Discover what your Soil and Water Conservation District can do for YOU!
Did you know that your Soil and Water Conservation District provides technical assistance, information, educational programs, volunteer opportunities, and newsletters to citizens on many aspects of water quality, non point source pollution, and stream health.
The Soil and Water Conservation District offers VACS and VCAP within our community.
VCAP – The Virginia Conservation Assistance Program
This urban cost-share program provides:
- Cost-share and financial Incentives
- Technical Assistance with project selection and design
- Informational resources
**Eligible to property owners installing approved Best Management Practices in Virginia’s participating Soil and Water Conservation Districts.**
VACS – Virginia Agricultural Cost Share Program
Cost-share funding is available to help agricultural producers and landowners protect soil and water resources with practices including:
- Livestock Exclusion Fencing
- Rotational Grazing
- Nutrient Management
- Cover Crops
- Pasture Management
- Animal Waste Management
- Streambank Erosion
- Riparian Buffer Planting
- Afforestation
- And more
Check out the SWCD counties below:
Greene, Orange, Madison, Culpeper, Rappahannock Counties
Culpeper Soil and Water Conservation District
351 Lakeside Drive Culpeper, VA 22701
(540) 825-8591
Greene/Orange/Madison: spencery@culpeperswcd.org
Culpeper/Rappahannock: davidm@culpeperswcd.org
Fauquier County
Spotsylvania, Stafford, King George Counties and City of Fredericksburg
Caroline and Hanover Counties
Westmoreland, Richmond, Northumberland, Lancaster Counties
(804) 313-9102
Essex, King and Queen, King William Counties
Middlesex, Gloucester, and Matthews Counties
(804) 699-3482