The District handles the conservation needs of Petroleum County's 1, 071,000 acres and approximately 500 residents. The Petroleum County Conservation District encompasses the county’s 1,071,000 acres and the board is comprised of five county elected officials and two appointed city officials. This board is tasked with the education and conservation of the county’s natural resources. The Petroleum
County Conservation District through education, outreach and program and project development works hard to put local common sense natural resource conservation on the ground and to educate the current and future producers and landowners on natural resource conservation all while helping them to continue sustainability in their businesses. The Petroleum County Conservation District regularly partners with other conservation districts, watershed groups, stakeholder groups, state and federal agencies, as well as some NGO’s and nonprofits to put conservation on the ground
