About Us

The District programs are administered by a board of commissioners consisting of three members elected in the general election and two members appointed by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. The District is assisted by a District Coordinator and technical staff assigned to the Chester District by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources and the USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service.

 

The Chester Soil and Water Conservation District meets at 9:30 A.M. on the third Tuesday of each month in the Conference Room of the USDA Building at 744 Wilson Street in Chester, South Carolina.  All programs and services of the Chester Soil and Water Conservation District are offered on a nondiscriminatory basis without regard to race, color, age, gender, national origin, religion, handicap, or marital status. 

 

  

NEW SUNFLOWER NO-TILL DRILL  

2016 CONSERVATION TEACHER OF THE YEAR IS GWYN T. CLONINGER.

Our Conservation Friends are very important to us and help us continue the important task of preservinig our natural environment for future generations.  We thank you who have generously donated in the past and hope you will encourage others to become involved in caring for Chester County and our natural resources of soil, air, water, plants, and animals.

                          2016 AFFILIATE MEMBERS 

CORPORATE

AMERICAN FOREST MANAGEMENT

CHESTER HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION

OMNOVA SOLUTIONS, INC.

SPRATT SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION

PATRON

AME, INC.

BARRON FUNERAL HOME

CHESTER COUNTY NATURAL GAS AUTHORITY

CHESTER METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

DUKE ENERGY

ROBERT L. HOLCOMBE, JR.

RANDY HOPE/ANGEL INSURANCE

JOHN W. PARRIS

DR. SAM AND BEVERLY STONE

SUSTAINING

AgSOUTH FARM CREDIT, ACA

BETTY B. ANDERSON

NANCY C. ANDERSON

JOANNA ANGLE/DR. BILL ALTMAN

CAROLINA EASTERN, INC.

CARTER'S LANDSCAPE & DESIGN

FAIRFIELD ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC.

MARGARET M. HAUSMAN

ANN STRINGFELLOW MCNERNEY

DR. ROBERT E. SHANNON, JR.

JACK AND ANN SZOKE

JOEY AND SANNA WILSON

ROBERT AND CHERYL WYLIE

SUPPORTING

NORMA J. ALT

CITY TRUE VALUE HARDWARE

EZELL HARDWARE


 

 

 NO-TILL FARMING

CONSERVATION TILLING, ALSO KNOWN AS NO-TILL FARMING, IS A WAY OF GROWING CROPS FROM YEAR TO YEAR WITHOUT DISTURBING THE SOIL  CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE AGITATES THE SOIL USUALLY WITH TRACTOR-DRAWN IMPLEMENTS.  THIS CAN LEAD TO UNFAVORABLE EFFECTS, LIKE SOIL COMPACTION, LOSS OF ORGANIC MATTER, DEGRADATION OF SOIL AGGREGATES, DEATH OR DISRUPTION OF SOIL MICROBES, ARTHROPODS, AND EARTHWORMS, AND SOIL EROSION WHERE TOPSOIL IS BLOWN OR WASHED AWAY.  IN NO-TILL FARMING THE SOIL IS LEFT INTACT AND CROP RESIDUE IS LEFT ON THE FIELD, THUS AVOIDING THOSE UNFAVORABLE EFFECTS. 

SOME ADVANTAGES OF CONSERVATION TILLAGE ARE:  TIME SAVINGS, EASIER PLANTING, MORE SOIL MOISTURE, BETTER SOIL TILTH, LESS EROSION, REDUCED LABOR AND FUEL NEEDS.

YOU MAY RENT A NO-TILL DRILL FROM THE DISTRICT FOR $10.00 PER ACRE.

2016 ROBBIE BANKS CONSERVATIONIST OF THE YEAR IS DANNY L. ARCHIE.

Each year the Chester Soil and Water Conservation District and its Board of Commissioners sponsor the Allen L. Beer Scholarship for a Chester County High School senior who plans to enter college majoring in an agricultural or environmental related field.  Due to a generous grant from OMNOVA Solutions, Inc., this year the board was able to award two scholarships. 

One $500 scholarship was presented by Allen L. Beer to Liza Wilson, a senior at Westminster Catawba Christian School.  Wilson is the daughter of Joey and Sanna Wilson and plans to enter Clemson University in the fall as an agribusiness major with a minor in marketing or communications.

A second $500 scholarship was presented by Mr. Beer to Jonathan Lewis, a senior at Richard Winn Academy.  Lewis is the son of John and Rhonda Lewis and plans to enter Clemson University in the fall as an agribusiness major with aminor in history.  The board extends its best wishes and congratulations to Liza and Jonathan.