The Des Moines County Soil Conservation District finished its first full year in operation. Interest in soil conservation has been growing. Staff worked with individual farmers and groups on conservation plans and activities.
This was the first soil conservation meeting held in February 1946. It was the beginning of the Des Moines County Soil and Water Conservation District. In the photo are Commissioners John Blaul, Edwin Cling. and Noah Schrock.
Also pictured are…
Frank H. Mendell, State Conservationist, writes to Noah Schrock, Chairman of the Des Moines County Soil Conservation District, expressing his interest in the 1946 Annual Report of the District, the first one.
In this first annual report, there is information about the formation of the Des Moines County Soil Conservation. The commissioners set up a plan of action and set up for the district plans and objectives. Better use of land and the conservation of…
These are the results of the elections for Des Moines County Soil and Water Conservation Districts Commissioners from the 1940's to the 1990's. There is also a list of the Soil and Water Conservation Districts in Iowa and when they were chartered.
The first memorandum is a statement of purpose between the Des Moines County Conservation District and the U.S.Department of Agriculture. The second is a supplemental memorandum of understanding between the Des Moines County Soil Conservation…
This work plan of this new conservation district explains its purpose, objectives, when and how organized, and the methods used in meeting the goals of the organization. The district will cooperate with other agencies in providing educational…
This program attempts to set forth soil conservation and land use ·problems of Des Moines County and to state what the district desires to achieve. This document gives a history of how and when the service was started and the desire to control the…
