CRP Landowner Meeting Come learn about the General Conservation Reserve Program Sign-up that is taking place from Dece... read more

It's that time of the year again- time to order trees! Act now! Things are selling quickly! There are many items th... read more

Ben Brown             Ben Brown, DVM, is a valued and well-k... read more

Three local students were recognized at the West Greeley Conservation District’s (WGCD) Annual Dinner Meeting and Awa... read more

Spring is an easy time to get distracted…but if you hope to attend college in the Fall, you  are probably se... read more

Horses are a part of the Colorado landscape. As critical to most of us as water, air and food. That is why it is so... read more

It's almost that time of the year again! The Greeley Farm Show coming January 28th - 30th 2020! Hope to see you the... read more

Jasen planting garden pots with our young visitors Making hummingbird feeders out of old wine bottles with puffy pai... read more

Just about every week this summer a different group of kids has been enjoying outdoor explorations at Houston Gardens. ... read more

 Any 6th grade student who enjoys Science and Art should enter the annual Fall Conservation Poster Contest.&nb... read more

West Greeley Conservation District (WGCD) is partnering with the CSU Extension office to host BeeWise Camp at Houst... read more

My name is Ashley Follis I presently work at the West Greeley Conservation District. My goals for working there is... read more

My name is Taylor Webb, I am a recent graduate from Greeley West High School and their FFA program. I am currently ... read more

The yearly seedling tree sale will begin November 2019- species, sizes and prices are still unknown at this time. H... read more

Join private land wildlife biologists from Northeastern Colorado on a series of private land habitat tours. Gain ti... read more

Discover how to use cover crops on your farm to reduce erosion, improve soil health, lock in nutrients, and improve... read more

(These Cost Shares are for District Tax Payers only.) Windbreak/Living Snow Fence – This cost share is designe... read more

Acreage Reporting Deadline – July 15th Acreage reports to the Farm Service Agency (FSA) are important for ... read more

In honor of National Ag Day/Week, the West Greeley Conservation District (WGCD) is partnering with Aims Community C... read more

2019 Tree Sale is right around the corner! Are you ready? If you need help planning a new windbreak or adding onto an ... read more

31st Annual High Plains No-Till Conference February 5-6, 2019; Burlington, CO Featuring pasture cropping pioneer Col... read more

Are you looking to upgrade, update or change some of your conservation practices around your operation? Let us help you!... read more

Toxic Weeds and Horses Horses are a part of the Colorado landscape. As critical to most of us as water, air and food. T... read more

The Houston (pronounced House-ton) Gardens is a natural retreat in an urban setting. The gardens are approximately ... read more

  WGCD Community BBQ at Houston Gardens August 10, 2018 WGCD Board of Supervisors and Staff hosted our secon... read more

West Greeley Conservation District Honors Stanley D. Cass West Greeley Conservation District mourns the loss with cou... read more

A new demonstration windbreak has been added to Houston Gardens The demonstration windbreak is intended to help educa... read more

Weld County Farm Service Agency News Emergency Loans Available Hail and high winds caused significant damage to crop... read more

Demonstration Grass Plots at Houston Garden’s   New grass plots have been planted at Houston Garden’s to ... read more

Colorado Foundation for Agriculture Food, Fiber & More Summer Agriculture Institute   From June 11th – 15th W... read more

Annual Conservation Poster Contest 2018_WGCD-CACD Poster_contest_entry_form_and_instructions If you have, or know, a 5... read more

West Greeley Conservation District (WGCD) Uses their Outdoor Classroom/Houston Gardens nearly Everyday Providing Con... read more

CAMP ROCKY 2018 Camp Rocky group photo Your West Greeley Conservation District continues to provide scholarships to yo... read more

What is a Riparian Trailer / Stream Hydrology Trailer? Riparian Education Demonstration Trailer It is a hands-on edu... read more

The West Greeley Conservation District offers a program for seeding grass species in pastures, small acreages and other ... read more

EQIP Applications are Being Accepted The Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is a voluntary conservation pr... read more

SMALL GRANTS West Greeley Conservation District has been busy distributing a wide variety of small grant funding to sch... read more

Teachers Learning from other Teachers The Confluence Institute began in July of 2010. This four-day workshop is a won... read more

Evans Chamber Members Discover Houston Gardens Kandee Nourse, West Greeley Conservation District (WGCD) Manager, alon... read more

Click here for 2018 Scholarship winners Photos & Quotes WGCD SCHOLARSHIP application form 2019-20 WGCD Scholarship... read more

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The Confluence Institute began in July of 2010 in our area. It is a wonderful opportunity for teachers, who have had... read more

Your West Greeley Conservation District (WGCD) had the distinct pleasure to help sponsor the 2018 Longs Peak Science... read more

The Colorado Envirothon is in its 6th year. The next Envirothon state competition will be held at the Arapahoe County ... read more

  The Greeley West FFA Farm to Table annual BBQ dinner with a live and silent auction fundraiser will be Thursda... read more

Are you interested in a tour of a few of WGCD's small acreage landowners property? Want to learn from other landowners ... read more

Bird Conservancy of the Rockies- Anniversary Celebration & Kite Festival Click here to see the flyer: 30th An... read more

Camp Rocky Mountain Conservation Adventure for 14-19 year olds If you know a young person between the age of 14 to19 y... read more

27th Annual Water for Health Island Grove Regional Park, Greeley, CO Wed., April 25th  9 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Centr... read more

Each year, FFA chapters around the country celebrate National FFA Week. This encompasses more than 653,000 FFA youth... read more

Conservation Scholarship Opportunities In February many high school seniors are thinking about Valentine’s Dayâ... read more

FREE SEEDLING TREE PLANTING WORKSHOPS on species selection, planting design, and maintenance     Presentation by: ... read more

Please join us for a Agro-Forestry educational opportunity. We will travel west of Fort Collins to learn about different... read more

“Many farmers are out in their fields using equipment that is connected to satellite and GPS technology, yet when they... read more

Have you placed your tree order? No? Yikes, don't wait any longer! Times are getting tough around here! Hurry and plac... read more

Facts About Absinth Wormwood Absinth Wormwood was introduced from Europe as an ornamental herb in the early 1800’s,... read more

CSU/Weld County Extension & Weld County Livestock Association presents: 2nd Swine Seminar - Today’s Swine Ope... read more

The Rocky Mountain Raptor Program (RMRP) out of Fort Collins partnered with West Greeley Conservation District last Augu... read more

West Greeley Conservation District Cost Share Opportunities (These Cost Shares are for District Tax Payers only.) ... read more

Click the hyperlink below to see the flyer for more information on the conference Organic farming conference flyer read more

The West Greeley Conservation District offers a program to seed or re-seeding native grasses in pastures, on small acr... read more

West Greeley Conservation District (WGCD) Board and staff hosted a booth located between NRCS and FSA’s booths in the ... read more

Biosolids are becoming a popular option for fertilizer on the front range and the eastern plains and this has led to man... read more

Breaking New Ground Plowing up grass without first contacting the USDA Service Center can jeopardize payments.   ... read more

69th Annual Meeting You are invited to join us for dinner, awards presentations and a re-cap of 2016 and 2017 activitie... read more

Are you a WGCD Member? Open to WGCD members only Are you looking to plant a windbreak on your property? Do you nee... read more

WGCD joined the Greeley Creative District (GCD) and the Greeley Tribune participating in the 4th Annual AgriCulture ... read more

Christmas Wreath Making WHEN: November 24th & 25th 9:00 am– 3:00 pm RSVP: By November 20th 970-356-8... read more

The 2018 Tree Sale is now underway! Act fast! Trees go quickly! Please print out the order form, fill out complete... read more

West Greeley has been enjoying many educational outreach opportunities where we are privilege to engage with our communi... read more

West Greeley Conservation District Cost Share Opportunities (These Cost Shares are for District Tax Payers only.) ... read more

2017 Annual Ag Tour- The Evolution of Agriculture in Weld County The West Greeley Conservation District (WGCD), alon... read more

The West Greeley Conservation District offers a program to seed or re-seeding native grasses in pastures, on small acrea... read more

Check out CACD's Fall newsletter by clicking here: CO Conservator 2017 Fall Issue Check out pages 3 & 4 as well a... read more

October is Payment Month at Farm Service Agency Producers who have changed their banks or banking accounts are reminded... read more

  Inviting Farmers and Ranchers of all scales and production systems Join us as we dig deeper into the science, b... read more

November 4, 2017 (8:30 am – 1:45 pm) Island Grove Park, Events Center, Room C 425 N. 15th Avenue Greeley, CO Are y... read more

The West Greeley Conservation District (WGCD) Board of Supervisors is forward thinking and supports a small innovati... read more

Attention Tree Sale Customers! Just a friendly reminder to keep your eyes open for order forms in early November 2017. ... read more

Faye Braaten of Loveland is a master carver and artist with 18 years of experience creating beauty with a series of ... read more

Upcoming Greeley Chamber Ag Tour The West Greeley Conservation District will host the morning kick-off breakfast at H... read more

Are you interested in Agro-Forestry? Have you ever had a chance to learn about mushroom foraging? It is with great excit... read more

From left to right, Jack Sevier, Ryan Kapperman, Ethan Kapperman, and Paul Conklin Houston Garden's is a beautifu... read more

We provided some of the below activities as previews in the Spring eNewsletter - Here’s what we’ve been up to since ... read more

Colorado State Forest Service Nursery Tour Recap Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2017 Colorado Stat... read more

WGCD continues to support 4-H youth through their participation in the Weld County Fair as a Premier Sponsor for their 9... read more

Winograd Third Grade Eighty- two Winograd Elementry students visited Houston Gardens for a culminating plant unit fie... read more

Forestry Merit Badge   Houston Gardens sponsored a Forestry Merit Badge workshop for the Boy Scouts on May 6t... read more

New Funding Partnership Developed for Agricultural Producers The local Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) off... read more

The District is proud to announce the following individuals have received West Greeley Conservation District College Sch... read more

Click here to see the flyer with WGCD Equipment Rentals in PDF format   At West Greeley Conservation District... read more

The Poudre Learning Center (PLC) is an environmental education center located on the west end of Greeley, at the corner ... read more

My name is Kiara Johnson and I am participating in the Career Explore Summer Internship Program coordinated by Greeley/E... read more

  This year we sent three teens to Camp Rocky. Each individual participated in a different conservation grou... read more

Click here to see the USDA-ARS WMSRU Field Day 2017 flyer  When: Thursday, August 3, 9am – 1pm -Field tours and D... read more

The West Greeley Conservation District offers a program to seed or re-seeding native grasses in pastures, on small acrea... read more

Click here to see the event flyer in PDF format FREE SUMMER BBQ- Aug. 11th 4-8 PM You and your family are invit... read more

July Grazing – Warm season grasses actively growing, cool season grasses dormant.  Grazing management plan in action... read more

“Soil erosion is as old as agriculture. It began when the first heavy rain struck the first furrow turned by a crude i... read more

Facts About Dalmatian Toadflax   Dalmatian Toadflax was introduced as an ornamental in the late 1800’s. By ... read more

Enrollment Period for 2017 Safety Net Coverage Continues Through Aug. 1 Approximately 95 percent of the Weld County P... read more

    Alexis Boiko is a 15-year-old Greeley youth who attended Camp Rocky last year and plans to attend Camp R... read more

West Greeley Conservation District offers a range of cost shares, including one for windbreaks and living snow fences. ... read more

WGCD’s 2017 Tree Sale ended smoothly after a year full of unexpected hiccups. As some of you already know, the Tree Sa... read more

Join us for the second year, touring the Colorado State Forest Service Nursery in Fort Collins, CO. If you participate i... read more

We no longer use these items and we are currently taking bids! Please email any questions about the equipment to: l... read more

WGCD hosted a first ever, Soil Moisture Sensor Workshop at Island Groove for local landowners. Farmers and anyone curiou... read more

“Soil erosion is as old as agriculture. It began when the first heavy rain struck the first furrow turned by a crude i... read more

Your West Greeley Conservation District is governed by a locally elected Board of Supervisors pictured above.  They... read more

West Greeley Conservation District hosted and partnered with Colorado State Forest Service to have multiple seedling... read more

  Bruce Cameron (drill operator) and small acreage landowner Sue Henry check drill as a seeding job begins. The W... read more

Kristi Helzer has joined the WGCD team as our new Community Outreach and Education Coordinator.  She is a life-long... read more

  Third Graders from Winograd Kelsey Odom’s Third Grade class from Harold S. Winograd K-8 School will be going ... read more

  Camp Rocky is an educational week long, residential outdoor adventure camp for youth 14-19 years old who are inter... read more

Houston Gardens Greeley’s Best Kept Secret Owned and operated by West Greeley Conservation District Free and open... read more

    Pruning Did you miss the Spring 2017 pruning workshop at Houston Gardens? This workshop covered de... read more

  State Farm Volunteer – Hours Turn into Dollars Bev Westercamp is a volunteer at Houston Gardens. Bev is a Sta... read more

To the West Greeley Conservation District and the Caretakers of Houston Gardens: Thank you!!! We have our lunc... read more

  Due to a transition is our staff, the WGCD extended our scholarship submission deadline by three weeks, until May ... read more

If you buy, sell, or produce baled hay, check out USDA’s new factsheet titled “Questions and Answers: Moving Baled... read more

WGCD will be participating in two Mini Water Festivals being hosted by the High Plains Library District’s Summer R... read more

Central Colorado Water Conservancy District, West Greeley Conservation District, City of Evans, City of Greeley, ... read more

New Funding Partnership Developed for Agricultural Producers The local Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRC... read more

    Acreage Reporting   As producers get their spring crops planted, they need to call their local FS... read more

If you live in Weld County, you should be aware that the last week in July means it’s time for the Weld County Fai... read more

The West Greeley Conservation District is working to build more community awareness and local partnerships. We are a... read more

    WGCD was proud to be a sponsor for the CSU Extension, NRCS and Larimer County Department of Resources Sm... read more

    Graduate students Ryan Fitzsimmons, Katy Hosokawa, and Lilian (Gabby) Petty are enrolled in a soils clas... read more

Contact FSA or NRCS for Specifications   Weld County CRP participants have been notified by personal letter by bo... read more

Ag Risk Coverage and Price Loss Contracts Need Enrolled   Producers are encouraged to call the Weld County Fa... read more

Subscribe Can Receive Important Program Reminders and Updates   Weld County USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) Execut... read more

WGCD is going to be hosting a educational workshop on soil moisture sensors, March 2017. Guest Speakers will include ... read more

NRCS Colorado Announces EQIP Program Deadline   Greeley - Producers in Colorado who are interested in impleme... read more

The 26th Annual Children’s Water Festival will take place at the Island Grove Regional Park in Greeley on April 26th f... read more

Click here to see the Soil Revolution Flyer Inviting Farmers and Ranchers of all scales and production systems   ... read more

New Funding Partnership Developed for Agricultural Producers   The local Natural Resource Conservation Servic... read more

The West Greeley Conservation District begins its third year of managing Houston Gardens educational and natural area. ... read more

Nate Northrup, Leonard and Tammie Ball, and Sue Henry were named Conservationists of the year at West Greeley Conservati... read more

Camp Rocky The Divide, Colo., camp may be the best-kept secret in Colorado.  This is a weeklong, residential summer ... read more

Envirothon   Every year, WGCD supports local high school students who wish to compete in Envirothon, a st... read more

Small Grants In 2016, Weld County five educational entities, students, non-profits, and other community groups receiv... read more

By Will Owsley and Clark K. Harshbarger   Thousands of years ago, a variety of different parent materials wer... read more

The Natural Resources Conservation Service is accepting applications for the Conservation Stewardship Program. Applicati... read more

You don't want to miss this workshop geared toward new and experienced small acreage landowners. Breakout sessions will ... read more

Are you a crop or livestock producer or property owner?  Are you interested in the changing landscape of no-till and gr... read more

Windbreak/Living Snow Fence – Establishes windbreaks for conservation purposes. Cement Ditch Repair- Repairs le... read more

Voles took a bite out of the annual Seedling Tree Sale.   The small, pudgy rodents infested the Colorado Stat... read more

Even in winter, soil doesn’t sleep.   When winter temperatures remain below 32 degrees F, small pockets of ... read more

Garden History Houston Gardens once was part of a large hayfield owned by George Meredith Houston. He moved to Greele... read more

The West Greeley Conservation District offers a program to seed or re-seeding native grasses in pastures, on small acrea... read more

By Don Schoderbek and Julie Elliott   As the days get shorter and winter settles in, many ranchers and stockm... read more

Absinth Wormwood was introduced from Europe as an ornamental herb in the early 1800’s, and is easily recognized by its... read more

West Greeley Conservation District offers a range of cost shares, including one for windbreaks and living snow fences. ... read more

In the early 1930s, along with the Great Depression came an equally unparalleled ecological disaster, the Dust Bowl. Aft... read more

Sue Henry Small-acreage landowner Sue Henry, an avid outdoorswoman and conservationist, cares for her beautiful small ... read more

Species selection, planting, windbreak design, and maintenance   When? Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017, 9 - 11 am Wher... read more

The Colorado Association of Conservation Districts Board named West Greeley Conservation District the 2015 Conservation ... read more

Scholarships In 2017, WGCD will award up to $25,5000 in scholarships to college students who pursue careers in na... read more

This ten-minute video provides an overview of the range of services and programs the West Greeley Conservation District ... read more

68th Annual Meeting   You are invited to join us for dinner, awards presentations and a re-cap of 2015 and 2... read more

68th Annual Meeting   You are invited to join us for dinner, awards presentations and a re-cap of 2015 and 2... read more

Basic Plant Taxonomy and Identification September 19th and 26th 6 pm to 7:30 pm $10 (refundable upon completion of co... read more

CSU_Forest_service_tour_flyer Have you ever wondered where your seedling trees come from? Would you like to attend a ... read more

News Article Houston Gardens Ownerships   We Were in the news today for the transfer of ownership of Houston ... read more

Houston Gardens just got a new walking trail thanks to an Eagle Scout Project that was implemented this past Saturday M... read more

4 scholarships are available for any entering freshman that is interested in Agriculture or Natural Resource fields &... read more

We wanted to share with you what bills our state association, Colorado Association of Conservation Districts is currentl... read more

You've ordered the seedlings, now where to put them.  Don't plant your windbreak blind, avoid the common mistakes a... read more