Board & Election Information

Board Members

  • Chair
    Cindy Faulkner
    Elected Area: 
    2
    Areas Served: 
    2
  • Vice Chair
    Joe Woolverton
    Elected Area: 
    4
    Areas Served: 
    4
  • Treasurer
    Denis McCrate
    Elected Area: 
    3
    Areas Served: 
    3
  • Member
    Eric Towery
    Elected Area: 
    i
    Areas Served: 
    i
  • Secretary
    Richard Rickman

Board of Supervisors Meetings
Meeting Place:
New Madrid, Mo.
Meeting Date and Time:
November 09, 2023 @ 9am

Date and time are subject to change due to harvest season and weather. Call 573-748-2557 ext. 3 for more information.

Election Information

BALLOT

Event Date: November 6, 2025, 1:30 PM to December 2, 2025, 5:00 PM

Seeking Nominations

New Madrid County Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors
(Area 1 - Big Prairie, West & Hough Townships or Area 3—Portage, LaFont & Lesuir Townships)

Let it be known that the New Madrid County Soil and Water Conservation District will hold an election for one supervisor in each of two different territories in the county on February 1 – 20, 2026. Anyone that owns a farm in Territory II (New Madrid, Lewis and St. John) or Territory IV (Como and Anderson), and meets the qualifications listed below, may be considered as a candidate in the election. You may submit your name for participation in the election by completing the self-nomination form and delivering it to the district by 5:00 P.M. on December 2, 2025.  The self-nomination form is available online at mosoilandwater.land or by e-mailing Alicia McClendon at Alicia.McClendon@swcd.mo.gov.

Supervisors of the district administer district policies and programs, district personnel, and cost-share funding made available by the one-tenth-of-one-percent parks, soils and water sales tax. During fiscal year 2024 the district provided $1,037,548.10 of cost-share funds to 110 landowners to assist the landowners with installing agricultural erosion control and water quality practices. For more information call 573-748-2557, extension 3.

New Madrid County Soil and Water Conservation District
573-748-2557, Ext. 3
Alicia.McClendon@swcd.mo.gov
495C Hwy 61
New Madrid, Mo. 63869

Board Supervisor Qualifications

Elections are held every two years. The qualifications required to be a supervisor are:

  1. Being a land representative from the district (as defined in 10 CSR 70-4.010 (1) (I)). A land representative is defined as the owner or representative authorized by power of attorney of any farm lying within an area proposed to be established, and subsequently established, as a soil and water conservation district under Chapter 278, RSMo. Each farm is entitled to representation by a land representative: provided, however that the land representative is a taxpayer of the county within which the soil and water district is located.
  2. Residing in, or owning a farm in, the area from which he/she is nominated where there is an expiring term.
  3. Being a cooperator of the district, defined as, "a person who is actively engaged in farming and practices conservation activities related to agriculture".
  4. Being a current resident and tax-paying citizen of the county for at least two years preceding the election date.
  5. Being eighteen (18) years of age or older by the election date.