Dexter, Missouri - Gov. Jay Nixon and Missouri Department of Agriculture Director Richard Fordyce will visit Dexter on Wednesday (June 25) to meet with local soil and water district officials in Stoddard County for a roundtable discussion regarding legislation passed by the General Assembly that would reduce funding for the state’s soil and water conservation districts.
 
In 1984, Missouri voters approved a one-tenth-of-one-percent parks, soils and water sales tax to fund state parks and soil and water conservation efforts. Voters reauthorized the sales tax in 1988, 1996 and 2006.














 
Wednesday, June 25
 
WHO:               Gov. Jay Nixon
                          Missouri Department of Agriculture Director
                                     Richard Fordyce
                           Local soil and water district officials
                       
WHAT:            Roundtable discussion regarding legislation passed by
                         the General Assembly that would reduce funding for
                         the state’s soil and water conservation districts

WHEN:            1:45 p.m.
 
WHERE:          Stoddard County Soil and Water Conservation
                                      District office
                           18450 Ridgeview Lane
                           Dexter, MO