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Soil, water board looks for members
STEUBENVILLE -- The nominating committee of the Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District is seeking eligible individuals who would be interested in learning about the role of a soil and water conservation district board member.
Board members are Ohio public officials elected at a special election as prescribed by the Ohio Revised Code. Each of Ohio's 88 soil and water conservation boards has five elected members. The board of supervisors is the governing body for the district. Board members must be 18 years old or older and reside within Jefferson County.
Some of the duties of the board include identifying local conservation needs and developing, implementing and evaluating strategic plans and programs to meet them; educating and informing landowners and operators, general public and legislators on conservation issues; and coordinating assistance and funding from federal, state and local government, district association and private groups.
For information, call the Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District office at (740) 264-9790, or -mail imoore@jeffersoncountyoh.com.
Grants awarded for water stations
COLUMBUS -- An area school district will be receiving Recycle Ohio grant money that will pay for water bottle filling stations to replace water fountains.
The Buckeye Local School District has been awarded $5,000 for the work, according to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
The district is among 68 schools, school districts and dioceses in 41 counties that will receive money to cover the cost of equipment to install or retrofit water fountains with water bottle filling stations in more than 100 school buildings.
Ohio EPA's Recycling and Litter Prevention grant program made approximately $450,000 available to public and private K-12 schools statewide to promote the "Three Rs" - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. The bottle filling stations in schools encourage staff and students to use refillable water bottles to help reduce the use of single-use plastic bottles and keep more plastic waste out of landfills.