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Ford County SWCD

Ford County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) was the 13th Soil and Water District to be organized, on March 6, 1942. Today there is a total of 97 Soil and Water Conservation Districts in Illinois. Each District is a local unit of government that focuses on finding solutions and aiding the conservation of local natural resource concerns. SWCD's work side-by-side with over 2.3 million land managers nationally and has had and effect on more than 778 million acres of private land.

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Ford County Soil and Water Conservation District is located in the Paxton USDA Service Center, 1380 W. Ottawa Road, Paxton, Illinois 60957. Normal business hours are 8:00 am to 4:30 pm Monday through Friday