GACD is excited to recognize the Broad River Conservation District as our 2021 District of the Year. The Broad River District encompasses the following counties in Northeast Georgia: Banks, Elbert, Franklin, Hart, Madison, Oglethorpe, Wilkes.
Broad River Conservation District has provided outreach, educational and financial assistance to advance local conservation efforts. Some of their activities include:
Operating a successful feral swine control program, eliminating over 1,000 hogs since 2019
Coordinating and leading successful outreach programs including two feral swine control workshops to educate landowners about control options, a poultry composting workshop to educate poultry farmers on composting, litter storage and permitting, and the highly successful Field to Fork program which was a three day event to teach hunters about wildlife conservation, firearms safety, biology and ethics. Participants ended the Field to Fork program with mentored hunts to use their newly acquired skills.
The District also Funded a high tunnel and provided pollinator educational lessons to local schools
The mission of Broad River Conservation District is to serve as a voice of conservation, meeting the needs of residents and farmers. By providing advocacy, outreach programs, and conservation education, Broad River seeks to encourage others to become stewards of the land.
Congratulations to GACD’s 2021 District of the Year, Broad River!
The District of the Year award was established by GACD and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in 2001 to recognize the conservation district in Georgia which best plans, implements, and reports a conservation program in a given year.