OUR STORY

South Dakota Conservation Districts were developed more than 75 years ago as local forms of government. The districts are overseen by locally elected officials. 

Conservation Districts originated after the Dust Bowl when everyone lost much of their top soil and understood the value of protecting our natural resources. What started by simply planting more trees to break the wind has expanded to implement technology and farming practices to protect our air, soil, water, and wildlife.

Edmunds County Conservation District leads campaigns that promote real solutions to some of the biggest challenges faced by agriculture. We challenge the notion that the way things are is the way things should always be, and are proud to be a force for positive transformation.