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Make Your Voice Heard! Take the Rowan County Land Use Survey

To participate, please answer the Online Survey Take the Survey ARE YOU INTERESTED IN SHAPING LAND USE POLICIES AFFECTING ROWAN COUNTY?Share your opinion by taking the brief survey during the month…

N.C. Cooperative Extension-Rowan County Center WE ARE HIRING SUMMER INTERN • paid summer internship • will be immersed in the total Extension program • should have a strong work ethic, positive attitude, and should enjoy working with youth and adults Appl

Summer Internship Opportunity!

Help us spread the word that N.C. Cooperative Extension – Rowan County Center is looking for a summer intern!This opportunity is open to currently enrolled undergraduate students who have at least a…

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What Is a Conservation Easement?

Join us on Thursday, February 8th, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., to learn more about Conservation Easements.The speaker will be Emily Callicutt of Three Rivers Land Trust.Dinner will be provided!Click here…

leaves on the lawn

Don't Blow It, Mulch It

It's Fall, Y'all! The leaves and the pine needles fall daily, and the leafblowers are in full blast. Using a gas-powered leaf blower not only causes air pollution but it causes noise pollution too.…

Book Title: Pollinator Gardening For the South; Creating Sustainable Habitats by: Danesha Seth-Carley & Anne Spafford

Solitary Bees Are Pollinators Too

Bees in the lawn?Have you noticed bees flying low along your grass and digging little holes?If so, you might have digger bees.Many common species of solitary bees nest in individual holes in the…

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Present Use Value

2023 is a tax revaluation year for Rowan County. Real Estate prices have increased since our last revaluation in 2019, so while our tax rate is not growing, the value of your property has increased,…

Purple coneflowers (Echinacea) with orange cone centers amid green foliage

Gardening and Climate Change

You only need to spend a few hours outside these past few weeks to realize it's hot out there. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Center for Environmental Information data…