The Juniata County Conservation District was organized in 1957, as a legal subdivision of local and state government, responsible under state law for conservation work within its county boundary lines.

The purpose of the district is to: resolve land and water related resource problems through voluntary compliance with landowners; to enlist and coordinate help from all public and private sources that can contribute to accomplishing the district goals; and to make all citizens aware of the inter-relationship between human activities and the natural environment through education.