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PROMOTING SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION IN
HICKMAN COUNTY SINCE 1951

Monday, December 15, 2014

On September 19, 1933 actual operation of the Soil Erosion Service began.  Hugh H. Bennett transferred from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to the U.S. Department of the Interior as Director of the Soil Erosion Service.  He was the first and only employee of the new agency on this date.  The following day Lillian Wieland entered on duty as his secretary.  From this beginning the agency’s growth  was rapid and many thousands of people were employed during subsequent years.

The first great dust storm was on May 11, 1934, (see photo on left) originating in the “Dust Bowl” of the Great Plains area sweeping fine soil particles over Washington, D.C., and 300 miles out into the Atlantic Ocean. 

On February 27, 1937, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States, recommended that states allow landowners to form soil and water conservation districts.

*On August 4, 1937, the first Soil Conservation District was organized in the United States.  Established in North Carolina in parts of Anson and Union Counties the district was named “Brown Creek Soil Conservation District”.

Upcoming Events

Mon Jun 19 @ 8:00AM - 05:00PM
Juneteenth
Tue Jul 04 @ 8:00AM - 05:00PM
4th of July
Thu Jul 06 @ 5:30PM -
HCSCD Board Meeting
Thu Aug 03 @ 5:30PM -
HCSCD Board Meeting