PCSWCD is accepting applications until April 1st for two Butch Fisher Memorial Scholarship awards this year!
Submit your application in person at the Monticello UDSA office, or through our new online form! Submission and eligibility details can be found on our website under the PCSWCD Foundation tab.
The Piatt County SWCD and Foundation’s March board meeting has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 5th at 8:00am. The meeting will be held in the Monticello USDA building conference room (1209 Bear Lane, Monticello, IL 61856).
The Piatt County Soil & Water Conservation District Foundation is co-sponsoring a presentation by John Deere historian and storyteller Brian ‘Fox’ Ellis at Allerton Public Library on Thursday, February 26th at 4pm! Join us as Ellis portrays John Deere himself, covering 100 years of agricultural history and the future of farming.
The Land Conservation Foundation has announced details for their eighth annual Mudpuppy Festival!
The 2026 festival will be held on Sunday, February 1st from 1:00 – 4:00pm at the Monarch Events Center (212 S Independence St, Monticello)
Help celebrate the unique and exciting mudpuppy, a rare aquatic salamander known to occur in the Sangamon River – along with other special creatures! If you would like to donate to LCF or sponsor this event, mail your donation to LCF at (508 S Broadway Ave, Urbana, IL 61801) or visit their website: https://www.landconservationfoundation.org/
To read more about the services the PCSWCD Foundation provides to residents of Piatt County through generous donations, visit our ‘PCSWCD Foundation’ tab on this website.
