2024-2025

Competition topics for the majority of our contests are derived from the National Association of Conservation District’s (NACD) annual stewardship theme. This year’s theme is “Home is Where the Habitat is”.

Springs Forever

Springs Forever is a poster and essay contest designed to inspire students in Marion County to explore the importance of conserving Florida's natural…

Public Speaking

Students develop and present speeches on environmental conservation topics, enhancing their public speaking, writing, and persuasion skills.

Poster

An art competition that encourages students to express their understanding of conservation topics through creative and informative posters.

Land Judging

Students learn about soil and land management’s techniques, applying their knowledge to evaluate different soil types.

Found "Junk" Art

An artistic competition that challenges students to create artwork from recycled materials, promoting creativity and environmental awareness.

Essay

This contest challenges students to articulate their thoughts and ideas on conservation topics, developing their research and writing skills.

Envirothon

A hands-on environmental education competition where students explore topics such as forestry, wildlife, aquatic ecology, soils, and current…

Conservation Landscape Trays

A hands-on contest where students design and create miniature landscapes to demonstrate conservation practices.

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Marion Soil and Water Conservation District (the "District") is committed to ensuring that its services are accessible to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, the District strives to provide an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.1, AA, and commercial screen reading software. Features of the website are created to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities.

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Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Coordinator

The District has designated a Compliance Coordinator for website disability-related accommodations. The Compliance Coordinator has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices and requirements.

Compliance Procedures

The District is working to ensure all website content complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act and controlling State laws. In an ongoing effort to continually improve and remediate accessibility issues, the website is regularly scanned to ensure ongoing compliance, and timely changes are made to any inaccessible content if found.

Accessible Documents Policy

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