District Activities
    
 
To Contact Us: You may write: PO Box 156 Fairfield ID 83327, phone 208-764-3223 fax 208-764-3223 or email camasscd@onewest.net or visit our new office located in the rear of the Strickland Realty office at 405 Main St.

Snow Survey

Data collected by the Camas SCD at two manual sites is recorded and sent to Boise where it is used to forecast water availability for users from muncipalities to farmers.There are still 176 manual sites being monitored by soil conservation districts or private individuals who bid for the winter job of monthly monitoring in Idaho. Each site is reached by snowmachine, the depth of snow is measured in a metal tube assembled on-site, then weighed by a hand-held scale, then recorded. Over 600 "Snotel" automated sites in the western states have replaced many of the more remote sites and provide daily data from "snow pillows" which weigh the water content of the snowpack. Snow Surveys have been conducted in Idaho since 1927. Steve Miller, long-time Camas SCD Supervisor, has completed the Snow Survey for the last three years.

  

Poster Contest This year the poster contest theme was"Celbrating Conservationl", and the district clerk gave a presentation in the classroom that was like a celbrating. The prizes for the winning posters were given at an assembly on the last day of school. Prizes were as follows: First place,an engraved trophy and $25 cash George Simon; Second place a trophy plus $15 cash, Kaitlyn Peterson, and third place a trophy and $10 cash went to Andrew Simon.

Envirothon The District has sponsored a team for the Idaho Envirothon every year since it began in 1994. In the year 2005, the state event was once again held north of Challis at the Living Waters Ranch. For the past several years, Camas SCD has sponsored a team from Bliss, which it did again in 2005. A team from Gooding won the state contest and the chance to go to Nationals. For more information about this challenging program, the National Envirothon maintains a website, so if further information is needed use a search engine to find keyword "Envirothon".
   

Supervisors: Chairman Bob Rodman. ViceChairman: Steve Miller .Sec/Treas: Betsy Castle .Member: Bill Davis, David Skinner. Associate: Hugh Koonce . Note: Due to increasing family committments, Betsy retired from her seat on the boad this summer. A replacement has yet to be named.

Staff: .Administrative Assistant: Nan Reedy

 Scholarships This year's scholarship for high school seniors who are college-bound was awarded at the Camas County High School graduation ceremony on the 15th of May. The scholarships were recently raised to $250 and the recipient in 2005 was Kristen Weatherly.

Speech Contest

Due to a scheduling conflict, the speech class was cancelled for the first semester. Therefore, no speech contest with the District was held in 2005.
District Associations The Camas SCD is a member in good standing with Idaho Association of Soil Conservation Districts, member of Division IV which includes the eleven conservation districts in south-central Idaho, participating . It is also a member of the National Association of Soil Conservation Districts.