John Wilson is the NRCS Ohio State Conservationist, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, and has worked with the agency for 37 years.
John began his career with the United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service as a student trainee in Adrian, Michigan (MI). His first career appointment with the Soil Conservation Service (SCS) was a Soil Conservationist in Van Buren, MI and later was reassigned to Centreville, MI before accepting a District Conservationist (DC) position in Pontiac, MI. He worked as DC for 5 years before changing positions to assist the local partners in Southeast Michigan with the Southeast Michigan River Basin Study as an Urban Resource Conservationist.
In 1998 he accepted the position of Assistant State Conservationist for Field Operations in Northwest Ohio. In 2007 he moved to Columbus to become the State Administrative Officer and was instrumental in leading Ohio’s response to the Audit.
He acted as the National Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Officer in Washington, D. C. on two occasions and acted as State Conservationist several months in Ohio in 2005 and 2021 as well as Utah in 2011.