Conservation Commissioner for Area I

Matt Gard

Appointed to the Conservation Commission August 22, 2006.

Matt Gard , a board member of the Major County Conservation District, and his wife Kathy live in Fairview and have two sons and a daughter. A graduate of Oklahoma State University with a degree in animal science, Mr. Gard is a Certified Crop Advisor and has a commercial pilot rating. He and his family belong to the Fairview United Methodist Church, for which Matt serves as a lay leader.

Mr. Gard became a cooperator with the Major County Conservation District in 1989 and first joined the board of directors in 1993. He has served on the executive board of the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts as Area I director and vice president. A board member of the Fairview Chamber of Commerce for four years, he also served as vice president in 1997 and president in 1998. He has served as a member of the steering committee for the OSU Extension Program for Major and Dewey Counties and is a certified instructor for trap and archery under that program. He has served as a board member and president of both the Oklahoma Alfalfa Hay and Seed Association and the Major County Surface and Mineral Owners Association. He served as the director of the membership committee for the National Forage and Grasslands Council. He also serves on the Oklahoma Biofuels Advisory Board.

Commissioner Gard is a member of the Oklahoma Farm Bureau, Oklahoma Farmers Union, Oklahoma Wheat Growers Association, and is on the board of OKFREE. He is also a member of the National Corn Growers Association and placed second in that organization's National Corn Grower Contest. He grows cotton, alfalfa, soybeans, millet, wheat, and canola. Mr. Gard is a commercial applicator of pesticides, has a custom applicator business and does custom planting, sowing, and haying.

Conservation Districts in Area I

• Alfalfa County
• Beaver County
• Blaine County
• Central North Canadian River
• Cimarron County
• Cimarron Valley
• Dewey County
• East Canadian County
• East Woods County
• Ellis County
• Garfield County
• Grant County
• Harper County
• Kingfisher County
• Major County
• Texas County
• Woods County
• Woodward County