Southeast Arkansas Stormwater Education

09/09/2024

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Established in 2017, National CleanUp Day stands as the largest single-day cleanup event in the United States, bringing together over 2 million volunteers in...

08/15/2024

I encourage everyone to take a moment to record daily for a week all the ways you use water. Then I would like for you to look at ways that you can conserve water daily. August is National Water Quality Month but we should all work hard to conserve water. Please contact the Jefferson County Extension Service at 870-534-1033 for more information.

07/19/2024

Residents are encouraged to send photos and address of flood damaged areas via text to 501-837-1523 or email to [email protected] (Edwin Jones) or [email protected] (Philip Massirer) by July 28, 2024.

Engin­eers for a fed­er­ally fun­ded pilot water­shed project sup­por­ted by the Arkan­sas Black May­ors Asso­ci­ation are ask­ing for res­id­ents affected by flood­ing to send pho­tos and descrip­tions of the impact by July 28. Edwin Jones, a...

03/12/2024

Some important tips as we all start mowing our lawns.

Jefferson County Extension’s Kevin Harris was a guest on Sunrise Deltaplex with Rick Walker. They spoke about keeping a clean yard and how to handle lawn clippings and other materials when mowing. Rick asked Harris if we have problems with that here in our area […]

01/29/2024

Water issues have been in the news throughout the month of January. This is a good time to look at ways we can conserve water.

West Helena resident Robert Martin, 85, stands at the kitchen sink of his home Thursday while water trickles from his faucet. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Josh Snyder)

01/19/2024

The snow is melting today which is great for the citizens of Jefferson County. So I want to take a moment to encourage people to attend the Watershed Project Scoping Meeting TOMORROW Saturday January 20, 2024 at 10 am at the Pine Bluff Convention Center.

A public meeting will be held this Saturday at the Pine Bluff Convention Center to allow citizen input on an upcoming watershed project. Kevin Harris from the County Extension Service was a guest on Sunrise Deltaplex to explain why the input from the public is […]

01/04/2024

Mark your calendar to attend this very important meeting. Date - January 20, 2024 Time - 10 AM Location - Pine Bluff Convention Center 1 Convention Center Drive Pine Bluff, AR 71601

10/02/2023

Take a moment to make a difference in Pine Bluff.

09/28/2023

05/12/2023

Let's stop and take a moment to give thanks for our food and our farmers that work hard to produce the food. It's great to teach young kids about where their food comes from and about careers in agriculture.

Making sure people have access to healthy and affordable foods is a problem across Arkansas, and Pine Bluff is working to solve the issue one healthy step at...

04/20/2023

Mark your calendar!

04/17/2023

Come out on Earth Day April 22, 2023 and participate in the City of Pine Bluff Cleanup from 8 am - 12 pm. Meeting location: Detective Kevin D. Collins Building, Pine Bluff Civic Center Complex, 200 East 8th Avenue (use the east side entrance on the ground level). You are not required to work all 4 hours so if you only have 1 or 2 hours to volunteer that is just fine. We understand everyone is busy.