conservation district

A legal subdivision of a state government, with an elected governing body, which develops and implements soil and water conservation programs within a certain area, usually coinciding with county lines. The nearly 3,000 districts in the United States have varying names — soil conservation district, soil and water conservation district, natural resources district, resource conservation district, resources district, or conservation district. Any unit of local government formed to carry out a local soil and water conservation program.

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