About Atchison County Conservation District

Atchison county is located in the far northeast corner of Kansas along the

Missouri River. Atchison County Conservation District was formed in 1939.

The office staff consists of; NRCS Supervisory District Conservationist Alan

Larson, Soil Conservationist Charley Hunter, Conservation Technician David

Jacobson, District Manager Kelli Baker, and DOC Technician Dustin Ferris.

The District began working on their Non Point Source Pollution Control Program

in 1995 and was able to begin cost sharing with landowners towards the end

of 1996.

The Water Resources Cost Share Program began in 1979. In 2006 the Water

Resource program paid $22,325 in cost-share towards 3.1 acres of waterways

and 29,517 lf of terraces; including gradient and tile terraces. Through the

years, the District has allocated thousands of dollars into Atchison County

farms and assisted hundreds of landowners with the help of these programs.

In December, the District offers a cost-share sign-up on windbreaks available

for homesteads and livestock. The district has one no-till drill, a scraper,

available for rent, a root plow and drip-torch for loan and orders grass seed.

We co-sponsor a multi-county contractor’s meeting with NRCS and our

surrounding districts. We sponsor the poster contest for the elementary

schools in the county.