The Sheridan County Conservation District is one
of 34 Conservation Districts in Wyoming,
organized as a local subdivision of State
Government under the Wyoming Department of
Agriculture. The mandate of local
Conservation Districts is to oversee a
comprehensive program of natural resource
conservation under the direction of a
locally-elected volunteer Board of Supervisors,
a number of volunteer Associate Supervisors, and
a paid District Staff. In the past, the
focus has been on the agricultural community.
However, the Conservation District recognizes
the importance of including urban areas in
conservation programs and strives to blend
programs that benefit urban and rural residents
and involve all natural resource users.
Some
of the District programs include:
Watershed Assessments and Planning;
Water Resource improvements, including improvements to
Animal
Feeding Operations,
Septic
Systems, and Streambank/Stream Channel Restoration;
Waste Management;
Natural Resource Education;
Tree Planting Programs; and
Land-Use Planning, including
subdivision reviews. |
