This is a Des Moines County Soil and Water Conservation District banquet held in the late 1970's. In attendance are district commissioners, staff, and others engaged in conservation practices. In the second photo are Commissioners Ray Pilling at the…
In the first photo, Norman Berg is on the left. At the time, he was chief of the U.S. Soil Conservation Service and was visiting Iowa to talk about conservation issues. He is also in the last photo standing fourth from the left.
U.S. Soil Conservation Chief and Des Moines County native Norman Berg poses with three other men during a visit to Iowa in April 1980.. He is the third man from the left. In 1979, President Carter appointed Berg chief of the Soil Conservation…
