The Charles Soil Conservation District is committed to promoting education by helping students understand the benefits of proper management and conservation of our nation’s natural resources.
 

In 1993, the Charles SCD organized the Charles County Envirothon program. Since its inception, this problem-solving, natural resources educational program for high school students has grown to include participation by all six public high schools in Charles County.

Students work in teams of five to develop problem-solving and communication skills while learning about four natural resource areas and an environmental issue. The four subject areas include: Aquatics, Forestry, Soils and Wildlife. The fifth topic changes yearly and centers on a current environmental topic which has included: the Clean Air Act, greenways, wildfire management and water stewardship in a changing environment.

Charles County Envirothon Training Schedule 2007-08

For more Envirothon information: www.MASCD.net/envirothon

The annual state coloring and poster contest is sponsored by the MASCD Auxiliary and locally by
the Charles SCD. 

The District provides County elementary schools with contest entry information.  There are three entry classes for the coloring contest: Class I: Grades K and 1; Class II: Grades 2 and 3; Class III: Grades 4 and 5. Each school holds their own contest and forwards their winning entries from each class to the Charles SCD where the entries are judged and County winners are chosen for each of the three classes.   

The Charles County winning poster and coloring contest entries for each class receive gift certificates to Toys R Us.  The 1^st place winners in each category are submitted to be judged at the State contest in July of each year.  The winners of the State competition receive $25.00 cash.
             
The coloring and poster contest theme changes yearly; the 2007 theme is “Conservation's Power”. "Today is the Day to be a part of Conservation's Power" reminds us of the power of each person to conserve natural resources and improve the world. When people work together with their local conservation district, that power grows and grows. And as these good deeds multiply across the nation's network of conservation districts, the results can be spectacular! (Further topic information can be obtained at: www.nacdnet.org)

Nanjemoy Creek Environmental Education Center http://www.ccboe.com/nanjemoycreek/default.htm

Maryland Cooperative Extension- http://extension.umd.edu

Conservancy for Charles County http://www.conservecharles.org

Southern Maryland Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America http://www.iwlasomd.org

Southern Maryland Audubon Society http://www.geocities.com/smdaudubon

The Chapman Forest Foundation http://www.chapmanforest.org

Patuxent Tidewater Land Trust (PTLT) http://www.patuxent-tidewater.org

Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education http://www.maeoe.org/index.html