Conservation Regional Manager, Region V, Ben Roberts
Region V Conservation Districts
Region V Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCDs) include Alapaha, Flint River, Lower Chattahoochee River, Middle South Georgia, Ocmulgee River, and Pine Mountain.
Counties in Region V include Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bibb, Brooks, Calhoun, Chattahoochee, Clay, Clinch, Colquitt, Cook, Crawford, Crisp, Decatur, Dooly, Dougherty, Early, Echols, Grady, Harris, Houston, Irwin, Lee, Lanier, Lowndes, Macon, Marion, Miller, Mitchell, Muscogee, Peach, Pulaski, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Seminole, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Turner, Webster, Wilcox and Worth.
ALAPAHA SWCD
Berrien, Clinch, Cook, Echols, Lanier & Lowndes Counties
| Chairman Owen Prince (Echols) |
| Jake Ford (Berrien) | Carlos Vickers (Berrien) | Michael Railey (Clinch) | Derrell Bennett (Cook) |
| Harold Simpson (Cook) | Tim Hughes (Echols) | William Darsey (Lanier) | Paul Folsom (Lanier) |
| Joel Pike, Sr. (Lowndes) | Tommy Moore (Lowndes) |
| Second Wednesday of every month at 9:00 a.m. - Lowndes County Extension Office |
FLINT RIVER SWCD
Baker, Calhoun, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell & Seminole Counties
Website: http://flintriverswcd.org
| Chairman Martin McLendon (Calhoun) |
| Shane Kelley (Baker) | Robert Rish (Baker) | Graham Ginn (Calhoun) | Parker Miller (Decatur) |
| Wayne Thomas (Decatur) | Keith Cromartie (Dougherty) | Jacob Paschal (Dougherty) | Vernon Haddock (Early) |
| Steve Singletary (Early) | John Harrell (Grady) | Samuel Perkins (Grady) | Garrett Bridges (Miller) |
| Ronald Vann (Miller) | Casey Cox (Mitchell) | David Holton (Mitchell) | Steve Bailey (Seminole) |
| Judson Hornsby (Seminole) |
| Second Tuesday of every month, 9:30 a.m. - Miller County Extension Office, 406 West Crawford Street, Colquitt, GA |
LOWER CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER SWCD
Clay, Lee, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Terrell & Webster Counties
| Chairman Hiram Bo Beard (Randolph) |
| Rodney Isler (Clay) | Patrick Shiver (Clay) | Riley McRee (Lee) | Thomas Sumners (Lee) |
| Ralph Balkcom (Quitman) | George Cathrall (Quitman) | Frankie Sauls (Randolph) | William Bowen (Sumter) |
| Brian Goolsby (Terrell) | Mark Masters (Terrell) | Andrew Payne (Webster) |
| Third Tuesday of each month at 11:00 a.m. - Back Porch Restaurant in Shellman, GA |
MIDDLE SOUTH GEORGIA SWCD
Ben Hill, Brooks, Colquitt, Crisp, Irwin, Thomas, Tift, Turner & Worth Counties
| Chairman Dan Niewoehner (Brooks) |
| Wesley Griffin (Ben Hill) | Joseph Phillips (Ben Hill) | Franz Rowland (Brooks) | Thomas Coleman (Colquitt) | |
| Preston Jimmerson (Colquitt) | James Baker (Crisp) | Randy Ellis (Crisp) | Bob Martin (Irwin) | |
| Donald McWhorter (Irwin) | James Hart (Thomas) | Brian Ponder (Tift) | Grady Thompson (Tift) | |
| Ross Kendrick (Turner) | Alex Sumner (Turner) | Keith White (Worth) |
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| First Wednesday of each month at 2:00 p.m. - Tift County USDA Service Center, 1468 Carpenter Rd., Tifton, GA, 31793 |
OCMULGEE RIVER SWCD
Bibb, Crawford, Dooly, Houston, Macon, Peach, Pulaski, Taylor & Wilcox Counties
Plan
of Work FY2023
Plan
of Work FY2022
| Chairman Lindsay Holliday (Bibb) |
| Donald Newberry (Bibb) | William Martin (Crawford) | William Reid (Dooly) | James Warbington (Dooly) |
| Larry Morton (Houston) | David Muse (Houston) | Gary Slaton (Macon) | Jacob Turner (Peach) |
| David Bishop (Pulaski) | Robert Lancaster (Pulaski) | Jack McGlaun (Taylor) | Larry Stubbs (Wilcox) |
| First Thursday of every month, excluding the month of May, at 6:00 p.m. - AgGeorgia Farm Credit Building in Perry, Georgia |
PINE MOUNTAIN SWCD
Chattahoochee, Harris, Marion, Muscogee & Talbot Counties
| Chairman Sam Rigdon (Marion) |
| Jason Frost (Chattahoochee) | Benjamin Miller (Chattahoochee) | Keith Edwards (Harris) | Raymond Reames (Harris) |
| Joey Wells (Marion) | Harvey Milner (Muscogee) | Michael Buckner (Talbot) | Frank Jordan (Talbot) |
| Third Thursday of every month at 12:00 p.m. - Buena Vista Middle/High School located at 1 Eagle Drive, Buena Vista, Ga. |