2011 Youth Photography Contest Winners

Click on the winner's name to view the winning photograph!!!!                 

Category 1: Trees, Plants, and Landscapes

    Division 1 (9-12 grades)

        First Prize: Melony Gibson (First Snow of 2011)

        Second Prize: Caitlin Crowder (Remnants & Things of the Shoals)

        Honorable Mention: Catherine Eve Tisdale (Early Dew)

    Division 2 (6-8 grades)

        First Prize: Connor Smith (Fall Road)

        Second Prize: Cayla Crowder (By the Bridge)

        Honorable Mention: Juliana Mikhaylovsky (Yellow Flowers)

 

Category 2: Native Wildlife

    Division 1 (9-12 grades)

        First Prize: Holly Horton (Red Bird in the Snow)

        Second Prize: Criosanna Allred (Hatcher Garden)

        Honorable Mention: Lindsey Fowler (Moth)

    Division 2 (6-8 grades)

        First Prize: Margaret Miller (Backeye)

     

Category 3: Rural Life

    Division 1 (9-12 grades)

        First Prize:  Lindsey Fowler (Rural Garden Swing, Morning)

        Second Prize: Caitlin Crowder (Grazing Before Dusk)

        Honorable Mention: Catherine Eve Tisdale (Layers)

    Division 2 (6-8 grades)

        First Prize: Connor Smith (Fixer Upper)

        Second Prize: Cayla Crowder (Country Barn)

        Honorable Mention: Alexis Burke (Grover the Cat)

 

Spring/Summer 2011 Newsletter

                       Check out our Spring/Summer 2011 Newsletter with the current events and happenings at the SWCD.

                                                        Grants Available for Septic Repairs

                     Spartanburg County's Stormwater Management Department has 319 grant funds available to help repair

                     failing septic systems in the North Pacolet, Lower South Pacolet, and Buck Creek watersheds. 

                     Funding is also available to assist with agricultural projects, such as fencing to limit livestock access

                     to creeks.  These funds will pay up to 60% for both septic repairs and agricultural projects.  For more

                     information, contact Spartanburg County Stormwater at 864-596-5349.  See a flyer for the grant here.

                     Spartanburg County's Community Development Department also has Community Development Block Grant

                     funding to repair failing septic systems for low-income households, outside of city and town limits throughout

                     Spartanburg County.  These funds will pay 100% of septic repairs in qualifying households.  Contact Spartanburg

                     County Community Development at 864-596-5309 for more information.

                     Click here to see a map of grant area.  Note that 319 grant watersheds are shaded in green, and Community

                     Development Block grant areas are those shaded in yellow.

                     Click here for some information and tips on septic system function, design, and maintenance.

Envirothon Winners

                    The SWCD sponsored 3 Spartanburg County high school teams at the SC Envirothon Competition on May 13, 2011.

                    We are very pleased to announce that first place went to Spartanburg High School Team A, second place went

                    to Spartanburg High School Team B, and third went to Spartanburg Day School. 

                    A special congratulations to  Spartanburg High's Team A, who competed in the Canon Envirothon in New Brunswick,

                    Canada, and won 3rd place, overall.  Click here for an article from the SC-DNR website, and click here to read the

                    Spartanburg Herald-Journal's write-up of this team's success.