Welcome to the Culpeper Soil and Water Conservation District website! Formed in 1939, Culpeper SWCD provides agricultural cost share through the Best Management Practices Program, technical assistance for landowners regarding conservation and natural resource management and reviews site plans for erosion and sediment control and stormwater management for our member counties and the Town of Culpeper. We also provide educational programs for classrooms, homeschool, Scout, civic and garden groups.

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We have rain barrels!

It is finally raining — so why aren’t you catching that water with a rain barrel? Our barrels are 50 gallons and made by Earth Minded. The price is $90 for one and $175 for two plus sales tax. This includes the barrel, lid, hardware and instructions. We...

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