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Baxter County Conservation District
406 W. Wade Ave. ste. 2 Mtn. Home, Arkansas 72653 Office Hours: 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Monday - Friday Bd. meetings held 2nd Thursday every month @ 4:30 pm. open to public Phone: 870-425-3527 ex. 3 Fax: 870-424-3747 E-mail: Tina.Haun@ar.nacdnet.net baxter county conservation district facebook Board of Directors: MARK KEATON- CHAIRMAN SHERRIE BUFFORD- BD SEC/TRES. SALLY HALL MEL CRAWFORD ROBERT BENEDICT District Employees: Tina M. Haun, District Adm. Secretary John Cotenas, Grassland Spec. Buster Bodenhamer, District Conservation Planning Spec. NRCS Employees: Joe Massey, NRCS, District Conservationist REGGIE WATSON, NRCS PROGRAM SUPPORT SPEC. |
TOP LEFT TO RIGHT: SHERRIE BUFFORD, SALLY HALL, MARK KEATON/CHAIRMAN
BOTTOM LEFT TO RIGHT: MEL CRAWFORD AND ROBERT BENEDICT
WE NOW HAVE TWO NEWLY ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS AND RE-ELECTED SHERRIE BUFFORD.. SALLY HALL, NEWLY ELECTED, IS A NATIVE TO MTN. HOMNE GREW UP ON A BEEF FARM. MARRIED ROB, HUSBAND OF 19 YEARS. WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN RAISING BEEF AND HAY.. SHE LOVES THE OUTDOORS AND FEELS CONSERVATION IS VERY IMNPORTANT TO MANY PEOPLE FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. SALLY SAYS, "WE ALL LIVE HERE AND WANT TO MAINTAIN THE PRISTINE AIR AND WATER QUALITY WE ENJOY IN OUR LITTLE PART OF THE WORLD". MARK KEATON, NEWLY ELECTED, GREW UP ON A BEEF AND POULTRY FARM IN SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS. MARRIED TO DONYA AND THEY HAVE A SON BRETT THAT WILL SOON GRADUATE . MARK IS LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING A PART OF THE CONSERVATION BOARD TO REPRESENT AND ASSIST AREA PRODUCERS WITH GOOD CONSERVATION PRACTICES. HE FEELS THAT WITH HIS PAST WORK EXPERIENCE THAT HE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE BAXTER CO. CONSERVATION BOARD. *** ROBERT BENEDICT WAS ADDED TO OUR BOARD IN JANUARY WHEN HE WAS APPOINTED TO THE POSITION ON JAN. 8TH 2021 |
JOE MASSEY
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REGGIE WATSON
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TINA M. HAUN
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Buster Bodenhamer
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THE PURPOSE OF THE BAXTER COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT IS......
TO ASSIST BAXTER COUNTY IN THEIR EFFORTS TO SERVE THE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT AREA. THE BAXTER COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT ALONG WITH THE NRCS OFFERS DIFFERENT KINDS OF FARM PROGRAMS.
THE BAXTER COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT ALONG WITH NRCS OFFERS A VARIETY OF FINANCIAL INCENTIVES TO WOODLAND OWNERS WHO ARE ENGAGED IN CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES. SOME OF THE PROGRAMS WE PROVIDE HAVE TO DO WITH CURBING WATER EROSION, CONSERVING SOIL AND WATER RESOURCES, ESTABLISHING WILDLIFE HABITAT, MANAGING FOREST LANDS, AND RESTORING WETLANDS. THE BAXTER COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT ALSO MAKES AVAILABLE TO LAND USERS THE EQUIPMPENT NEEDED TO CARRY OUT SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BAXTER COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND THE NRCS? WHAT DO THEY DO? HOW CAN THEY HELP ME? THOSE ARE QUESTIONS TO WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWERS.
THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT SERVES THE COUNTY BY RECOGNIZING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THEN BY COORDINATING AND ASSISTING THE EFFORTS OF VARIOUS STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES.
WE ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE A UNIFIED CONSERVATION PROGRAM AIMED AT SOLVING LOCAL SOIL AND WATER PROBLEMS.
THE BAXTER COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT IS LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION WITHIN IT'S TERRITORY, AS A COUNTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ROADS, OR A SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR EDUCATION.
HELP AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT COULD INCLUDE ANYTHING FROM SELECTING OF THE BEST TYPE OF GRASS TO PLANT TO PLANNING AND BUILDING LARGE MULTIPURPOSE WATERSHED PROJECTS.
THE NRCS IS ONE OF THE FEDERAL AGENCIES WHICH CLOSELY COOPERATES WITH THE BAXTER COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT. THE BAXTER COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND NRCS SHARE COMMON OFFICES AND GOALS. THOUGH THE BAXTER COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT IS IN NO WAY LIMITED TO THE NRCS FOR HELP THE TWO HAVE A CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP.
THE NRCS IS THE ONLY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGENCY THAT HAS MONEY APPROPRIATED EACH YEAR TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT FOR IT'S USE IN CARRYING OUT AN EFFECTIVE AND LOCALLY CONTROLLED SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM.
THE NRCS STAFF INCLUDES CONSERVATION PLANNERS, TECHNICIANS, AND SPECIALIST IN ANY RELATED FIELD.
INFORMATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE TO ALL LAND USERS ON PLANNING PROPER USE OF THE SOIL, SOILS INFORMATION, SOIL AND WATER ENGINEERING WORK AND PLANT GUIDES.
TO GET MORE INFORMATION FROM THE BAXTER COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT CALL US AT 425-3527 EX. 3 OR COME BY THE OFFICE AT 406 W. WADE AVE. STE. 2 IN MOUNTAIN HOME.
TO ASSIST BAXTER COUNTY IN THEIR EFFORTS TO SERVE THE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT AREA. THE BAXTER COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT ALONG WITH THE NRCS OFFERS DIFFERENT KINDS OF FARM PROGRAMS.
THE BAXTER COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT ALONG WITH NRCS OFFERS A VARIETY OF FINANCIAL INCENTIVES TO WOODLAND OWNERS WHO ARE ENGAGED IN CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES. SOME OF THE PROGRAMS WE PROVIDE HAVE TO DO WITH CURBING WATER EROSION, CONSERVING SOIL AND WATER RESOURCES, ESTABLISHING WILDLIFE HABITAT, MANAGING FOREST LANDS, AND RESTORING WETLANDS. THE BAXTER COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT ALSO MAKES AVAILABLE TO LAND USERS THE EQUIPMPENT NEEDED TO CARRY OUT SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE BAXTER COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND THE NRCS? WHAT DO THEY DO? HOW CAN THEY HELP ME? THOSE ARE QUESTIONS TO WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE ANSWERS.
THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT SERVES THE COUNTY BY RECOGNIZING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AND THEN BY COORDINATING AND ASSISTING THE EFFORTS OF VARIOUS STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES.
WE ARE ABLE TO ACHIEVE A UNIFIED CONSERVATION PROGRAM AIMED AT SOLVING LOCAL SOIL AND WATER PROBLEMS.
THE BAXTER COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT IS LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION WITHIN IT'S TERRITORY, AS A COUNTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ROADS, OR A SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR EDUCATION.
HELP AVAILABLE THROUGH THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT COULD INCLUDE ANYTHING FROM SELECTING OF THE BEST TYPE OF GRASS TO PLANT TO PLANNING AND BUILDING LARGE MULTIPURPOSE WATERSHED PROJECTS.
THE NRCS IS ONE OF THE FEDERAL AGENCIES WHICH CLOSELY COOPERATES WITH THE BAXTER COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT. THE BAXTER COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND NRCS SHARE COMMON OFFICES AND GOALS. THOUGH THE BAXTER COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT IS IN NO WAY LIMITED TO THE NRCS FOR HELP THE TWO HAVE A CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP.
THE NRCS IS THE ONLY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGENCY THAT HAS MONEY APPROPRIATED EACH YEAR TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT FOR IT'S USE IN CARRYING OUT AN EFFECTIVE AND LOCALLY CONTROLLED SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAM.
THE NRCS STAFF INCLUDES CONSERVATION PLANNERS, TECHNICIANS, AND SPECIALIST IN ANY RELATED FIELD.
INFORMATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE TO ALL LAND USERS ON PLANNING PROPER USE OF THE SOIL, SOILS INFORMATION, SOIL AND WATER ENGINEERING WORK AND PLANT GUIDES.
TO GET MORE INFORMATION FROM THE BAXTER COUNTY CONSERVATION DISTRICT CALL US AT 425-3527 EX. 3 OR COME BY THE OFFICE AT 406 W. WADE AVE. STE. 2 IN MOUNTAIN HOME.
