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Providing leadership and education for protecting, enhancing and utilizing the soil and water of Howard County, Iowa.

Howard County, Iowa

Land Area = 473 square miles
2010 population = 9,566
Farmland in 2002 = 269,400 acres (89% of county)

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Commissioners

The Howard Soil & Water Conservation District is made up of five locally elected residents of Howard County who serve as volunteers providing local program guidance to solve natural resource c0ncerns within the district. The commissioners meet on the second Tuesday of every month which is open to the public.

Front: Glen Pietan, Harlan Hickle, Irene Lund (Assistant Commissioner)
Back: Mike Natvig, Mike Lewis, Bart Wilson, Rex Kleckner (Assistant Commissioner)

Field Office Staff

The Howard County and Mitchell County NRCS (Natural Resources Conservation Service) offices are a Shared Management Unit. The Howard SWCD is co-located within the NRCS office. At times, the office will be short-staffed and possibly closed due to field work activities.

L-R: Neil Shaffer, Staff/Beaver Creek Water Quality Project Coordinator; Shereen Ries, Soil Conservation Technician; Kurt Hoeft, District Conservationist, Shannon Hurd, IDALS Secretary; Chad Gilles, Lake Hendricks Project Coordinator

Missing from photo: Beth Rachut, Resource Conservationist

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