Butler Soil & Water
Conserving our Natural Resources

Educator Workshop: Project WILD

Thursday, May 29 from 9 am - 3 pm

At Armco Park, Lebanon

Join us for a fun, interactive Project WILD & Aquatic WILD educator workshop! Aimed at formal and nonformal K-12 educators, this workshop will help you supplement what you’re already doing with hands-on,nature-based activities that help your studentslearn how to think about wildlife, not what to think.

Registration required for this FREE workshop by May 15

www.warrenswcd.com/project-wild-workshop.html

BEST Volunteer Events

Be one of the BEST and join Butler SWCD's Butler Environmental Stewardship Team at one of our volunteer events throughout the year. We hold river cleanups, invasive plant removals, hold BioBlitzes, package milkweed seeds, and more.

May 21, 5 pm onward Planting a rain garden at the new Morgan Township Park.
May 22, 6 pm Learn how to become a stream habitat monitor, Indian Creek Preserve

For a full list of this years projects, please visit our volunteer page.

Register

Registration is requested to help with supplies and to send info if an event is canceled due to weather. Events are also posted about a month prior on Miami and UC community service website if you are a student needing to document hours.

BEST Email List

To receive the monthly volunteer email, please sign up and check the volunteer box.

2025 Wildlife Garden Series

Registration: Registration is requested for this FREE series, to assist us with providing resources.

July 14: Garden Tour, focusing on urban issues for native plants
At the Miami Hamilton Campus Conservatory, 6:00 PM

Tour the gardens around the conservatory. If you arrive early, you can also visit inside the conservatory.
Learn about urban issues, such as road salt, that can be a hindrance to native plants.

September 29: Pawpaw Picnic
Oxford Township, 6:00 PM

What are pawpaw's and how to grow them.
What to make from the fruit.

Butler SWCD YouTube Channel

Want to learn about Composting? Questions about pond management? Do you want to build a rain garden? Or are you interested in the wildlife that calls your backyard home? Butler SWCD's YouTube channel is a great resource for learning all about these topics, watching past workshops, and so much more!

Please check out our YouTube channel for many helpful and interesting videos.

Calendar of Events

Upcoming

2025 Board Meetings

2025 Butler SWCD Board of Supervisors meetings will be held on the second Tuesday of each month at 10:00 am. Unless otherwise noted below.

Meetings are held at Butler SWCD, 1802 Princeton Rd, Hamilton OH 45011.

Board Meetings via Zoom

2025 Butler SWCD Board of Supervisors meetings will also be accessible via Zoom. If you would like to attend, please contact our office for the zoom meeting link and passcode.