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BY KAREN ROBISON
Rappahannock News
Contributing Writer
When going to the election polls last month, some residents may have been puzzled to find they were to vote for candidates to serve as directors of the Soil & Water Conservation District. “I knew the candidate running for the office, but I found myself wondering, ‘What is the Soil & Water Conservation District? And what does a director do?” commented one resident.
Congress passed legislation in 1935 to create Soil & Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs). These districts provide local citizens an opportunity to be involved in issues pertaining to their county’s soil and water resources. Virginia’s SWCDs are self-governed, political subdivisions of the Commonwealth of Virginia that work cooperatively with federal, state, and local agencies.
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