"This grand show is eternal.  It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never all dried at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising.  Eternal sunrise, eternal sunset, eternal dawn and glowing, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls." John Muir.

ORGANIZATION

The Soil and Water Conservation Society (SWCS) is an incorporated private nonprofit scientific and educational (501 (c) (3)) organization that serves as an advocate for conservation professionals and for science-based conservation practice, programs, and policy.  Society members include researchers, administrators, planners, policymakers, technical advisers, teachers, students, farmers and ranchers.  Our members come from nearly every academic discipline and many different public, private and nonprofit institutions.

Our work targets conservation of soil, water, and related natural resources on working land - land used to produce food, fiber and environmental services that improve the quality of life that people experience in rural and urban communities.  This includes:

• Promoting research, experimentation, demonstrations and other technical work in soil and water conservation.
• Stimulating communication among professional workers in soil and water conservation for mutual exchange of knowledge, facts and experience.
• Promoting and providing opportunities for professional development training in the science and art of soil, water and related renewable natural resource conservation and management to achieve sustainability.
• Sustaining the ethic and spirit of professionalism among conservationists through networking and mutual support.

OUR CHAPTER OFFICERS

Glenn O"Neil, President

Shelby Burlew, President-elect

Katie Droscha, Vice President

Tim Harrigan, Past President

Kelly Goward, Treasurer

Daniel F. Kesselring, Secretary

Rebecca Bender, Region 1 Director

Zachary Curtis, Region 2 Director

Gerald Miller, Region 3 Director

Dan Busby, Statewide At Large Director

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