Lending Library

Materials in the Butler Soil & Water Conservation District's Lending Library can be borrowed overnight, for 7 days, free of charge. Because we have only one copy of some publications, everything must be returned by 3:00P.M. on the due date, in order to give everyone equal access to the same information. Materials can be borrowed for consecutive weeks, as long as no one is on the waiting list for loaned items.

The borrower must observe the copyrights on the publications in order to sign them out. All of our books are copyrighted and should not be reproduced. Photocopies of other items are available.

We ask that  library items be handled personally. This will cut down on loss and guarantee its destination. Please, don't send these items through the mail system.

The following pages lists the materials available through the Lending Library that are marked for teachers, scout and other youth group leaders, parents and students, for educational purposes. Additional information may be available in the areas of urban and rural development that are not listed.

Some publications from the Natural Resource Conservation Service, formally the Soil Conservation Service, are currently available in our office, while others can be ordered.

All questions and comments concerning the materials in the Lending Library, or the terms which they are lent out, can be brought to the attention of Lynn White, Butler SWCD Education Specialist.

 

New Stuff!

  • Book: Geology Rocks! 50 Hands-on activities to explore the earth, by Cindy Blobaum.

  • Video/DVD: Stay out and stay alive: abandoned mine safety from the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources Division of Mineral and Resources Management.

Booklets and Pamphlets Folders and Kits
Binders Videos Books
Posters Agreement

Books and Pamphlets

2/3 of Our Land

4H Aquatic Science

Ag Adventure

Agricultural Nonpoint Water Pollution

Animal Orphans

Assistance Available from the SCS

Autumn Olive

Best Management Practices to Protect Water Quality

Bottomland Timber Establishment on
   Wetlands- Reestablishing Forests on Valuable Wetlands

Catfish Farming

Catfish Spawning Devices

Challenging Careers in Soil Conservation

Classroom & Field Guide

Comic Books

Conquest of Land Through 7,000 Years

Conservation and the Water Cycle

Conservation in Elementary Schools

Conservation is Wise Use

Conservation Town & Country

Controlling Soil Erosion on Building Sites

Cost of Cleaning Up Ohio's Hazardous Waste Sites

Crushed Stone: Our Natural Resource

Dam Safety- Who is Responsible?

Developing Criteria to Protect Our Nation's Waters

Dirty Dozen: List of Undesired Trees

Disposal Decisions- Paint & Solvents

Endangered Species

Environmental Education in Action

Exploring Ohio Ponds

Exploring Our Forests

Exploring the World of Plants and Soils

Exploring Plants

Farm Pond Safety

Forest Tax Laws of Ohio

Forest Tree Planting in Ohio

Gardening on the Contour

Going Wild with Soil and Water Conservation

Go Wild for Wildlife- Taking Action in Our Lives

Grass Makes Its Own Food

Glossary of Ecology Terms

Grass Waterways in Soil Conservation

Great Minds? Great Lakes!

Growing and Using Plants

Guide to Conservation Careers

Hit the Trail for Bluebirds

How to Make and Enjoy Your Own Bluebird Trail

Homeowner's Guide for Beautiful, Safe... Trees

Home Buyers, Soil Surveys Can Help You Homeowner's Conservation Guide

How to Control a Gully

Ill Wind Meets a Wind Break

Improve Your Woodlot by Cutting Firewood 

Invite Birds to Your Home- Conservation Plantings for the Midwest

Invite Wildlife to Your Backyard

Is Your Drinking Water Safe?

Keeping Your Drinking Water Clean

Land Resource Regions

Learn about Watersheds

Let's Explore the Outdoors I

Let's Explore the Outdoors II

Let Us Help You Help Wildlife

Life of the Forest

Making Land Produce Useful Wildlife

Maintaining the Absentee Landowner's
Investment

Ohio Stream Management Guide

Ohio's Endangered Wild Animals

Ohio's Growth and Development

Ohio's Litter Laws

Ohio's Soil Regions Outdoor Adventurer

Plant Materials for Conservation

Ponds- Planning, Design, Construction

Ponds Provide Water Supply

Polluted

Protecting Our Groundwater

Protecting Wetlands and Wildlife

Recycling at Home

Recycling at Home- A Guide to Recycling in Butler County

Reducing Nonpoint Source Pollution- A Decision-Maker's Guide

Safe, Low-Cost Ways to Clean House

Sky Is the Limit

Soil and Water Conservation

Soil and Water Conservation Activities
Soil and Water Conservation News

Soil Erosion by Water

Soil- Learning Experiences for a Living Resource

Soil Surveys Can Help You

Teaching Conservation in High School

Teaching Outdoors- How to Get Started

Teaching Soil and Water Conservation

That Land Down There

Tree and Shrub Dichotomous Key

Trees Hurt Too

Tree Planting

Trout Farming

Vegetating the Farm Pond Fill

Water, Ohio's Remarkable Resource

Water Quality Field Guide

WeCology Magazine

What Goes Down, Comes Back Around- Keeping Your Water Clean

What Is a Farm Plan?

What Is a Watershed?

Where Have the Farmlands Gone?

Who Can Help- Guide to Help Farm Owners Contact Government Agencies

Woodlands Make for Poor Cows

Your Woodland, Your Conservation   Program

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Folders and Kits

"Endangered Species- We're All in This Together"  (NWF)

"Home Is Where the Habitat Is" (NWF)

"Exercise Your Blue Thumb" (Blue Thumb Alliance)

"Fragile Frontiers- The Ends of the Earth" (NWF)

"Give Drinking Water a Hand" (BTA)

"Great American Farm" (Ag in the Classroom)

Land Labs (Butler SWCD)
   getting started
   attracting wildlife
   grants
   plans and stations

Harmony (NRCS)

Lines on the Land (agriculture) (NACD)
   activity book
   video (lO:OO)
   color brochure (24 pages)

Out of the Rock (geology) (NEF)
   video (29:00)
   posters (x5)
   glossary & activity book
   newsletters (x2)
   text (141 pages)

"Pollution Solutions- Let's Clean Up Our Act" (NWF)

Protecting Our Environment (Public Service of Indiana)

"Rainforests- Help Save Their Layers of Life"  (NWF)

"Save Our Streams" (Izaak Walton League)

Soil Study I (BSWCD)
   soil formation
   soil life 
   soil water

Soil Study II (BSWCD)
   soil erosion
   conservation

"Spread the Word for Water" (Blue Thumb Alliance)

Stream Monitoring (BSWCD)
   action program
   pH scale
   insect identification key
   glossary

Stream Table Program
   activities
   pictures

Trees (BSWCD)
   planting info
   dichotomous key
   Treemendous Ideas

"Wading into Wetlands" (NWF)

Water- Meeting Tomorrow's Challenge (NWRA)

Water in Your Life (EcoWater, Inc.)

Water Study I (BSWCD)
   pollution
   fact sheets
   water cycle & availability
   water awareness test

Water Study II (BSWCD)
   plan for measuring water quality
   water quality practices
   wastewater treatment process
   flood control

"Water- We Can't Live without It" (NWF)

"We Care about Clean Air" (NWF)

Wetlands (BSWCD)

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Binders

Ag in the Classroom [agriculture]

Always a River [water quality]

Best of Edison I & II [energy]

Conservation Seeds Activities [seeds, plants]

Focusing on Agricultural Issues

Habitats for Learning [land labs] (w/ video)

Learning with Otis: 1,3,4,5,6 [various]

Living Lightly in the City (Vol. 1& 2)

Minnesota's Ag-Stravaganza [agriculture]

Our Great Lakes Connection [lake study]

On the Trail of Nonpoint Pollution Source

Soil Conservation

Water Activities Teaching Environmental Responsibility

Water Quality Handbook

Windows on Waste

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Videos

Agriculture Issues Forum (10:00)

Clean Water, Clear Choices (12:00)

Common Ground (26:30)

Envirothon (15:00)

Habitats for Learning (12:00)

It's Found Underground (31:00)

Lines on the Land (10:00) [x2, w/ binder]

Out of the Rock (29:00)

Paper Route (9:13)

Partnerships for Watersheds (13:00)

SOS for American Streams (30:00)

Tomorrow's Energy Today (26:00)

Water in Your Life (12:00)

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Books

Amazing Dirt Book

At Your Disposal [4H, garbage]

Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks & Minerals

Biology Is Outdoors [land labs]

Citizen's Guide to Clean Water [water quality]

Citizens of the Soil Consider Stewardship [poetry]

Directory of Great Lakes Education Material [water catalog]

Dirt Cookbook

Earth Science [gr. 5-8]

Earthways [pre-K to 2, crafts]

Earthworm Empire: The Living Soil

Environment and Pollution

Environmental Education at a Glance

Exploring Animals [4H]

Exploring Environments [K-6]

Exploring Our Insect World I [4H]

Exploring Our Insect World II [4H]

Exploring Plants [4H]

Fish Story [water quality pre-K to 2]

Fossils of Ohio

Great Lakes- An Environmental Atlas and Resource Book

Great Minds? Great Lakes

Ground Water & Surface Water: A Single Resource

Guide to Ohio Outdoor Education Areas

Guide to Ohio Streams

Habitats for Learning [land labs]

Handle with Care [water pollution]

Hands-On Earth Science Activities [K-8]

Homeowner's Conservation Guide, The

Integrating Environmental Education & Science

Kids C.A.R.E. [4-6]

Land Resources and Pollution

 

Learn about Watersheds

Liquid Treasure Water History [Project WET]

Look, Listen, & Learn [K-2, 3-4, 5-6]

Meteorology

Mill Creek, The: An Unnatural History…

National Directory of Volunteer Environmental Monitoring Programs

Nature Scope [mammals 1, mammals 2, pollution, insects, birds, trees, wetlands, reptiles/amphibians, crafts, endangered species, weather, geology]

Ohio's Food and Farm System in Transition [agriculture]

Once Upon a Wellfield

Perspectives on Nonpoint Source Pollution

Planet Earth [earth science]

Principles of Ground Water for Resource Management Systems

Rainstick, The: A Fable

Rocks, Minerals, & Fossils

Salamanders of Ohio

Schoolyard Science

Science Day Guide

Science Fair Projects for the Ohio River and Its Tributaries

Science Puzzlers!

Soil Survey of Butler County

Stream Data Base- for Butler, Clermont, Hamilton & Warren Counties

Teaching Soil and Water Conservation

Treemendous Ideas for Teachers

Understanding Ohio's Surface Water Quality Standards

Water [activities, experiments, gr. 4-6]

Water, Ohio's Remarkable Resource

Water, Water Everywhere

Weather

Web- A Resource Guide for the Science Classroom

WOW!: The Wonders of Wetlands

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Posters

Conservation & the Water Cycle

Do Something Wild

Don't Let a Great State Go to Waste

Earth Day to Earth Day l995 - 1996

Earth Needs You- Join the Team

Earth- There's No Place Like Home

Forests Are More than Trees

Hold the Line- Protect Your Waters

Humanities /Environment series: After the Harvest, Changing Face of Ohio, Cost of Coal, Earthly Visions, Individual Choices on Common Ground, Prospects for Renewal, Shared Resources & Common Concerns, Stress of Growth, Toll of Transportation, Upstream-Downstream in Ohio

Out of the Rock series: Coal, From Mountains to Metal- The Story of Rocks, Minerals & the Mining Industry, From the Mine to My Home, Out of the Rock, Rocks & Minerals: How We Use Them

Paper Route

Recycle, Ohio!

Recycling Works When You Buy Recycled

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Buy Recycled

Water Cycle- Nature's Recycling System

Water Matters series:  Water- The Resource that Gets Used & Used & Used for Everything!, Wetlands: Water, Wildlife, Plants & People, How Do We Treat Our Wastewater?

 

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Agreement

The individual borrowing any of Butler SWCD's property must sign their name to the release sheet. The signature shows the accepted agreement to (a) return the items on time, and (b) observe the copyright rule: That the materials in our books are copyrighted and should not to be reproduced in any way. To complete the form, the individual provides his or her name and a phone number where they can be reached, list every title borrowed, and agree on the out and in dates. A staff member should provide their initials to the agreement.

If materials can not be returned by the due date, normally seven days after checkout, special arrangements should be made to bring them back as close to the date as possible. Items may be renewed and borrowed for multiple terms, but that must also be arranged before signing out the materials.

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