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Holston River Soil & Water Conservation District
448 Commerce Drive Abingdon, VA 24211            (276) 628-8187
DISTRICT PROGRAMS
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Agricultural Cost Share Programs
Contact Lucee Kossler:  276-628-8187 ext 3
Livestock Watering Systems
Fencing
Public Water Connections

Residential Cost Share Programs
Contact Meg Short:  276-628-8187 ext 3

Septic Tank Pumpouts
Septic Tank Repairs
Connection to Public Sewer

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Beaver & Little Creek TMDL
Virginia Agriculture BMP Program
Cost-Share Programs
Education
HELPFUL INFO
Examples of Best
Management Practices
Publications
What is a Soil & Water Conservation District?
SWCDs are polictical subdivisions of State Government that utilize state, federal, and private resources to promote conservation.
Working Locally
SWCDs believe that conservation work is most easily accomplished at the local level. This means working with farmers and farm operators to get conservation practices on the ground.
Washington County Service Authority Cross Connection Information
Links
DISTRICT INFO
Who is the SWCD?
The SWCD consists of a Board of Directors, who are locally elected, and a technical staff.
What do we do?
Educate clients and school students, develop conservation plans, design and implement BMPs, pool resources to get conservation practices installed, and generally work to improve water quality.
Board of Directors
Staff
Our Partners
Directions
COUNTIES and DISTRICT OFFICES of SWVA:
Bland/Wythe Co:  Big Walker                           
Buchanan Co:  Big Sandy
City of Galax/Caroll/Grayson Co:  New River
Dickenson/Wise Co:  Lonesome Pine
Floyd/Giles/Montgomery/Pulaski Co:  Skyline
Lee Co:  Daniel Boone
Russell Co:  Clinch Valley 
Scott Co:  Scott County
Smyth Co:  Evergreen
Tazewell Co:  Tazewell
Washington Co:  Holston River
History of SWCD's
The farmland riparian zone is an environmentally complex and sensitive area that is critically important to a stream's health.  Planting trees and shrubs along stream banks and livestock exclusion from the stream both serve to reduce erosion and protect the sensitive life that make our waterways healthy and biodiverse. 
For Virginia's Erosion and Sediment Control Program, click on the picture to the right...  
Southwest Grazing Notes written by Upper Tennessee River Roundtable Grazing Systems Specialist Mike Altizer

January-February 2005 Edition

April 2005 Edition