FOUR FUNDAMENTAL REQUIREMENTS IN WORKING TOGETHER IN SOIL 



CONSERVATION DISTRICTS - Courtesy Arizona Association SCD 



1. Recognize the Responsibilities of Others - Mutual understanding and respect for the 

 responsibilities, plans and activities of all organizations cooperating with District. 



2. Know the Total Conservation Job - Cooperative determination of the total conservation 

 job in the District and cooperative development of an annual plan of action. 



3. Appraise the Resources Needed - Make a cooperative annual appraisal of the personnel, 

 equipment, material and other resources needed for satisfactory progress in the District 

 for the year ahead and in accordance with the long-range program of the District. 



4. Report on Objectives, Problems and Progress - Cooperation in making it known to 

 District Cooperators, other farms and ranchers and the District Community in general, 

 factual information about the problems, progress and objectives of the District, 



SO MUCH WITH "SO LITTLE" 



It is difficult for many people to understand how Soil Conversation Districts can be so effective 

 in their work, when they are managed by non- salaried local people who have no power to levy 

 taxes, issue bonds or compel anyone in the District to do anything for conservation problems 

 oi the soil or water resources of the area. 



The Soil Conservation Districts provide a way for individuals and groups of landowners or 

 operators to band together to cope with their mutual soil and water conservation problems 

 within a given area. Usually, this is something they cannot do effectively as individuals, for 

 their resources as individuals are limited in this field. It is another application of the age- 

 old idea that united we stand, divided we fall — applied in the Soil Conservation Districts to the 

 significant problem of saving and developing our key resources of soil and water for this and 

 the future generations of Americans. 



Various agencies of the state and federal governments have an important part in making these 

 conservation Districts successful, for they give these Districts invaluable technical assistance 

 research information, educational aid and ease the load of conservation with cost -sharing 'agree- 

 ments for worthwhile and needed conservation practices and projects. 



Working with District Cooperators and state and federal agencies, numerous business firms with 

 direct interest in the welfare of farming and ranching, the press, radio-television, schools and 

 churches make very significant contributions to the conservation programs through the Districts. 



Underlying all this is the fact that the Soil Conservation Districts are based on the democratic 

 belief that local people know their local problems best and can cope successfully with those 

 soil and water conservation problems, if they have the encouragement cooperation and 

 assistance of those in position to assist. Putting this idea into practice is the secret of how 

 such Districts can be so effective and do so much with "so little". 



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