The St. Joseph County Soil and Water Conservation District has formed many strong formal and informal partnerships with organizations and agencies in the area of natural resources.
Visit the Indiana Conservation Partnership Reports website at www.in.gov/isda/icpreports for Indiana Soil & Water Conservation District success stories and local, state and federal funding source breakdown and definitions for each county.
Members of the Indiana Conservation Partnership are:
Indiana Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts and our 92 SWCDs
Indiana Department of Environmental Management
Indiana Department of Natural Resources
ISDA Division of Soil Conservation
Purdue Cooperative Extension Service
State Soil Conservation Board
USDA Farm Service Agency
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
The Indiana Conservation Partnership (ICP) members have been working since 2009 under the 20/20, Vision for the Future strategic plan.
The partners are using the ICP strategic plan to focus their efforts on:
increased conservation funding
an effective conservation delivery system
accountability and measurable results
developing strong leaders
using the best technology, and
sending a consistent and positive message about conservation in Indiana.
The chart below highlights just a few of the more prominent of our formal and informal relationships with other agencies:
FEDERAL AGENCIES
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) - www.usda.gov
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) - www.nrcs.usda.gov
