The district believes programs to meet oncoming resource and environmental needs should be directed toward 1) preventing waste, pollution, and damage to natural resources; 2) improving the quality of the resources; 3) exploring and developing the…
The district program lists in brief the erosion problems and causes, the related economic and social factors, and the long time objectives and recommendations for the district.
This document is a supplemental Memorandum of Understanding between the Des Moines County Soil Conservation District and the Soil Conservation Service - United States Department of Agriculture. That Memorandum establishes a basis for the cooperation…
This letter from Lyall H. Mitchell, Area Conservationist, expresses concern that little or no mention was made of the State Soil Conservation Committee or State Funds and the assistance these provide to the district in the District Program and Work…
This issue of the Mediapolis News is devoted to the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Des Moines County Soil and Water Conservation Distirct. Photographs and information about each of the District Commissioners an Assistant Commissioners is…
Land use figures for each soil conservation district in Iowa were estimated by SCS field office personnel as part of the District Resource Inventory. - These values were undated and adjusted where necessary to reflect 1978~79 conditions.
This issue of Iowa Soil and Water highlights the Des Moines County Soil District introducing staff working in the area of soil conservation and articles on conservation written by conservation personnel working in Des Moines County.
The author points out that urban soil conservation is just as important as agricultural conservation and has not been addressed until recently. Soil erosion that results in large amounts of soil sliding into the Mississippi River and its…
A letter from Ralph E. Dewey, District Conservationist, points out that the attached Iowa highway map for Des Moines County shows floodplain areas that would be a flooding problem without levees.
