ODNR Division of Soil and Water Resources - District Offices

SWCD Forms

Offices/SWCDs

2011 SWCD Roster Directory (PDF 1.0 MB)

Ohio Soil and Water Conservation Commission

Ohio Association of SWCD Employees

Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)

Ohio Federation of SW Conservation Districts (OFSWCD)

National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD)

Soil and Water Conservation Districts
(SWCD)

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Rural drainage: wider-bottomed channel (L) and 1 year later (R)
      
2012 OSWCC Toolbox Grant Application Now Available
Created by the Ohio Soil & Water Conservation Commission (OSWCC) to support Ohio Soil & Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) in implementing new visions of conservation delivery, through innovative projects, programs, shared services, and collaboration.
Download an application packet now.
View the grant training webinar held 1/31/2012.

OSWCC Conservation Program Delivery Task Force
This group has been charged by the Govenor with the task of researching and recommending ways to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of Ohio's Soil and Water Conservation Districts.
Go to the Task Force information page now.

SWCDs provide assistance to urban and agricultural land users. Their specialties are soil erosion prevention and water management.
SWCDs work with farmers through a voluntary cooperative agreement.

Services include survey and design of:

  • grassed waterways

  • erosion control structures

  • surface and subsurface drainage

  • farm ponds

  • windbreaks

  • livestock waste management facilities

More Information on SWCDs:

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) assists districts in technical matters. SWCDs also sponsor a number of information and education programs, including no-till field days, pond clinics, forestry and wildlife field days and teacher conservation workshops. Many districts are also involved with Ohio youth through classroom visits, poster and essay contests and various other programs.

Each county SWCD is governed by a board of five locally elected landowners, who are familiar with the county’s resource needs and can deliver a tailor-made conservation program.

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