The Cumberland County Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors recognized outgoing board member Clifton McNeill Jr. during the board’s regular meeting held Dec. 14 in the Cumberland County Agriculture Center.
Cumberland County Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors Chairman C. Wayne Collier presented a plaque of appreciation to McNeill during the meeting. McNeill was appointed to the Board of Supervisors by the N.C. Soil and Water Conservation Commission and began service on Jan. 17, 2012.
“Clifton McNeill has been a great leader and an encourager for me and a lot of other people to stay involved and keep conservation in mind for everything we do — keeping our soil in place, clean water and preserving farmlands,” Collier said.
McNeill has served as a chairman of the Cumberland County Soil and Water Board of Supervisors as well as chairman of Area VII, which encompasses Bladen, Columbus, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Richmond, Robeson, Sampson and Scotland counties. McNeill has also served on the Joint Planning Board and was on the South River Electric Membership Board of Directors from 2013-2023.
McNeill is a second-generation produce farmer in the Hope Mills area. Before retiring, he grew strawberries, tomatoes, potatoes and cabbage up until 2015 at his farm in Gray’s Creek.
The Cumberland County Soil and Water Conservation District Board of Supervisors is made up of five board members, three of which are elected and two who are appointed by the N.C. Soil and Water Conservation Commission. It is one of 96 soil and water districts across North Carolina that use every available technical, financial and educational resource to administer programs designed to encourage individual responsibility to conserve, improve and sustain our soil and water resources for future generations.
For more information about Cumberland County Soil and Water, go to cumberlandcountync.gov/departments/soil-water-group/soil-water.
