IONIA CONSERVATION DISTRICT

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Please help direct the Conservation District programs. 

Our mission: To assist Ionia County residents with the conservation, management, and wise use of natural resources in Ionia County.

Choose the three most important topics ranking them first through third below.  You are encouraged to write in others, however here are a few examples requested in the past: 

Specialty crops such as fruit or vegetables, habitat, water quality, water conservation, livestock, cover crops, energy conservation, wildlife, soil erosion, forestry, wildflowers, environmental education, recycling, wetlands, grasslands/prairies, conservation practices, exotic species control, rain gardens, lake ecology, native landscaping.

Please enter your topics on this survey or on the lines below:

Protecting the natural resources of Ionia County since 1945

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The native plants you planted with us in 2025 helped…

  • Create 2,618,489 ft² of canopy coverage.

  • Sequester 9,285 tons of carbon (2,018 cars)

  • Intercepted 74 million gallons of rain, preventing fertilizer runoff.

  • Removed 78,392 pounds of ozone from the atmosphere.

  • Assisted 200+ acres of cropland become more sustainable.

Want some data of your own?

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Let us know how much carbon you are storing from planting trees from the district!

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Do you have questions about trees, MAEAP, Farm Bill Programs, or something else? Send us a message and we’ll get back to you!