GULF COAST SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION
DISTRICT
WHO WE ARE:
The Gulf Coast Soil and Water Conservation District comprises all of
Parishes. The district was formed in 1945, and its
goals are to coordinate conservation
activities and
educational programs, and to provide technical assistance to landowners and
units of
government on the use of their soil, water, and related resources. The
District board is
composed of 5 supervisors.
Harold
Aymond - Chairman
Edwin Quinn - Vice Chairman
Louis Barbe III - Secretary/Treasurer
William
Hardeman - Member
Jim Paul Dupont - Member
FUNCTION:
To take available technical, financial and
educational resources, whatever their source, and
or focus coordinate them so that they may meet the needs of the local land
manager with
conservation of the soil, water, and related natural resources.
WE
SERVE:
Land users, Land owners, Consultants, Schools,
Civic and Professional Organizations, and local
governing bodies such as Police Juries and Drainage Districts within
WHY:
The District is a political subdivision of the
State of
Federal Government by addressing natural resource concerns at a local level.
MISSON
STATEMENT:
The Gulf Coast Soil and Water Conservation District provides technical
assistance to District
Co-operators and others through education, planning, and implementation of
sound conservation
practices to treat critical natural resource concerns.
CRITICAL
NATURAL
RESOURCE ISSUES:
1. Coast Habitat Degradation
2. Surface Water Quality
3. Declining Aquifer
4. Declining Timber Quality on Small Private Timberlands
5. Declining Quality of Grazing Lands
Frank Chapman, District Conservationist, NRCS
Dustin Farmer, Soil
Conservationist, NRCS
George Mason, Soil Conservation
Technician, NRCS
Marc Carlson, Agriculture
Environmental Specialist,
Patti Busby, District Secretary,
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