About Us

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.
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  CACD...

• is the State Association that assists the Colorado Conservation Districts with education, outreach and acts a their voice at the Capitol - During the Dust Bowl Era, local leadership was needed to coordinate efforts and tie activities to local conditions, needs, and priorities. In May 1937, the State legislature passed an act that established Conservation Districts in Colorado to represent private and public landowners.

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• provides support to every county in Colorado through the 75 Conservation Districts who work with their local landowners and local communities.  The districts are grouped into 10 geographical regions, known as watersheds.  The mission of Colorado's 75 Conservation Districts is to provide leadership for the conservation of natural resources to ensure health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of the state through a responsible conservation ethic.
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• is a grass roots, non-profit, conservation and natural resource organization developed to assist the Conservation Districts - Financial and administrative assistance is provided to Conservation Districts through the Colorado State Conservation Board, housed under the Conservation Services Division within the Colorado Department of Agriculture.  The Colorado State Conservation Board (CSCB) is comprised of Conservation District representatives from Colorado’s 10 watersheds and provides guidance to the Department of Agriculture for: disbursing state & federal grant funds and direct assistance to the Conservation Districts, developing training tools for long and short term planning, budgeting, and laws pertaining to local governance, performing as a board of appeals for landowners appealing Conservation District activities, and facilitating local conservation programs that improve soil health, water quality, water conservation, wildlife habitat, forest health, plant communities and energy conservation.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   CACD...
• Board Members are volunteers and are made up of Colorado citizens who own their own land.  The majority of the current and previous CACD Board members are farmers and ranchers and have served on, or are currently serving on their own local Conservation District Boards - Conservation District Boards are also comprised of volunteers. They are locally elected landowners who volunteer over 32,000 hours annually to fulfill District responsibilities.  While Conservation Districts are technically considered “local governments,” they fall under the statutory guidance of the State.   

   
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• provides grassroots support to Colorado’s farmers, ranchers and landowners by working with their local Conservation Districts to assist their landowners and operators by assisting in the development of conservation plans and providing natural resource information to landowners, operators and the general public..  They also participate in boots on the ground conservation projects.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                CACD...                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

1. operates to serve in many capacities.  Conservation Districts are represented by the Colorado Association of Conservation Districts at the state level and at the  national level by working with the National Association of Conservation Districts.