While public access to the Richland County Administration Building is restricted, the Richland Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) is making a selection of spring vegetable, herb and wildflower seeds available to the public via US Mail at no cost.

April's Plant of the Month is spiderwort, Tradescantia ohiensis. 

March's plant of the month is red columbine, Aquilegia canadensis.

The Richland Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) has awarded three Conservation Education Mini-Grants totaling $2,000 to support local schools’ environmental efforts this spring. With the three newly awarded grants, the Richland SWCD has funded 75 youth conservation projects in Richland County since 2012.

Jennifer Mancke of Harmony School has been named SC's Conservation Teacher of the Year by the SC Association of Conservation Districts.