The Tipton County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) was established in 1974. The District strives to encourage every person to wisely use and protect the county's soil and water through proper land use and watershed management, urban and agricultural. The Tipton County SWCD maintains a cover crop test plot providing soils and biomass material for testing to offer statistics on the benefits of cover crops in Indiana to the local producers. The District is a big promoter of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) and Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP). The Tipton County SWCD is actively involved in the INField Advantage Project. This project addresses nonpoint source pollution caused by a high level of agricultural production. Multiple 14 digit watersheds in the project area are listed on the IDEM 303d for List of Impaired Water Bodies for concerns including: impacted biotic communities, nutrients, phosphorus, E. coli, ammonia, dissolved oxygen and algae. IDEM developed total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) for the Upper, Middle and Lower Wildcat Creek Watersheds. The Wildcat Creek Watershed has also been targeted by the Mississippi River Basin Initiative due to its contribution to hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. Tipton County SWCD has cost shared over 1000+ acres of cover crops. The district offers a cost share program for capping abandoned wells. Educating the public is a key element in encouraging the proper use of our natural resources. The District works with our partners and watershed coordinators to ensure that our resources of today are here for tomorrow. Tipton County Soil and Water Conservation District has partnered with the Howard County Soil and Water Conservation District and Purdue Extension Agencies of Tipton and Howard County to create a five week Soil Health Education Series. We are proud to collaborate with the: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Indiana Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts, County Drainage Board, Planning Commission, Commissioners, Health Department, Indiana Department of Natural Resources, State Soil Conservation Board, Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Farm Service Agency, Purdue Extension Service, National Association of Conservation Districts.