STEWARDSHIP WEEK INFORMATION

Stewardship Week is sponsored by the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD). The 3,000 local conservation districts that make up NACD manage soil and water conservation programs in virtually every community in the United States. Since 1955, NACD has selected an annual Stewardship Week theme and developed materials for schools, communities and churches of all denominations. Stewardship Week, celebrated annually between the last Sunday in April and the first Sunday in May, reminds us of our individual responsibility to care for the natural resources upon which we all depend.

  

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The National Association of Conservation Districts is the nonprofit organization that represents the nation's 3,000 conservation districts, 17,000 men and women who serve on their governing boards. Conservation districts are local units of government established under state law to carry out natural resource management programs at the local level. Districts work with more than 2.5 million cooperating landowners and operators to help them manage and protect land and water resources on nearly 98 percent of the private lands in the United States.

 

NACD's mission is to serve conservation districts by providing national leadership and a unified voice for natural resource conservation. The association was founded on the philosophy that conservation decisions should be made at the local level with technical and funding assistance from federal, state and local governments and the private sector. As the national voice for all conservation districts, NACD supports voluntary, incentive-driven natural resource conservation programs that benefit all citizens.

 

NACD maintains relationships with organizations and government agencies; publishes information about districts; works with leaders in agriculture, conservation, environment, education, industry, religion and other fields; and provides services to its districts. NACD is financed primarily through the voluntary contributions of its member districts and state associations.

 

The association's philosophy is that local people should make conservation decisions with technical and funding assistance from federal, state and local governments and the private sector. The association's programs and activities aim to advance the resource conservation cause of local districts and the millions of cooperating landowners and land managers they serve.

 

Visit www.nacdnet.org for additional information.