The Soil Conservation Office will be closed on December 25th in recognition of Christmas Day. Christmas is celebrated on December 25 and is both a sacred religious holiday and a worldwide cultural and commercial phenomenon. For two millennia, people around the world have been observing it with traditions and practices that are both religious and […]

The Soil Conservation Office will be closed on Monday January 1st in recognition of New Year's Day. Civilizations around the world have been celebrating the start of each new year for at least four millennia. Today, most New Year’s festivities begin on December 31 (New Year’s Eve), the last day of the Gregorian calendar, and […]

The Soil Conservation Office will be closed on January 15th in recognition of Martin Luther King's Birthday. On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the entire nation pauses in remembrance of a civil rights hero. At least, that’s the point of the federal holiday that takes place on the third Monday of each January. MLK Day was […]