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What
is a County Conservation District?
Over 50 years ago state legislators recognized the need to support
grassroots conservation efforts. As a result, the Conservation
District law was passed authorizing the creation of county conservation
districts. Today there is a conservation district established
in every Pennsylvania county, except Philadelphia.
The
Northampton County Conservation District was founded in 1961
when a group of farmers joined together to promote the use of
conservation practices to protect soil and water resources in
Northampton County. In the history of the District, programs
in voluntary participation of soil and water conservation have
been adopted. Today, farmers in the County have developed Conservation
Plans and the non-farm sector, involved with earth disturbance,
has developed Erosion and Sediment Pollution Control Plans.
The implementation of these plans is one of the primary ways
the resouces of Northampton County are being conserved.
What
is Soil Conservation?
Soil Conservation is a set of management strategies
that are used to prevent soil from being eroded from the earths
surface or becoming chemically altered by overuse. Various strategies,
or best management practices (BMPs), are used by farmers, excavation
contractors and others to acheive this goal.
In other words, it is the best way to make sure we have the
land we need to live on.
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