Specialty Crop

Sells a variety of trees and shrubs through its seedling tree program, including fruit and berry varieties suited to Converse County, and assists with designing windbreaks; provides seedling trees to the Town of Glenrock for its Trees for Trash program; offers cost-share programs to residents, businesses, and others for community enhancement projects, and to landowners to take steps to improve soil and water quality and for natural resource conservation; and rents equipment to landowners to implement conservation practices, such as no-till.

The CCCD also offers backyard composters and ‘Kitchen Katchers’ for compostable materials like produce scraps, and it also has a variety of educational programs to area residents, including youths. There is an ‘Education’ link on the website that has activities for youths, such as a pollinator activity book. It also has information about the annual poster contest in conjunction with CCCD Stewardship Week.