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McLeod SWCD
2570 9th Street East
Glencoe, MN  55336

Phone:  320-864-5176
Fax:  320-864-5737

WELCOME...  Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCD's) are political subdivisions of the State of Minnesota established to carry out a program for the conservation, use and development of soil, water and related resources. 

Leadership and governance are provided by five (5) board members locally elected as Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisors.  The role of the elected supervisor is to develop policy, long range plans and budgets.

SWCD's emphasize cooperation between federal, state and local resource management agencies and local land managers.       

McLeod SWCD is a local unit of government established under state law to carry out conservation programs at the local level. Our district works with McLeod County landowners to help them manage and protect land and water resources on all private land and also assist with a variety of natural resource concerns. The McLeod SWCD is co-located with the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS). Both the SWCD staff and NRCS staff work cooperatively on Federal Farm Bill Programs.  

OUR MISSION... To provide assistance to the land users of McLeod County using natural resources to increase the productive use of land while maintaining and improving the soils base, water quality, tree production, wildlife and the overall quality of the county.

TREE PROGRAM
 The McLeod SWCD annually makes available thousands of trees to county landowners.  These trees are primarily used for conservation and erosion control purposes.  We offer a wide variety of trees sold in bundles of 25.  We also sell potted evergreens individually.  If you would like to receive a 2012 Tree Order Form, please click HERE

Emerald ash borer (EAB) is an insect that destroys ash trees – and it has just arrived in Minnesota.

EAB was found in a St. Paul neighborhood on May 14, 2009. The insect only kills ash trees, but it does so in great numbers. EAB has already killed millions of ash trees in North America. It is expected to have a huge effect on Minnesota's landscape and the 937 million ash trees that grow in our cities and forests.

Although the EAB can fly short distances on its own, much of its spread is due to humans transporting it as larvae burrowed under the bark of firewood or landscape trees.

The problem with EAB is its larvae. Adult female emerald ash borers, descendents of the accidentally imported insects, lay their eggs on the bark of ash trees. When the eggs hatch, the larvae burrow under the bark and eat the living tissue they find there. As they do, they cut off the life-giving channels that carry nutrients, water, and sugar to nourish the tree. After two or three years, enough of the channels are cut off so the tree starves to death.

This invasive (spreading) species was accidentally brought to the United States from Asia in the 1990s. It was first discovered in Michigan in 2002. Since then it has been found in Ontario, Canada, and Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, Missouri, Wisconsin, and now Minnesota.  For more information, CLICK HERE.

 

CALENDAR NOTES:  McLeod SWCD Board Meetings are held the first Monday of each month at the McLeod SWCD Conference Room at 2570 9th St E, Glencoe, MN - Time: 8:00 p.m. during the months of April through November and 11:00 a.m. during months of December through March.

 

At the White House Conference on America’s Great Outdoors, President Obama said, "... by working with farmers and ranchers and landowners, the Department of Agriculture’s Conservation Reserve Program has protected over 30 million acres, and its Natural Resource Conservation Service -– a service that is 75 years old this year –- has protected almost 3 million more. So together, we are conserving our working lands in a way that preserves the environment and protects local communities." Agriculture Secretary Vilsack, NRCS Chief Dave White, ranchers, farmers, sportsmen/women, state and local governmental leaders, tribal leaders, public lands experts, conservationists and business leaders participated in the conference. At the day-long conference discussions and breakout sessions were held on conservation opportunities and challenges in communities across the nation, and on innovative conservation solutions.
McLeod SWCD Calendar
Dec 12 2011 Board Meeting McLeod SWCD Conf Rm 11:00 a.m.
Dec 26 2011 Christmas Holiday Office Closed  
Jan 2 2012 Board Meeting McLeod SWCD Conf Rm 11:00
Jan 16 2012 Martin Luther King Day Office Closed  
Feb 6 Board Meeting McLeod SWCD Conf Rm 11:00 a.m.
Feb 20 Presidents Day Office Closed  
       
       
       
 

 

UPDATES, ARTICLES & MORE

 McLeod County Local Water Plan

McLeod County Contractors List

 NRCS Newsletter Winter 2011

 2010 Conservationist

 McLeod District Map

MN Tree Planting Handbook

MASWCD Area VI Directory