Every County in New York State has a Soil and Water Conservation District. The State passed enabling legislation for the creation of our agency after Congress, in 1937 established a federal conservation agency to address the nation's problems caused by the "dust bowl". The legislation empowered local soil and water conservation districts to carry out and promote soil and water conservation programs.
The Ulster County Soil and Water Conservation District was formed by County Resolution in April of 1965. We are governed by a local Board of Directors appointed by the Ulster County Legislature to oversee programs and staff. Ulster's Board consists of representatives from the County Legislature, Farm Bureau, Grange, and At-Large.
For over forty years the District has maintained it's long standing tradition as an agency of action: responsible for the direct design and implementation of engineering and agronomic practices intended for the improvement of water quality and the preservation of the County's natural resources, in both rural and urban capacity.
OUR STAFF
Adam Doan
Executive Director
Margarete Wagner
Program Assistant
Jake Wedemeyer
District Technician, CCA, CPESC
Adam Doan
Ashokan Basin Project Manager
Bobby Taylor
CSBI Program Coordinator
Allison Lent
Stream Assessment Coordinator
Tiffany Runge
Watershed Technician
USDA NRCS
Oscar Velez-Juarbe
District Conservationist
Don Shortell
IT Specialist- OCIO
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Leonard Tantillo
Chair - Farm Bureau representative
Severyn "Joe" Hasbrouck
Vice Chair - At Large representative
William Wilklow
Secretary/Treasurer - representative
James Delaune
UC Legislator
TBD
UC Legislator
EXTRA NEWS
TREE and SHRUB SALE
Order form for 2020 is now available.
FISH SALE
DUE TO THE COVID-19 WE ARE CANCELING THE FISH PROGRAM UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
Please check back in the Fall.
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Census of Agriculture