This law created the Alabama State Soil and Water Conservation Committee and authorized the formation of the local Soil and Water Conservation Districts. What started as 3 districts in 1939 has become 67 districts today. Any landowner or operator who does not have a resource problem would be a rare exception, so we must assume that you have resource problems. To get help on your problem, all you have to do is to apply to your district for help. When the supervisors of the district approve your application for assistance, you become a district cooperator and are provided the services of a conservationist from the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Local supervisors establish priorities for work to be done.
Once your request for assistance is approved, the district asks the Natural Resources Conservation Service to make a scientific inventory of your land and its related resources. Soil types, along with erosion and drainage problems, are first outlined by the conservationists on an aerial photograph of the property. You and the conservationist use this map in working out a conservation and development plan. Any time the conservationist doesn't have all the answers, he will call on specialists to assist with your special technical problems. The State Soil and Water Conservation Committee was created by the State Soil and Water Conservation District Law in 1939, primarily to carry out the administrative functions necessary for the operation of the district program.