SWCD News:

The SWCD/NRCS Office will be closed on...

  1. Monday, January 2, 2012 (Holiday) 
  2. Mon/Tues/Wed, January 9-11, 2012 (IASWCD Annual Conference
  3. Monday, January 16, 2012 (Holiday)

  

May 24th 1954 - Soil and Water Conservation District is established
  

May 24th 2011 -
57 years later... 
Plant A Million Project: we planted 26 hardwood trees (red oak, bur oak) at Beckenholdt Family Park.

   

 
Our Address &
Phone, Fax:

1101 W Main St Ste N Greenfield, IN 46140
 

Phone:317-462-2283 #3  
Fax: 317-462-0769

  

SWCD Staff:

Cindy Newkirk;      

District Administrator...
Technician...
Environmental Educator  

Alice Bogemann:
Office Assistant

NRCS Staff

Wes Slain;           

NRCS District Conservationist

In Indiana, a Soil and Water Conservation District is a subdivision of State Government and is responsible for soil and water conservation programs within its boundaries. The purposes of the SWCD is to provide information about soil, water, and related natural resource conservation; identify and prioritize local soil and water resource concerns; and connect land users to sources of educational, technical, and financial assistance to implement conservation practices and technologies.  Established May 24,1954.

Our current Board of Supervisors and Associate Supervisors are:  

Supervisors:

Ray Helms, Chair

Tom Nigh

Mike Conner

John Moran

Gerald Mercer

Associate Supervisors: 

Jim Cherry, Alice Bogemann, Tom Roney,
Brian Gandy, Jeannie Foster, Dave Huffman  
CUF Grant Tree Planting 2011
Cindy Newkirk, District Administrator, planting 26 hardwood trees at Beckenholdt Family Park - May 24, 2011

Cover Crops!
© 2012 Hancock SWCD

HANCOCK COUNTY SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT

 
 
 
Brandywine Creek Watershed Project 2011-2020
Brandywine Creek Watershed Project 2011-2020