Programs for Landowners

The Bon Homme Conservation District from time to time offers assistance to landowners who wish to install conservation practices on their land. At the present time, we have funding through a grant from the South Dakota Conservation Commission. Cost share is offered on qualifying practices such as shelterbelts, grassed waterways, pasture/hayland plantings, critical area seedings, dugouts, pipelines and well pluggings.

Lewis & Clark watershed implementation project is available at this time to landowners with land located in the East River portion of the Lewis & Clark Watershed. The program is being offered on conservation practices that will reduce runoff water – water that travels through agricultural land, picking up chemicals, animal waste and eroded soil—eventually depositing the material in our rivers, lakes and streams. Lewis & Clark Watershed landowners should contact the local Conservation District for an initial visit by the project’s Resource Management Specialists. The project has funding available to assist with animal nutrient systems, filter strips, grassed waterways, tree planting, planned grazing systems, fencings, grass seeding, pipelines, tanks, ponds/dugouts, rural water hook-up, and pasture/grassland buffers.

The Natural Resources Conservation Service, formerly the Soil Conservation Service, was born of adversity, a national response to the Dust Bowl catastrophe of the mid-1930's.

Today, 75 years later, the land-soil, water, air, plants, and animals still require someone to speak for their health and well-being. That responsibiliy remains a challenge for the NRCS, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's lead conservation agency.

NRCS employees have the technical expertise and field experience to help land users solve their narural resource challenges and maintain and improve their economic viability. Employees are highly skilled in many scientific and technical specialties, including; soil science, soil conservation, agronomy, biology, agroecology, range conservation, forestry, engineering, geology, hydrology, cultural resources, and economics.

Nearly three-fourths of the technical assistance provided by the agency goes to helping farmers and ranchers develop conservation systems uniquely suited to their land and individual practices. The agency also provides assistance to rural and urban communities to reduce erosion, conserve and protect water, and solve other resource problems.

To take advantage of NRCS services, click on the link below for more information.

NRCS Conservation Programs