Tracy Harl, 17, of Pulaski, was the regional winner of the soil conservation districts speech contest held Thursday evening at the Ottumwa Holiday Inn. Second and third-lace winners were Dawn Singleton, 14 and Rita Gergely, 17.
The Soil Conservation Service in Davis County held a public meeting to get ideas and opinions for developing a resource conservation program for the future. A comprehensive conservation program must be developed every five year by conservation…
The following nine Davis County representatives were among 500 people attending the 28th annual conference for Soil Conservation District Commissioners of Iowa Sunday through Tuesday in Des Moines.: Mr. and Mrs. LaVern Weilbrenner, Mr. and Mrs. Iles…
Contestants in the Davis County Soil Conservation Queen contest at the Old Soldiers and Settlers Reunion include Valerie Smith, Rosezelma Funk, Bonny Rysdam, becky Brown, sabeth Barnett, Terry Christy, Cindy Leonard, Beth Wix, and Kathy Dunlavy
Iles Head was elected chairman of a Davis County Resource Coordinating Committee that has been formed to give local residents the opportunity for public participation in future water quality plans.
A coordinating committee will be formed in Davis County to assist in identifying goals and guidelines for water managment plans, rules and regulations that should be developed and priorities for future action programs.Suggestions will be to the Iowa…
The Davis County Soil Conservation District received 56 requests for cost sharing assistance from local landowners and 49 of these requests were approved. Davis County received $28,000 over a two year period to distribute to landowners.
Verle Arnold, Davis County Soil Conservation Service (SCS) director, spoke at the Blomfield Rotary Club about soil erosion. He said that less than half of Iowa's land is adequately protected against erosion. He gave some of the history of soil…
