Soil and Water Conservation Districts were established nationwide as a grassroots effort to partner with federally funded programs established to control soil erosion brought to attenetion during the dust bowl. Our district was established in 1944 to serve all 269,440 acres of Greene County, Ohio, directed by a board of five publicly elected supervisors.
We provide the community many serivces including but not limited too:
Available Services
Agriculture / Land Use Planning
Conservation Education
Drainage Information and Design
Forestry and Wildlife Management
Soils Information
Stormwater Management
Urban and rural water quality and erosion control technical assistance
The district is funded by the Greene County Commisioners, the State of Ohio, the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), the Soil and Water Conservation Commission, and the Ohio Department of Agriculture.
Greene Soil and Water Conservation District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and
channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Greene Soil and Water Conservation District
has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and
commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and
other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome
feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.
If you need any special assistance or accommodations:
Greene Soil and Water Conservation District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations.
The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best
practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.
Compliance Procedures and Reports
In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards,
Greene Soil and Water Conservation District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely
changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.
Linked Documents and Third Parties
Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do
not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our
agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties,
we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.
