The Tipton County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) was established in 1974. The District strives to encourage every person to wisely use and protect the county's soil and water through proper land use and watershed management, urban and agricultural.
Educating the public is a key element in encouraging the proper use of our natural resources. The Tipton County SWCD provides workshops in septic system maintenance, backyard conservation, soil quality, filter strips, cover crops and other topics, including natural resource educational programs at local schools.
Through the Clean Water Indiana (CWI) grant program, the Tipton County SWCD offers a cost-share program for closing abandoned wells. The District also was able to purchase a no-till drill to plant filter strips and cover crops. The District is a big promoter of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP). In 2010, we conducted a soil quality workshop featuring national speakers and a cover crop test plot and soil pit.
The Tipton County SWCD, in partnership with the Howard County SWCD, received a 2011 CWI grant to participate in the On-Farm Network Project. This project addresses nonpoint source pollution caused by a high level of agricultural production. Multiple 14 digit watersheds in the project area are listed on the IDEM 303d for List of Impaired Water Bodies for concerns including: impacted biotic communities, nutrients, phosphorus, E. coli, ammonia, dissolved oxygen and algae. IDEM developed total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) for the Upper, Middle and Lower Wildcat Creek Watersheds. The Wildcat Creek Watershed has also been targeted by the Mississippi River Basin Initiative due to its contribution to hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico.
The District works with our partners and watershed coordinators to ensure that our resources of today are here for tomorrow. We are proud to collaborate with the: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Indiana Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts, County Drainage Board, Planning Commission, Commissioners, Health Department, Indiana Department of Natural Resources, State Soil Conservation Board, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Farm Service Agency, Purdue Extension Service, National Association of Conservation Districts.
Educating the public is a key element in encouraging the proper use of our natural resources. The Tipton County SWCD provides workshops in septic system maintenance, backyard conservation, soil quality, filter strips, cover crops and other topics, including natural resource educational programs at local schools.
Through the Clean Water Indiana (CWI) grant program, the Tipton County SWCD offers a cost-share program for closing abandoned wells. The District also was able to purchase a no-till drill to plant filter strips and cover crops. The District is a big promoter of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP). In 2010, we conducted a soil quality workshop featuring national speakers and a cover crop test plot and soil pit.
The Tipton County SWCD, in partnership with the Howard County SWCD, received a 2011 CWI grant to participate in the On-Farm Network Project. This project addresses nonpoint source pollution caused by a high level of agricultural production. Multiple 14 digit watersheds in the project area are listed on the IDEM 303d for List of Impaired Water Bodies for concerns including: impacted biotic communities, nutrients, phosphorus, E. coli, ammonia, dissolved oxygen and algae. IDEM developed total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) for the Upper, Middle and Lower Wildcat Creek Watersheds. The Wildcat Creek Watershed has also been targeted by the Mississippi River Basin Initiative due to its contribution to hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico.
The District works with our partners and watershed coordinators to ensure that our resources of today are here for tomorrow. We are proud to collaborate with the: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Indiana Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts, County Drainage Board, Planning Commission, Commissioners, Health Department, Indiana Department of Natural Resources, State Soil Conservation Board, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Farm Service Agency, Purdue Extension Service, National Association of Conservation Districts.