Delta Conservation District

In the heart of Western Colorado, the Delta Conservation District hosts an abundance of natural resources — from high mountain desert floors around 5,000 feet in elevation to 13,058-foot Mt. Owen in Gunnison County — supporting a vast range of activities: agriculture, forestry, mining, hunting, fishing, recreation and more...
Consisting of both public and private land in Delta County and those portions of Montrose County north of the Gunnison River and those portions of Gunnison County that drain into the North Fork of the Gunnison River. The District is represented by a Board of Supervisors elected by District landowners to fulfill the duties and powers vested by the State of Colorado in 1937.

The Mission of the Delta Conservation District is to provide for the conservation and preservation of our natural resources and agricultural heritage in order to ensure the health prosperity and welfare of the citizens of the District and the State of Colorado.

The District combines available technical, financial, and educational resources and coordinates efforts that meet the needs of the local land user. The Natural Resource Conservation Service attached to the Delta Conservation District office provides the following assistance to land owners:

salinity control programs
soils information for sound resource planning
conservation plans including grazing and cropping systems
irrigation water management
rangeland improvments
conservation plantings

The Delta Conservation District provides a leadership role in promoting the wise stewardship of our natural resources by —

coordinating conservation efforts, activities, and funding for local conditions, needs, and priorities
providing local leadership to state and federal programs that affect natural resource conservation within the state
identifying natural resource concerns through local workgroups
working directly with land owners and offering technical advice on natural resource concerns
hosting educational tours, workshops and seminars
sponsoring youth and teachers to attend conservation camps and workshops
serving as the communications conduit from local citizens to local, state and federal government agencies