About Us
Each county in Tennessee has a Soil & Water Conservation District. We are always hard at work in several different areas to serve the landowners and farm operators in natural resources & agricultural conservation. The Districts work together as a team for the benefit of the entire state of Tennessee.
Mission
Erosion control and water quality improvement for the residents of Stewart County are the primary concerns of the District. It is our mission to coordinate assistance and develop locally driven solutions to our agriculturally based natural resource problems. We strive to inform land users on ways to reduce erosion and improve water quality through a comprehensive program of technical, financial, and educational resources, making them available to our clients without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, religious belief, age, disability, political beliefs, and marital or familial status.
History
Conservation districts in the United States trace their formation to the 1930s, when national attention was focused on the crisis of the Dust Bowl. Congress passed Public Law 46 in 1935, declaring soil and water conservation a national policy, and in l937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt recommended that states allow landowners to form soil and water conservation districts. Today, there are close to 3000 conservation districts across the country.
Stewart County SWCD
The Stewart County Soil & Water Conservation District was chartered in March 1953. It was known as the Stewart County Soil Conservation District until it changed its name to Stewart County Soil & Water Conservation District in 2021.
The founding board members in 1953 were:
J.D. Fuller
H.G. Lancaster
R.B. Askew
Lee Smith
C.C. Hamilton Jr.
