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Fillmore SWCD

Fillmore SWCD

Promoting Natural Resource Stewardship

  • District
    Programs
    • Soil Health
    • Local Water Management
    • Ag Best Management Practices (AgBMP)
    • Well Sealing
    • Windbreaks
    • Buffers
  • State and Federal
    Programs
    • Conservation Reserve Program (CRP)
    • Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP)
    • Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)
    • Minnesota Agricultural Water Quality Certification Program โ€“ MAWQCP
    • State Cost Share
    • Root River Watershed One Watershed, One Plan
    • Root River Field to Stream
    • Volunteer Nitrate Monitoring (VNMN)
    • Reinvest in Minnesota (RIM)
    • Wetland Conservation Act (WCA)
    • Watershed Pollutant Load Monitoring Network
  • Services
    • Well Water Testing
    • Rain Barrels
    • Tree Sales
    • Grazing Management
    • Nutrient Management
  • Education
    • Envirothon
    • Sixth Grade Conservation Day
    • Conservation Kids
    • Classrooms & Event Presentations
    • Scholarships
  • Root River Watershed
    One Watershed, One Plan
  • Conservationist
    of the Year
  • Everyday
    Conservation
    • Urban Conservation
    • Recreational Conservation Activities
    • Volunteer
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SWCDs are special purpose units of government that manage and direct natural resource management programs at the local level. Districts work in both urban and rural settings to carry out a program for the conservation, use, and development of soil, water, and related resources.

Fillmore SWCD Board Members

District 1
Tim Gossman
2022 Chair

  • District 1 Townships
  • Sumner
  • Jordan
  • Chatfield
  • Spring Valley
  • Fillmore
  • Committee Appointments
  • Finance
  • RR 1W1P Policy Committee
  • Forestryย 

Term expires December 31, 202x.

Active Board Member since January 1991.

District 2
Jason Wetzel

  • District 2 Townships
  • Mound
  • Arendahl
  • Rushford Village
  • Holt
  • Norway
  • Committee Appointments
  • TBD

Term expires .

District 3
Kathy Tesmer
2022 Vice Chair

  • District 3 Townships
  • Bloomfield
  • Forestville
  • Beaver
  • York
  • Committee Appointments
  • Personnel
  • Education
  • Area VII SRF JPB
  • RR 1W1P Policy Committee (Alternate)ย 

Term expires December 31, 2024.

Active Board Member since January 2017.

District 4
Eunice Biel
2022 Treasurer

  • District 4 Townships
  • Fountain
  • Carrolton
  • Carimona
  • Preston
  • Bristol
  • Committee Appointments
  • Finance
  • Education
  • Area VII SRF JPB

Term expires December 31, 2024.

District 5
Travis Willford
2022 Supervisor

  • District 5 Townships
  • Harmony
  • Amherst
  • Canton
  • Preble
  • Newburg
  • Committee Appointments
  • Personnel
  • Cost-share
  • EQIP Local Work Group
  • Building Committee

Term expires December 31, 2024.

Active Board Member since January 2009.

What does it take to be a soil and water conservation district supervisor?

SWCD Supervisors serve four-year terms and meet monthly, discussing the business of the SWCD, distributing state grant allocations to landowners, setting conservation priorities and coordinating conservation efforts with other local units of government and state agencies. SWCD Supervisors are not paid a salary; however, they do receive compensation for attending meetings ($75/day) and are reimbursed for mileage and other expenses.

Board Meetings

Board Meetings are held on the third Thursday of each month at 4:30 P.M. at the Conservation Building located at 912 Houston Street in Preston, Minnesota.  Meeting dates and locations are subject to change.

Minutes are posted after they have been approved.

February 17Agenda
January 19 Annual PlanningAgendaMinutes
January 19 Regular Board MeetingAgendaMinutes
January 13 Special MeetingAgendaMinutes
January 10AgendaMinutes
January 20 Annual PlanningAgendaMinutes
February 17AgendaMinutes
March 17AgendaMinutes
April 21AgendaMinutes
May 19AgendaMinutes
June 14AgendaMinutes
July 12 Special MeetingAgendaMinutes
July 21AgendaMinutes
August 18AgendaMinutes
September 15AgendaMinutes
October 11 Special MeetingAgendaMinutes
October 20AgendaMinutes
November 17AgendaMinutes
December 15AgendaMinutes
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