There are various State and Federal Programs available to landowners through the USDA-NRCS and Madison County SCD. Some of the practices these programs assist with are cross fencing, pipeline, watering tanks, erosion, wildlife habitat, and water quality.
Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP)
Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP)
Agriculture Conservation Easement Program (ACEP)
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The organization of conservation districts in Tennessee began June 13th 1940 with the creation of Sumner County and Lauderdale County SWCDs. By 1959, with the creation of the Lake County SCD on September 9th, all 95 counties in Tennessee had formed soil conservation districts.
The Madison County Soil & Water Conservation District is a corporate and political subdivision of Tennessee. Organized July 10th, 1941 by the state soil & water conservation committee at the request of Madison County landowners, the district became the tenth soil conservation district to be formed in Tennessee. It received its charter from the state on October 1st, 1941. The original board was composed of Tom Lewis, C. O. Hopper, J. Harris Smith, N.T. Mayo, and Roy Ozier. Organized in accordance with the purposes, provisions, power and restrictions set forth within the Tennessee Soil & Water Conservation District law the district geographical and policital boundaries are the same as those of Madison County, comprising some 358,000 acres of land and water. The district is one of 95 such districts in the state and one of 3,000 districts across the country.
The District does much to promote conservation but its primary function is as an intermediary between owners of privately owned agricultural property and the Federal Government, wherein, through cooperating agreements between the District and private landowners, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), an agency of the Federal Government under USDA will provide certain technical services and financial aid to assist private landowners with the prevention and reduction of soil erosion and with the conservation of soil related natural resources.
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The District is governed by a board of five supervisors. Two of the supervisors are appointed to serve three year terms by the State Soil Conservation Committee, while three of the supervisors are elected to serve three years by the land owners within the District. The present board consists of our Chairman, Don Johnson of the Denmark community. Don was appointed by the State Soil Conservation Committee and has served on the board since 2003. Our Vice-Chairman, Alan Ewell of the Rose Hill community was elected and has served on the board since 2016. Our Secretary-Treasurer, Matt Griggs of the Mason Grove community was newly elected to the board in 2019. Chris Couch of the Huntersville community was newly elected as a board member in 2019. Jim Tyson of the Providence community was newly appointed as a board member by the State Soil Conservation Committee in 2020. The State Soil Conservation Committee developed a Soil Conservation District Handbook as a reference guide for Soil Conservation Districts (list of West TN Soil Conservation Districts) and SCD supervisors.
The Madison County Soil Conservation District is located in Jackson, TN. Jackson is located along I-40 80 miles east of Memphis and 120 miles west of Nashville. We share our office with the Jackson Field Office of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Our address is 313 N Parkway within the Madison County Agriculture Complex. Our building is in the back of the complex on the right as you face the complex from the parking lot behind it. We share the complex with the UT Extension Service, the Farm Services Agency, and the Madison County Election Commission. The complex is located next to and just east of the Madison County Farm Bureau office on Parkway.
