Mower SWCD Board chairman Randy Smith has been elected to a two-year term as vice president for the state association for soil and water conservation districts.
Earlier this month, Smith was elected to the position with the board of directors for the Minnesota Association of Soil & Water Conservation Districts (MASWCD) at its annual convention in the Twin Cities.
Smith is an Adams-area farmer who has been on the Mower SWCD Board for 10 years. In this elected role, Smith represents the southwest Mower County townships of Lyle, Windom, Nevada, Marshall and Adams.
Since 2020, Smith has served on the MASWCD Board as the representative for the SWCDs in southeast Minnesota. This year, Smith represented Minnesota as a delegate to the National Association of Conservations, a role he will continue with in 2025.
Smith is positioned well to be a strong voice and advocate for SWCDs during his two-year term as vice president given his background with working lands conservation practices and his well-established role in leadership capacity, said LeAnn Buck, MASWCD’s executive director.