Ralph E. Dewey, District Conservationist writes an editorial looking back across the thirty years of the District. Resource Conservation and Development became a reality December 18, 1975, in Southeast Iowa, when Congressman Ed Mezvinsky announced…
This report talks about new agreements with other local agencies for the purpose of planning cooperative action in erosion control. .Early in the year Lee, Louisa and Henry Districts joined with the Des Moines County Soil Conservation District in a…
The Commissioners told a legislative committee that a comprehensive land use policy is needed especially now that soil conservation districts have the responsibility of urban lands as well as rural lands. All lands are now a concern. The report also…
This 25 year anniversary report is dedicated To all those pioneering leaders of the soil conservation district movement~ who have generously given of t heir time and talents to advance the principles of good land use in Des Moines County between 1946…
This report explains the shared cooperative relationship between the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Soil Conservation Service and the Des Moines County Soil Conservation District in educating and assisting farmers with soil and water conservation…
Highlights for the year in this report include the following:The District in cooperation with several other agencies in the county helped publish a CONSERVATION FIELD TRIP GUIDE BOOK for the schools of Des Moines County. These books name and describe…
