This 19th Annual Report includes helpful soil conservation information to farmers including the availability of conservation contractors to help with the installation. Accomplishments and activities carried out during the year are highlighted.
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Highlights included The first Parallel, cut and fill - tile inlet terraces were constructed in the county. The number of farms signed up as "cooperators" of the district increased 300% this year as 73 farm owners and operators signed up 12,235 acres…
Highlights of activities included: over 120,000 feet of cut and fill, tile inlet terraces were built. This more than doubles last year's accomplishments. Group Jobs (where two or more neighbors work together on a common .conservation
problem)…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
