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 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…
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.
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…
This document, written in celebration of the district's 50th anniversary, is a reminder of the financial and technical assistance available from the Des Moines County Soil an Water Conservation District. There is also some trivia from 1946 and …
This county map shows the townships and identifies railroads, lakes, center of cities and county seats, farms, churches, post offices, schools, stores and other entities by symbols.
This book contains Des Moines County plat maps of the townships and a farmer's directory which includes their locations on the maps. Rural owners are listed alphabetically by last name, followed by first name, name of township and section number. The…