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 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…
U.S. Soil Conservation Chief, Norm Berg, came to Des Moines County in 1980 to hear about no-till farming procedures that were being used to fight soil erosion. Here he talks to others who are interested in soil conservation practices.
