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1978 Oren Champ and others on a soil conservation tour

Oren Champ was a conservation technician who started working for Des Moines County in 1970 and continued in that position until the late 1970s. He is the man with curly hair and glasses wearing a white shirt. In the first photo, he is seated next to…

Oren Champ, Howard Bright, and Dorothy Davis

Conservation technician Oren, Champ, District Soil Conservationist Howard Bright and District Secretary Dorothy Davis look at a brochure about the Des Moines County Soil and Water Conservation District.

Oren Champ and survey equipment

These photos show conservation technician Oren Champ surveying the soil in a rural area.

Pheasants in snowy field

Pheasants can be seen behind a fence in a snowy field.

Planting seeds

A man on a tractor plants seeds in a field.

Weed control spraying

A man in an enclosed tractor is spraying a field for weed control

1970's Ralph Dewey and Oren Champ

District conservationist Ralph Dewey holds shows off a birthday cake for him while conservation technician Oren Champ looks at it.

1976 Ralph Dewey, Jack Jacobs, another man

District conservationist Ralph Dewey, outgoing commissioner Jack Jacobs, and another unidentified man talk at a conservation banquet.

1976 Ray Pilling and Clyde Sherer, Commissioners

These two Des Moines County Soil and Water Conservation District commissioners talk at a meeting.

1970's Commissioner Rex Troute

This is a photo of Rex Troute, Des Moines County Soil and Water Conservation District commissioner from 1968-1974

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