Program Specialists
with contact information

 

Soil and Water Conservation Districts
(SWCD)

Rural drainage: wider-bottomed channel (L) and 1 year later (R)

	Webinar from October 30th Statewide SWCD Administrators Meeting Use the link below to replay the webinar.  You will be asked to provide an e-mail address and some basic personnal informaton in order to view the recorded webinar. View Webinar Here.
	2013 Watershed Education Mini-Grant Program To provide small grants to county Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) for projects focusing on watershed education for schools and the general public. This program was initiated to strengthen the outreach efforts of SWCDs and to develop model education projects that can be replicated in other counties. View Introductory Webinar for BOTH Watershed and Nutrient Grants Here. Download Application form and additional information now. (260 KB PDF)
	2013 Nutrient Reduction Outreach Grant Program To provide grants to county Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) for projects focusing on educating communities and individuals on water quality impacts from excess nutrients entering our streams, rivers and lakes. This program was initiated to strengthen the outreach efforts of SWCDs and to develop model outreach and education projects and materials that will aid in reducing nutrient loads to Ohio’s streams, rivers and lakes and can be replicated in other counties. View Introductory Webinar for BOTH Watershed and Nutrient Grants Here. Download Application form and additional information now. (620 KB PDF)
	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:

• Newsletter Articles and News Release Templates
• For district contacts, please use the SWCD Roster Directory OR the Select an SWCD pull down menu. Both are in the upper right corner of this page.

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.

Affiliate Links

• Chapter 1511 & 1515 of the Ohio Revised Code

• Ohio Soil and Water Conservation Commission (OSWCC)

• National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD)

• Ohio Federation of Soil and Water Conservation Districts (OFSWCD)

• Ohio Association of Soil and Water Conservation District Employees

• Ohio Chapter of the Soil and Water Conservation Society

• Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)

Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program Links

• Buffalo District Corps of Engineers regulatory website (Covers the L. Erie watershed in Ohio)

• Coastal States Organization

• Great Lakes Basin Program for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control

• Great Lakes Commission

• Great Lakes Information Network

• Lake Erie Coastal Ohio

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Online Magazine)

• NOAA Coastal Management website

• ODNR Office of Coastal Management

• Ohio EPA 401/Wetland Section

• Ohio Lake Erie Coastal Atlas

• Ohio Lake Erie Commission

• Ohio Sea Grant

• Ohio Watershed Network

• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Great Lakes Coastal Program

• USEPA Guidance Specifying Management Measures for Sources of Nonpoint Pollution in Coastal Waters

• Canon Envirothon