Greenville County Soil and Water Conservation District

Did you know? GCSWCD has a lending library! If you are interested in conservation or farming subjects, take a look and tell your friends.

Are you looking for a book on soil health, farming, grazing, or something else conservation related? Greenville County Soil and Water Conservation District now has a lending library! Take a look at our bookshelves below (on the Goodreads website) and fill out the form to request one of our books. ... See more

Go ahead - what type of pollinator are you?

It's Pollinator Week! To celebrate, NACD made this short Buzzfeed quiz to determine what pollinator you would be according to your personality.

Share your results with us, and feel free to share this quiz with your friends to find out which pollinator they would be(e)! ... See more

Want to make your next European vacation even cooler? (Er, nerdier?) Take a tour of the historical storm drains of Europe!

Traveler and storm drain enthusiast Ryan Janoch did just that and kindly reported on his findings so those of us on this side of the pond can get a glimpse into the earliest stormwater management systems.

According to a research paper on the Historical Development of Sewers Worldwide (see: http://bit.ly/2rv0Yen), "storm drains" have been around since the early Mesopotamian Empire in Iraq (ca. 4000 - 2500 BC), and the ancient cities of Ur and Babylon (present-day Iraq) had "effective drainage systems for stormwater control."

Interesting to think of the similarities and differences in stormwater management challenges then and now! ... See more

Mapistry's founder, Ryan, shows off his European vacation photos of storm drains from Italy, Switzerland, and Portugal.