
Welcome to Technical
Service Area 8
Providing Technical Assistance to North Central MN SWCDs
The TSA8 provides technical services to Soil & Water Districts within our designated counties. Examples of services include: conservation related engineering assistance, GIS mapping, forestry best practice aid, and design / communication support. We exist to make the SWCD stronger!
Area 8 contains over 3, 213 lakes, 50 Cisco Tullibee Refuge Lakes, the first 400 miles of the Mississippi River, and source water for twin cities drinking water supply.
A joint powers organization of Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Hubbard, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods and Wadena Soil & Water Conservation Districts.
TSA8 Services
GIS Mapping
Provided on this page are current watershed protection & land cover data maps organized by Minor Watershed (HUC14) as well as by the larger HUC10 watersheds.
Forestry Files
Forestry links and websites that are helpful for research on various woodland topics. This page also includes a few forestry related documents for download.
Designed Resources
These pages contain designed materials, files, and documents that cover conservation information and topics for various landowner types.