Butler Soil & Water
Conserving our Natural Resources

Dicks Creek Watershed Meeting

Date: Thursday, September 25

Time: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Location: Middletown MidPointe Library, 125 S Broad Street, Middletown, OH 45044

Butler and Warren SWCDs will be holding a Dicks Creek watershed meeting on September 25th at the Middletown MidPointe Library. This meeting will provide information to the community on the ongoing restoration efforts in the Dicks Creek watershed, including information on the Ohio EPA 9-element Nonpoint Source Implementation Strategy for Dicks Creek. Residents who live within the watershed, works or operates a business within the watershed, or is involved with any watershed programs or activities is welcome to come and voice their opinions.

* Please use the following link to RSVP:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfgJoLI2Ej2dflSHAWILcDlq3befbpnHc2EJ1kPkKcOOqVuuA/viewform?usp=preview

The Dicks Creek Watershed falls within the yellow boundary line shown below:

Stream Maintenance Workshop

Date: Saturday, October 4th, 2025

Time: 9 - 11 AM

Location: The Event Center of Middletown

3907 Central Ave, Middletown, OH 45044

Butler and Warren SWCD invite you to attend an informational workshop all about streams! Topics will include stream concerns, common solutions, permitting, easements, and more.

Please RSVP by September 26th using this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeMB_aoMd9lP59br-JyMdgr-SAIIiXjbNWFMl2eoMDVdxi1Mw/viewform?usp=header

Coffee and pastries provided!

Big Tree Contest 2025

Butler SWCD is excited to announce our first Big Tree Contest! Participants can nominate native Red or White Oak species for the chance to win the title of 'Biggest Red Oak' or 'Biggest White Oak' of Butler County.

For more information on contest rules, nomination forms, and Red vs White Oak identification visit the Big Tree page.

2025 Wildlife Garden Series

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.