Who We Help

Jackson Soil and Water Conservation District works directly with individual landowners or managers to design and secure financial assistance to implement the best conservation practices suitable for each parcel of land.  We take a landscape approach to solving resource management concerns.  By looking at the whole picture with individual landowners and managers, we can help turn resource problems into management opportunities that are good for the property owner, good for the land and water, and good for the citizens of Jackson County and the State of Oregon.

We partner with Jackson County, Bureau of Land Management, Oregon Department of Forestry, and  other state and federal agencies to develop a County Weed Management Area in order control the invasion and spread of noxious weeds and to educate the public about what they can do to help keep existing and new weedy species form spreading and establishing across the county.

We partner with the U.S.D.A. Natural Resources Conservation Service and the U.S.D.A. Farm Services Agency to plan, design, get financial assistance, and implement land management practices and programs authorized under the National Farm Bill.

We work with state agencies. Such as the Oregon Department of Agriculture to implement the Oregon Agricultural Water Quality Management Act through public education and on-site visits with landowners to help correct problems.  It also reviews and comments on permits to do construction work in wetlands for the Oregon Department of State Lands.

We work with local governments and organizations to identify solutions to natural resource uses and conflicts.  Currently the District is working with representatives from irrigation districts, the city of Medford, environmental organizations, Watershed Councils,  agriculture representatives, and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation one the Water for Irrigation, Streams and Economy (WISE) project.  This project is working to develop a way of maintaining water for agriculture while saving water for in-stream flows and fish habitat.