The Blue Ridge Soil and Water Conservation District (Blue Ridge SWCD) is one of 47 Districts in the Commonwealth of Virginia whose Boards are tasked with implementing Virginia’s Best Management Practice Cost Share Programs to farmers and agriculture producers. Urban property owners in our area can benefit through the Virginia Conservation Assistance Program (VCAP) (https://vaswcd.org/vcap)


Applications are now being accepted for the 2024 Leo Painter Scholarship

Up to $1,000 scholarship(s) will be awarded to the Blue Ridge SWCD winner(s). Applications for the Blue Ridge Soil & Water Conservation District’s service area include Franklin, Henry, Roanoke Counties and the City of Roanoke. Apply Here.

2023 “Build a Snowman Contest”

Each year the Franklin County Parks and Recreation and the Town of Rocky Mount sponsors a “Build a Snowman Contest” to add holiday cheer to uptown/downtown Rocky Mount.  For the first time the Blue Ridge Soil & Water Conservation District submitted “Mr. Conservation” as our competing contestant. Mr. Conservation was awarded 1st Place in the Non-Profit category. Mr. Conservation is displaying the district’s 2022-2023 Annual Report which is chock full of accomplishments regarding natural resource conservation of our soil and water. Winners were invited to a ceremony on Friday, November 24th at 5pm on the Franklin County Courthouse Lawn to receive awards.

 

“We work with the people who work the land.”