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• Board Meeting Date: 6/3/1970
• Description: Agenda or Table of Contents, Minutes, Memos
• Board Meetings - Doc Type: Meeting

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programs involving financial or other assistance
in conservation work: consulting with the Agricul-
tural Research Service and state experiment
stations on needed soil and water conservation
research: assisting the Extension Service and
other educational agencies, institutions, and
organizations doing soil and water conservation
education: and providing technical services and
information to agencies responsible for adminis-
tering conservation work on public lands.

Soils information and small watershed
hydrologic information are furnished to govern-
ing bodies of municipalities, counties, and
community planning and zoning bodies to help
guide urban expansion, housing developments, and
planning and construction of schools and other
installations.

Regarding the aid to soil conservation dis-
tricts, the SCS nationally assists more than
3,000 soil conservation districts and their
cooperating landowners and operators to plan and
apply locally adapted conservation programs.

We help the district analyze their conser-
vation problems and formulate locally adapted
programs and plans of action to meet the problems.
Each district prepares a written program of work
which serves as a basis for USDA,and SCS to
enter into formal agreements to furnish techni-
cal assistance.

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SCS maintains liaison with state and other
federal agencies concerned with, conservation.
Of particular importance in district operations
are contacts with state colleges and experiment
stations, Agricultural Research Service, Exten-
sion Service, forestry departments, fish and
game departments, highway departments, state
engineers, state water boards or commissions,
and the state or regional representatives of
corresponding federal agencies.

In Colorado SCS provides technical assistance