Links

Federal Government Agencies

Farm Service Agency (FSA)
Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

State and Local Government Agencies

Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS)
Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Iowa State University Extension Service
Jones County

Conservation Districts

Linn Soil and Water Conservation District

Dubuque Soil and Water Conservation District

Conservation Districts

Conservation Districts of Iowa

Other Organizations

Buy Fresh Buy Local Directory
IOWATER

Ducks Unlimited

Iowa Farm Bureau

Iowa Soil and Water Conservation Society

Whitetails Unlimited

Iowa Wine Trail of the Upper Mississippi
Izaak Walton League of America
Pheasants Forever

Policy:

It is the policy of the Jones Soil and Water Conservation District to: Provide equal opportunity in the delivery of services, provide equal opportunity in SWCD Board and Committee makeup, provide equal opportunity in employment, use NRCS Technical Guide as SWCD Technical Standards, administer any public cost-share funds made available to the Jones SWCD to assist District cooperators to construct needed practices, provide technical assistance as available and only when NRCS Technical Guide Standards will be met, provide resource inventory and evaluation data to units of government that have resource planning responsibilities in Jones County, coordinate with all soil, water, and related resource agencies in Jones County to ensure maximum efficiency of conservation programs, provide information to all forms of news media to ensure that local citizens are kept well informed and up-to-date on new conservation programs and provisions, concepts, and accomplishments, and require that all contractors submit certified contractor checkout notes to the SWCD office for all cost-shared practices before projects will be certified for payments