Congratulations to Mark Clodfelter for submitting the winning photo in our plat book photo contest! Thank you Mark for this beautiful photo of sunflowers in Piatt County, and thank you to everyone who participated! We had so many wonderful photos it was hard to choose just one.
Look out for our new 2024 plat books featuring Mark’s photo on the cover available this July!
Visit the USDA Service Center in Monticello from 8am – 6pm this week M-F for pollinator friendly perennials!
$12 each (cash/check only), species include: Black-eyed susans (Rudbeckia hirta), Orange coneflower (Rudbeckia fulgida), Sweet coneflower (Rudbeckia subtomentosa), Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), Prairie ironweed (Veronica fasciculata), Great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica), Leatherwood fern (Dryopteris marginalis), Lanceleaf coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata), Blue wild indigo (Baptisia australis), White wild indigo (Baptisia alba)
Orders for our spring fish sale will be ready for pick up Friday, April 12th 2024 at 1:00pm at the USDA Service Center (1209 Bear Lane, Monticello). Fish will be bagged upon pick up for air and water quality during transportation. Important: If picking up catfish, please bring pond water in a 5-gallon bucket or tote with lid.
Order forms for our 2024 spring fish sale are due April 5th! Please submit completed forms to the USDA Service Center in Monticello or by email to Julie.Chumbley@il.nacdnet.net or piattswcd@gmail.com
Fish pick up will be April 12th at 1209 Bear Lane, Monticello from 12:00-1:00pm
The Soil and Water Conservation District is hosting a Plat Book photo contest!
Submit your best Piatt County countryside photo by March 31st, 2024 to Julie.Chumbley@il.nacdnet.net and Brianne.Gates@il.nacdnet.net.
The winner, selected by the Board of Directors at the April board meeting, will have their photo featured on the cover of the 2024 Plat Book. Photos 400 DPI or higher in PDF, TIFF, or JPEG preferred.