Division of Soil and Water Conservation (DSWC) provides leadership and services enabling Ohioans to conserve, protect, and enhance soil, water, and land resources. DSWC was established beginning January 2016 through a transfer of programs from the Department of Natural Resources to the Department of Agriculture as directed by the 131st Ohio General Assembly in HB 64. DSWC's central office is located on the Ohio Department of Agriculture campus in Reynoldsburg with many field offices and staff stationed throughout the state. View our 2019 Year in Review by clicking here or on the download button to the upper right of this page.

MULTIFACETED PROGRAMMING

• Provides administrative guidance, training, program development support and financial assistance to Ohio's 88 SWCDs, their 440 elected board members and over 430 staff;
• Provides administrative and organizational support to the Ohio Soil and Water Conservation Commission; 
• Implements agricultural and non-point source water pollution control programs - a regulatory component enforces agricultural sediment and livestock manure application and runoff.
• Supports and helps fund local development of watershed-based planning and implementation;
• Implements a comprehensive statewide soils information program, and assists private and public sectors in using soils and natural resource information.

MISSION
Provide leadership and services that enable Ohioans to conserve, protect, and enhance soil, water, and land resources.

VISION
To be a leader in soil and water resource management by providing the highest quality customer service.

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