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…
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
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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…
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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This 18th Annual Report reminds farmers that assistance the the Soil Conservation Service is available. Activites, accomplishments, and a calendar of events for 1963 are presented in this report.
Assistance with tile drainage was a major priority with farmers this year. The wet spring of 1960 and the rainy fall of 1961 created many wet areas that needed to be drained. The personnel of the Soil Conservation Service were glad to assist and…
The local District sponsored and was featured in the August-September issue of the Iowa Soil and Water Magazine.. Accomplishments and activities for 1961 are listed.
The number of land improvement and erosion control practices for 1960 and to date are listed as well as an explanation of activities that the District engaged in.
