Loudoun SWCD

Welcome to Loudoun Soil and Water Conservation District

The Loudoun Soil and Water Conservation District is responsible for the conservation work within its boundaries (Loudoun County)*. The mission of the District is to provide leadership in recognizing and addressing soil and water conservation issues and problems, both existing and potential, and to promote and develop education and technical programs which will meet the agricultural and urban conservation needs of our District.

NOTICE:

With the Governor’s declaration of a state of emergency and the public health concern affiliated with COVID-19, our staff will be working remotely from March 16th – April 3rd, 2020.

If you do need out of office assistance, please ask yourself the following questions:

* Have you, or someone living in your household, someone you’ve been in close or frequent contact with, or someone you are caring for been diagnosed with COVID-19 (Coronavirus) or had any contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19?

* In the last 14 days, have you or someone living in your household, or someone you have been in close or frequent contact with, or someone your are caring for returned from, or made a travel connection through a CDC Level 3 or Level 2 country or State Department Level 3 or Level 4 country?

* Do you currently have, or have you had within the last 24 hours, any cold or flu symptoms with a fever greater than 100.4 or acute respiratory distress (e.g. shortness of breath and coughing).

If you answer “yes” to any of the above questions, please let us know so we can serve you in the safest way possible.  All staff can be contacted via email.

For Agricultural questions, contact:

Jay Frakenfield – jay.frankenfield@lswcd.org

Pat McIlvaine – pat.mcilvaine@lswcd.org

Chris Van Vlack – chris.vanvlack@lswcd.org

For VCAP, conservation plans, Land Use Tax and Ag Forestal Districts questions, contact:

Chris Van Vlack – chris.vanvlack@lswcd.org

For Education questions, contact:

Jennifer Venable – jennifer.venable@lswcd.org

For General questions or emergencies, contact:

Suzanne Brown – suzie.brown@lswcd.org

 SUMMER INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY (Virginia Dept. of Forestry in partnership with Virginia Cooperative Extension): https://ext.vt.edu/internship/counties/northern_prince_william_nr.html