Definitions for: Conservancy

[n] the official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc.
[n] (British) a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation in a port or river

Webster (1913) Definition: Con*serv"an*cy, n.
Conservation, as from injury, defilement, or irregular use.

[An act was] passed in 1866, for vesting in the
Conservators of the River Thames the conservancy of the
Thames and Isis. --Mozley & W.

See Also: commission, committee, conservation