HISTORY
The first cooperative effort towards the establishment of conservation practices in Cloud County prior to the beginning of the District organization took place in 1925 when the first terraces were constructed in the county.
In 1940 a Soil Conservation Association was organized in the County by county agricultural leaders. A CCC Camp was located in Concordia at that time to provide technical assistance in planning and developing conservation plans and providing a limited amount of labor for completing selected conservation practices for demonstration purposes. The camp was closed out at the beginning of World War II in 1941.
The first attempt by farm leaders to organize a Soil Conservation District in the county was made in 1941-1942. A referendum was held during the period when the Soil Conservation Service personnel were being transferred to a new location and when a new County Agent came into service. This referendum was defeated with a 63 percent unfavorable vote. A referendum vote was again conducted in the summer of 1945 with 81.3 percent of the votes cast favoring the organization of a Soil conservation District embracing all the area lying within the boundaries of Cloud County Kansas.
The District is comprised of 449,280 acres in seventeen townships and has a population of 17,372. There were 1,749 farms in the District in 1942.
The first meeting of the board of supervisors met on November 13, 1945. Mr. George Fredrickson was elected by the Board to serve as Chairman, W.A. Kocher, Vice-Chairman, and H. M. Christenson, Secretary-Treasurer. Other members of the board consisted of Joe Cool and O. L. Norton.
