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Article: Conservation districts connect.
- Article from:
- Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
- Article date:
- November 1, 2005
- Author:
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Even though the 3,000 U.S. conservation districts work with 2.3 million cooperating land managers and their efforts touch more than 778 million acres of private land, if Jay Leno's camera crew asked people about their thoughts on conservation districts, we'd probably hear "um" or "What you are talking about?"
Conservation districts go by many different names--soil and water conservation districts, land conservation committees, natural resource districts and more--but they all work toward a similar goal. They nurture the land and our natural resources in several ways. In past decades, a large portion of their mission has grown to include communication. Districts ...