Linking Natural Resources To Healthy Communities
The Resource Conservation and Development (RC&D) Program promotes the protection and conservation of land and water resources. Established by Congress in the 1960s under the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), RC&D Programs encourage volunteer, locally elected and civic leaders to plan and carry out projects that protect environmental resources and improve social and economic conditions in rural areas.
Today, the Southwestern North Carolina Resource Conservation & Development Council is a non profit organization serving the seven most western counties in North Carolina and the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians.
Changing the world is possible. We’ve done it before.
Our leadership team bring years of experience to bear on rural conservation and development. We’re results driven, with a proven record of previous successes.
Ready to take the next step?
Whether you’re most comfortable contributing time to help achieve our advocacy goals, money to help us grow, or energy to put political pressure on our governments to change, we need you on our team.
The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.
— George W. White
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