GULF COAST SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT
               Calcasieu and Cameron Parishes


WHO WE ARE:            The Gulf Coast Soil and Water Conservation District comprises all of Calcasieu and Cameron

            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 Calcasieu and Cameron Parishes.

WHY:               The District is a political subdivision of the State of Louisiana that provides aid to the
                                                 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

          LAKE CHARLES FIELD OFFICE STAFF:

         Frank Chapman, District Conservationist, NRCS
         Dustin Farmer, Soil Conservationist, NRCS         
         George Mason, Soil Conservation Technician, NRCS

         Marc Carlson, Agriculture Environmental Specialist, Louisiana SWCC

         Patti Busby, District Secretary, Gulf Coast SWCD
         Celina Yentzen, Office/Program Assistant, Gulf Coast SWCD

        

                                  

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