SWCD

In 2013, the Becker Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) secured $398,000 in Clean Water Legacy Grant funds, and pledged an additional $100,000 in local and federal matching funds, to address excess nutrient and sediment levels in nine shallow lakes in the Lake Park area. The...

It’s been 42 years since Callaway native Don Lefebvre was first elected to serve as a supervisor with the Becker County Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD) — and he decided recently that this past year would be his last. As of Dec. 31, Lefebvre has resigned his position...

In his work with the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), Peter Mead spent a lot of time traveling across the state, working on various engineering projects. “My mantra was always about doing the right thing at the right place at the right time,” he said. So when...

Though they are both graduates of Audubon High School, Dean Hendrickson and Brad Grant were not classmates. “I graduated in 1967,” Grant said. “And I graduated in 1972,” Hendrickson added. But the career paths that each of them took from their childhood years in Audubon...

Soil and Water Conservation District board members and staff from across the state learned about wetland issues, water quality trading, working...