Back Row: Mike Milam, Secretary Danny Richardson, Vice Chairman, Jeff Richardson, Treasurer, David Daniels, Board Member; and Gerald Malin, Chairman Front Row: Jason Bruce, Soil Conservationist, Jeremy Allgood, Pemiscot Soil Conservationist, and Steve Watson, District Conservationist.

A Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) Supervisor is a person elected or appointed to represent people throughout the county and to be part of the governing body of the District.  Elected Supervisors serve a four year term.  The Extension Specialist is always the Secretary of the Board.
Qualifications (See RSMO Chapter 278.110.1) 

1. A land representative (as defined in the Statutes)
2. Must either reside in or own a farm in the territory of the District from which nominated.
3. A cooperator of the SWCD
4. taxpaying citizen in the county for at least two years
5. Elected by simple majority of those voting

Authority (RSMO Chapter 278.120.130)
The SWCD is an independent unit of government.  Its board of supervisors is Vested with all the powers of the District.  This responsibility and status as an elected public official places the Supervisors in a unique position. Because they work with the entire tax base through private landowners, The Supervisors are in a position to make key resource decisions which will ultimately affect the welfare of the people of the county and the state.  The Supervisor has the statutory authority “to promote all reasonable measures for the saving of the soil and water within that soil and water district.”  This leaves the Supervisors almost unlimited opportunity to execute a conservation program and makes them the key to the success of the Soil and Water Conservation District.