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Ulster County Soil & Water Conservation District

5 Park Lane

Highland, NY  12528

(845) 883-7162 X3

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Every County in New York State has a Soil and Water Conservation District.  The State passed enabling legislation for the creation of our agency after Congress, in 1937, established a federal conservation agency to address the nation's problems caused by the "dust bowl".  The legislation empowered local soil and water conservation districts to carry out and promote soil and water conservation programs. 

The Ulster County Soil and Water Conservation District was formed by County Resolution in April of 1965.  We are governed by a local Board of Directors appointed by the Ulster County Legislature to oversee programs and staff.  Ulster's Board consists of representatives from the County Legislature, Farm Bureau, Grange and At-Large.

For over forty years the District has maintained its long standing tradition as an agency of action, responsible for the direct design and implementation of engineering and agronomic practices intended for the improvement of water quality and the preservation of the County's natural resources, in both rural and urban capacity.



Our Staff

 
Jake Wedemeyer
Executive Director, CCA, CPESC

Christine De
Groodt
Program Assistant


Travis Ferry
Technician, CCA, NYSESCCP

Cooper Hernsdorf
Jr. Technician


Bobby Taylor
Ashokan Basin Project Manager, NYSESCCP

 
        PENDING          
 CSBI Program Coordinator
 
Allison Lent
Stream Assessment Coordinator, NYSESCCP

Mark Tollefson
Watershed Technician

Gabriel Bonse
Watershed Intern

 

Board Of Directors

 

Leonard Tantillo
Chair - Farm Bureau Representative

Sarah Van Nostrand
Secretary/Treasurer and the Grange Representative

James Delaune
Member-At-Large

Robert Davenport
Member-At-Large

Fred Wilklow
Member-At-Large

Herbert Litts, III
Legislative Representative

Kathy Nolan
Second Legislative Representative

 

USDA NRCS

 

Oscar Velez-Juarbe
District Conservationist


Scott Morris
IT Specialist- OCIO


Eleanor Richard
Civil/Agricultural Engineer  

Sam Roberts

Natural Resource Specialist

 

Jeffrey Jean

Program Support Specialist

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