Principles that guide the District's services, programs, and administrative operations are:

• Private landowners will solve their conservation and environment problems voluntarily if given incentives, technical assistance, and education.
• Private landowners have a right to maximize the economic profitability of their land. They also have a responsibility to use natural resources in a wise and responsible manner.
• Resource management is best achieved with a voluntary, locally-led, and holistic approach dealing with watersheds.
• Natural resource conservation efforts can be planned and implemented to sustain longterm healthy, economically viable, productive land uses.
• We have independent responsibilities, but we recognize our dependence on others to deliver programs successfully.