Services offered by the SWCD

• Annual Conservation Tree and Shrub Sale
• Agricultural Assessments
• Soil Maps/Parcel Information
• Tile and Pipe Sales
• Technical Assistance for Ponds and Drainage Projects
• Percolation (perc) tests
• Fish Stocking Program
• No-till Drill Rental
• Agricultural Environmental Management (AEM) Program
• Agricultural Economic Development (AED) Program​

Special Projects:

• Burbine Forest 18-hole Disc Golf Course
• North Chuctanunda Trail Construction​
• Eagle Trail Rehab & Maintenance
• Thomas H. Burbine Memorial Forest Rehab & Maintenance​
• Capital Region Envirothon
• Annual Tire Recycling Program
• Farm to Table Tour
• Harvest Connection
• ​Sundae on the Farm
• Community Garden/Greenspace- Amsterdam

• Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) provides assistance to agricultural producers and forest landowners in a manner that will promote environmental quality.
• Wetlands Reserve Easement (WRE) is a voluntary program offering landowner the opportunity to protect, restore, and enhance wetlands on their property.
• Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) provides technical and financial assistance to eligible farmers and ranchers to address soil, water, and related natura resource concerns on their lands in an environmentally beneficial and cost effective manner.  Program administered by the Farm Service Agency.
• Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) encourages landowners to advance the stewardship of our natural heritage for future generations by preserving the plant's, animals, and natural communities through management of the lands and waters.
• Agricultural Management Assistance Program (AMA) helps agricultural producers use conservation to manage risk and solve natural resource issues through natural resources conservation.  NRCS administrators the AMA conservation provisions while the Agricultural Marketing Service and the Risk Management Agency implement other provisions under AMA.