a.m. until 3:30 p.m.  Due to grant funding recieved for this workshop, substitute teachers were paid by VSWCD to allow teachers to attend. 

Soil , Water and Conservation Education

Kyle Soileau, LDAF Ag Specialist, and Mitzi Dohrman, VSWCD Secretary, celebrated Ground Water Awareness Week with the Talented and Gifted Students of Vermilion Parish. 

Never to Young to Learn about Conservation!

District Secretary Mitzi Dohrman demonstrated with an enviroscape to the Pre-K class at Eaton Park Elementary how water affects the lives of not only people but animals also, including those in our marshes which we may not notice.

What Is Erosion and How Erosion Effects ALL of US...

Mitzi Dohrman, VSWCD, and Mike Tullos, NRCS, educating kids in Vermilion Parish on different types of erosion, how erosion effects all our lives and what we can do to slow down erosion.

Celebrating Earth Day ULL

Every year VSWCD participates in ULL's Earth Day celebration.  Tables are set up to explain and give hand outs to the general public on activies of VSWCD, LDAF and NRCS

Tree Seedling Plantings in Vermilion Parish...

VSWCD coordinated with the help of the ARCH 4-H group, LDAF and Vermilion Parish Environmental Ambassadors to plant 250 tree seedlings in the newly constructed Vermilion Parish Palmetto State Park.

Habitats and our environment at the Zoo of Acadiana

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The Zoo of Acadiana hold it's annual Zoo Camp for Kids during the summer.  Mitzi Dorhman, VSWCD, explained to the children how important the soil is to our environment and the animals at the zoo.  The kids followed the lesson with soil painting of the Coatimundi, one of zoo animals.

Farm Day In New Iberia

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Vermilion SWCD joined the Iberia SWCD to educate all of the third graders in Iberia Parish on soils at the annual Farm Day event held every May.  The children learned how soil is important in their everday lives.  They were are also shown different color soils and sand, silt and clay comparisons.  The teachers were also given information on checking out an enviroscape for future classroom learning fun.