Our Mission
Dedicated to the conservation, maintenance, improvement and development and use of land, soil, water, trees, vegetation, fish and wildlife and other natural resources in Vermont, since 1980.
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NRCDS ARE FOR EVERYONE!
Natural Resource Conservation Districts (NRCDs) are non-regulatory entities that work with private landowners, farms, state and federal agencies, and other partner organizations to promote and implement conservation programs.
NRCS – Soil Conservation
USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) presents a documentary on soil conservation pioneer Hugh Hammond Bennett, the history of our agency and the birth of the private lands conservation movement in the U.S.
Find Your Local Conservation District
Click on the map to learn more about your local conservation district!
About the Vermont Association of Conservation Districts (VACD)
The Vermont Association of Conservation Districts (VACD) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization established in 1983 formed to conduct educational, scientific, charitable work concerning conservation, maintenance, improvement and development and use of land, soil, water, trees, vegetation, fish and wildlife and other natural resources in Vermont. READ MORE…
What We Do
The Vermont Association of Conservation Districts (VACD) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization established in 1983 formed to conduct educational, scientific, charitable work concerning conservation, maintenance, improvement and development and use of land, soil, water, trees, vegetation, fish and wildlife and other natural resources in Vermont.
The voting members of the association are the 14 Natural Resource Conservation Districts (NRCDs) in the State of Vermont. Conservation Districts were established in 1939 as under the Soil and Conservation Act # 246. Please see the Conservation Districts page of this website for a complete listing of Districts and more information their programs.
