Upcoming Election:  Three terms for LqP SWCD Supervisors will be expiring at the end of 2012.  Filing dates are May 22, 2012 - June 5, 2012.  For more information, click here: 2012 SWCD Elections.

Temporary part time position:  The Lac qui Parle Soil & Water Conservation District is looking for the right person to fill a temporary part time position to conduct a Level 3 feedlot survey.  If you have livestock experience, people skills, are self motivated and efficient, contact the Lac qui Parle SWCD at 122 - 8^th Ave S, Madison MN, or call 320-598-7321 x3.   You may also click on the following links to download and print.  Survey Technician Announcement and Description and Survey Technician Application.  The deadline for this position is Friday May 18, 4:00.  EOE.    Emails may be sent to  Terry Wittnebel, District Manager, for more information or to request a job application.

CANCELLED, due to lack of participants.  Canoe, Cook, Camp, a gal's Getaway Adventure on the Lac qui Parle River, Friday and Saturday, May 18-19.  Registration deadline is May 11.  For more information, call the District office at 320-598-7321 x3.

Grant Bullemer joins the Lac qui Parle SWCD as new District Technician.  Stop by and say, "Hello!"  Click here to meet Grant.

Our first on-line Newsletter is out!  The LqP SWCD will continue to put together a quarterly newsletter, but instead of printing and mailing the newsletter, it will be posted to our website. Click here, for your copy of our March 2012 Newsletter.  If you have difficulties in opening the document, or would like to receive a printed out copy, please contact us by calling 320-598-7321 x3, and leave your name and address with the District Staff.

Coming Soon ~ the 2012 People's Garden!  See pictures of the 2011 People's Garden, a USDA Initiative. The garden is located in Madison, along Highway 40, by the District tree building.

Annual Reports ~ The 2011 Annual Reports and 2012 Annual Work Plan are available to review.  You will find the reports listed on our Board of Supervisors page.  Please contact the District office if you would like printed copies of any of the reports.

Program Updates: 

• Walk-in Access Program ~ Earn extra income by opening land for public hunting is coming. Click here for more information.

• Hard Rock Outcrop ~ Funded through a Legislative Citizens Committee on Minnesota Resources Grant, nearly 100 acres of fragile Minnesota Valley Granite Outcrop rock ecosystems in  Lac qui Parle County will be protected with a permanent easement.  Among the oldest rock formations in the world, these unique land forms and rare vegetation make these rock formations worth protecting.

The Garcia/Love Claims Process.  Click here for more information.+