The Baca County Conservation District is currently working to improve the accessibility of their website and resources. If you need assistance in accessing our resources while we work on these improvements, you can contact District staff via email  at bacaccd22@gmail.com, or via phone at 719-523-6251. We…

Baca County was the epicenter of the Dust Bowl. In response to that disaster, Congress passed Public Law 46 in 1935 declaring soil and water conservation and wise land-use a national policy. Hugh Hammond Bennett, chief of the original Soil Conservation Service, recognized that local input was vital to the…