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  The Camas Soil Conservation District is located in the south central area of Idaho on a high prairie just fifteen miles wide and thirty miles long at an elevation of just over five thousand feet. While it has an agricultural based economy, the county boasts of an excellent downhill ski area and various winter and summer recreation opportunities.

   The Prairie is watered by many small streams and creeks, most of which drain into Camas Creek which eventually flows into Magic Reservoir which is responsible for irrigating many thousands of acres of cropland. It is the sediment being transported by the streams into Magic Reservoir that is currently the main thrust of the Camas Soil Conservation District activities.

  The history of the Camas Soil Conservation District illustrates how people have a developed a new way of thinking about natural resources since the District was formed in 1957. It is an ironic history because today the Camas SCD's top priority is of correcting a problem it helped create years ago when landowners, with government approval and support, straightened many stretches of streams and removed willows from the streambanks to gain cropland, The resulting erosion changed the course of not just the creeks, but of the Camas Soil Conservation District.

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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Idaho Envirothon 2010
Idaho Envirothon 2010 was another successful year at Living Waters Ranch in Challis, Idaho.  The Camas SCD did not have a team to sponsor this year, so instead offered their Administrative Assistant, Kaylin Dennis to attend and facilitate the conference.  Kaylin was a scorekeeper and poster judge, assisting Nancy Weatherstone.  The students delivered educational and impressive presentations regarding the topic of : "Protection of Groundwater Through Urban, Agricultural and Environmental Planning"

1st Place this year goes to DENNIS TECHNICAL EDUCATION CENTER-Team A, out of Boise, ID.

2nd Place went to Challis High School-Team C

3rd Place was Gooding High School-Team A
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POSTER CONTEST WINNERS
CONGRATULATIONS to our 2010 5th Grade Poster Contest Winners!!

1st Place $20 : Ariel Reedy

2nd Place $15 : Alison Walker

3rd Place $10: Patrick Summerlin


The Camas SCD would like to thank ALL of the Poster drawing contestants
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Camas County Fair and Rodeo
The Camas SCD is once again a sponsor of the annual Fair and Rodeo happening in Fairfield July 26-August 1, 2010.  Stop by and visit our informative booth in the American Legion Hall.  Look for our sponsor sign at the rodeo on July 31 and August 1.
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