Welcome to CACD

The mission of CACD is to serve as the unified voice for the conservation districts of Colorado, facilitating outreach, education and support of landowners in their stewardship of natural resources.

We work with private farm and ranch landowners and small ranchette owners and other suburban developments to assist in wise and proper management of natural resources. CACD is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization established in 1945 to represent the 76 conservation districts of Colorado--the original conservationists created by Congress in response to the 1930s Dust Bowl.

67th CACD Annual Meeting
To be held in November 14-17, 2011 in Loveland, Colorado 

The 2011 CACD Annual Meeting will feature training and motivational presentations by national spokesmen, Ray Ledgerwood. Ray is a native of Eastern Washington State and has B.S. Degree in Agricultural Mechanization and minor in Business Administration. He has worked with conservation districts and their associations since 1979 and is working with the National Association of Conservation Districts as the Pacific Region Representative, the Director of Capacity Building Services and the Director of Leadership Services.

2010 CACD Poster Contest 

2010 Award Winners

2010 Camp Rocky
Camp Rocky completed its 49th year with another record number of participants (88 students; 22 instructors). Thank you to the Conservation Districts and Conservation Partners for making Camp Rocky 2011 another successful year!

2010 Poster Contest Winners 
Congratulations to our Poster Contest Winners! To see the list of contest winners please click here!  

2010 Supervisor of the Year 
Congratulations to Brian Neufeld, Center Conservation District and member of CACD Board of Directors, received the 2010 CACD Supervisor of the Year (click here to see photo)