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
Plan
of Work FY2024
Plan
of Work FY2023
| Chairman Jake Ford (Berrien) |
| Carlos Vickers (Berrien) | Michael Railey (Clinch) | Derrell Bennett (Cook) | Harold Simpson (Cook) |
| Tim Hughes (Echols) | William Darsey (Lanier) | Joel Pike, Sr. (Lowndes) | Tommy Moore (Lowndes) |
| No meetings in Nov & Dec 2023 due to holidays; starting in January 2024 meetings will be held every other month on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 10 a.m. – location rotates throughout the district. Contact Ben Roberts ([email protected]) for location. |
FLINT RIVER SWCD
Baker, Calhoun, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell & Seminole Counties
Website: http://flintriverswcd.org
Plan
of Work FY2024
Annual
Report FY2023
Plan
of Work FY2023
| Chairman Martin McLendon (Calhoun) |
| Shane Kelley (Baker) | Graham Ginn (Calhoun) | Parker Miller (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. - Stripling Irrigation Research Park, 8207 GA-37, Camilla, GA |
LOWER CHATTAHOOCHEE RIVER SWCD
Clay, Lee, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Stewart, Sumter, Terrell & Webster Counties
Plan
of Work FY2025
Plan
of Work FY2024
Plan
of Work FY2023
| 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) | James Bramblett (Stewart) |
| 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
Plan
of Work FY2025
Plan
of Work FY2023
| Chairman Dan Niewoehner (Brooks) |
| Wesley Griffin (Ben Hill) | Joseph Phillips (Ben Hill) | Franz Rowland (Brooks) | Thomas Coleman (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) | Chris Young (Worth) |
| 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 FY2025
Plan
of Work FY2024
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) | Neal Hancock (Peach) |
| Jacob Turner (Peach) | David Bishop (Pulaski) | Robert Lancaster (Pulaski) | Jack McGlaun (Taylor) |
| Tim Bloodworth (Wilcox) | 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
Plan
of Work FY2024
Plan
of Work FY2023
| Chairman Joey Wells (Marion) |
| Jason Frost (Chattahoochee) | Benjamin Miller (Chattahoochee) | Keith Edwards (Harris) | Raymond Reames (Harris) |
| Sam Rigdon (Marion) | Harvey Milner (Muscogee) | Michael Buckner (Talbot) |
| Third Thursday of every month at 12:00 p.m. - Buena Vista Middle/High School located at 1 Eagle Drive, Buena Vista, Ga. |