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 earth’s 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.