Category: <span>District Services</span>

📣 We are seeking input from Piatt County residents, landowners, and other stakeholders to identify our community’s most pressing natural resource concerns. Please fill out this Conservation Needs Assessment to steer local conservation efforts and identify priority areas!
Online survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe1jkJSMIIkQhVioq-VwsYidNc2kgtPja6FMaoIXDAIwY1wig/viewform

📝 Your participation will help us develop actionable strategies to address soil health, water quality, and other local conservation priorities. County information will be utilized by NRCS, the State Technical Committee, and PCSWCD to guide programs and resources effectively.

📥 Please submit/return your completed Conservation Needs Assessments to Piatt County SWCD by 4/30!

The USDA office in Monticello has re-opened!

Our office phones and emails are now operational. We are returning messages that we were not able to access during the shutdown as fast as possible, but if you are still waiting on a reply please feel free to stop by the office or give us a call. Thank you for your patience and understanding!

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, the USDA office in Monticello will be closed until further notice. Staff will not have access to the building, office phones, or government issued email accounts until Congress restores funding.

To reach Piatt County SWCD employees, please email piattswcd@gmail.com. Thank you!

Restore Soil and Water Conservation District Funding to FY 2024 Levels

Illinois’ 97 Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCD) experienced a substantial funding shortfall in the FY 2025 state budget. SWCD operations funding was reduced by $4 million from $8.5 million in FY 24 to $4.5 million in FY 25. The shortfall will lead to the loss of trained and qualified Soil and Water Conservation District employees which will take years of training to replace. Without sufficient funding, employees, much like unprotected soil, will erode away.

Piatt County SWCD will be collecting signatures in support of restoring FY 25 SWCD operations funding to level funding based on FY 24 funded appropriations.

Stop by our office at 1209 Bear Lane, Monticello IL to sign a paper copy of the petition in support of restoring funding, OR fill out the online petition using this survey website: www.surveymonkey.com/r/FundSWCDs