Found 2 items, similar to conservancy.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: conservancy conservancy n 1: a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river 2: the official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Conservancy Conservancy \Con*serv"an*cy\, n. Conservation, as from injury, defilement, or irregular use. [1913 Webster] [An act was] passed in 1866, for vesting in the Conservators of the River Thames the conservancy of the Thames and Isis. --Mozley & W. [1913 Webster]