State and Federal Agencies
Montgomery SWCD receives financial, administrative, and technical support from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Soil and Water Conservation.  Also, The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture,  provides engineering assistance and other technical services through the District Conservationist.  In Montgomery County, these agencies have offices in the same building as Montgomery SWCD, along with the Farm Services Agency (FSA); this arrangement is referred to as co-location.


Ohio Department of Natural Resources

ODNR’s Division of Soil & Water Conservation works to enhance the quality of Ohio's land and water resources by providing assistance to Ohio citizens through each county soil and water conservation district.  The program specialists and engineers based in our office serve the eighteen counties of southwest Ohio, known as Area IV.

                           
                  
                  Left to right: Terry Mescher, Ed Everman, Jeff Thomas

Ed Everman provides program development and administrative assistance.  Also, Jeff Thomas serves as one of the Division’s Pollution Abatement Specialists; he is responsible for agricultural pollution complaints. Terry Mescher provides natural resource engineering expertise . Some of the programs provided by the Division include: manure and nutrient management, many kinds of environmental education, grant opportunities, and non-point source pollution management, just to name a few. For further information on programs offered and names of contact persons, visit ODNR’s Division of Soil and Water Conservation web site.