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​Join us for the 2022 CACD 78th Annual Meeting!
Conservation Districts: We Are Here For You!
November 28-29, 2022
CCDEA: All Employee Training & Employee Association Annual Meeting November 29-30, 2022

Marriott - Colorado Springs Tech Center
​5580 Tech Center Drive Colorado Springs, Colorado 80919
All proceeds from the 2022 Silent Auction will benefit the Colorado Conservation District Employees Association (CCDEA) to support district employee training and scholarships

​Please consider donating a silent auction item below:
       
​CACD & District Get-Together
Breakout Session
Monday November 28th
10:30 AM-12:00 PM
​Salon A/B

​District Supervisors & Employees Welcome!
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Support CACD
by Joining as a Sponsor/Exhibitor
 
Why should you sponsor/exhibit
at the CACD 78th Annual Meeting?​

​We welcome and encourage you to join our efforts by sponsoring this annual event, sharing your expertise, and developing strong relationships with our state association, conservation districts and state partners!   
  • ​CACD as the State Association provides education and outreach assistance and acts as a unified voice at the Capitol for all Colorado Conservation Districts.
  • Conservation Districts are the pioneers of conservation and play a vital role in promoting good stewardship of the land. They help facilitate conservation programs to their local stakeholders and communities that improve soil health, water quality, water conservation, wildlife habitat, forest health, plant communities, and energy conservation​.

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​2022 CACD Poster Contest
“Healthy Soil, Healthy Life”

For the 2022 contest, you have a choice of working with both 5th and 6th graders, or you may choose to work with 5th grade only or 6th grade only. 
BRING YOUR POSTERS TO THE ANNUAL MEETING FOR PUBLIC DISPLAY AND VOTING!
VIEW ALL POSTERS AT THIS LINK!
SHARE THIS LINK FOR VIEWING!
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​2022 RESOURCE COMMITTEE MEETINGS - VIRTUAL NOVEMBER 14-18
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       Water: 
​       Monday 6:30 PM ​
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Energy: 
Tuesday 6:30 PM​
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 Education Outreach, Small Acreage, Urban Interface
 Wednesday 6:30 PM​
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 Soil and Land
 Thursday 6:30 PM​
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 District Outlook & Finance
 Friday 6:30 PM
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General Membership Dinner & Business Meeting: 
In-Person-Open To All!
Monday November 28 - 5:30 PM  - Marriott Colorado Springs Tech Center

November CACD Board of Directors Meeting

​2022 Partner & Affiliate Sponsors & Presenters
Thank you to our 2021 Sponsors!


Thank you to our 2020 Sponsors!


Thank you to our 2019 Sponsors


DIAMOND SPONSORS
  • Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
  • Natural Resources Conservation Service
  • Warner Ranch/Bob Warner
PLATINUM SPONSORS
  • OnTheBallot Consulting
  • Special District Association of Colorado 
  • CO Special Districts Property & Liability Pool
GOLD SPONSORS
  • American Petroleum Institute Colorado
  • Colorado State Conservation Board
  • Pawnee Buttes Seed
SILVER SPONSORS
  • Buffalo Brand Seed
  • BRONZE SPONSORS
  • AgRisk Advisors
  • Colorado Water Conservation Board
  • Rio Grande Conservation District
  • Truax Company
  • USDA NASS Mountain Regional Office
​DINNER BANQUET SPONSORS
  • CO Watershed Association In association with CDPHE Nonpoint Source
  • Walton Family Foundation

​EXIBITOR SPONSORS
  • Colorado Collaborative for Healthy Soils
  • Colorado Dept. of Ag & Colorado Energy Office
  • Colorado Watershed Assembly
  • Granite Seed and Erosion Control
  • Colorado Pheasants Forever
  • Pheasants Forever National Seed Program
  • Water Quality Control Division, CDPHE​
BREAK SPONSORS
  • Big Thompson Conservation District
  • Centennial Conservation District
  • Colorado Weed Management Association
  • Freemont/Mancos Conservation Districts
  • Haxtun Conservation District
  • Waugh & Goodwin, LLP
  • West Arapahoe Conservation District
FARM/RANCH SPONSORS
  • Rio West Farms
  • 4C Ranch
LIVE AUCTION SPONSORS
  • Cabela’s

Colorado Conservation District Employees Association

CACD Award Nomination Forms

CACD DISTRICT OF THE YEAR
The purpose of this award is to recognize a District’s outstanding and innovative conservation and agricultural initiatives and activities that have proven successful in reaching out to a variety of audiences, involving new partnerships, and spreading the conservation message. District programs that are honored will serve as models of excellence for other Conservation Districts.
COLORADO ASSOCIATION OF CONSERVATION DISTRICTS AWARD CATEGORIES


CACD EDUCATION PROGRAM OF THE YEAR
The purpose of this award is to recognize outstanding and innovative conservation and agricultural educational programs and activities that have proven successful in reaching out to a variety of audiences, involving new partnerships, and spreading the conservation message. Programs that are honored will serve as education models of excellence for other Conservation Districts.
CACD EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR
The purpose of this award is to recognize outstanding and innovative conservation and agricultural initiatives and activities that have proven successful in reaching out to a variety of audiences, involving new partnerships, and spreading the conservation message. The Educator that is honored will serve as models of excellence for other Conservation Districts Educators.

CACD CONSERVATIONIST OF THE YEAR - Farmer, Rancher, or Small Acreage Landowner
The purpose of this award is to recognize an outstanding individual that implements innovative conservation and agricultural practices that have proven successful. This Conservationist reaches out to a variety of audiences, engages new partnerships, and spreads the conservation message. The Conservationist that is honored will serve as models of excellence for other Conservationists.
CACD HALL OF FAME
The purpose of this award is to recognize a Supervisor that has outstanding and innovative conservation and agricultural initiative, has participated in activities that have proven successful in reaching out to a variety of audiences, engaging new partnerships, and spreading the conservation message. Supervisors that are honored will serve as models of excellence for other Conservation District Supervisors.
CACD SUPERVISOR OF THE YEAR
The purpose of this award is to recognize outstanding and innovative conservation and agricultural efforts and activities by a Supervisor that have been proven successful in reaching a variety of audiences, engaging new partnerships, and spreading the conservation message. Supervisors that are honored will serve as models of excellence for other Conservation District Supervisors.