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Technical
Assistance January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2007
* Assistance Provided - 6,000 customers * Urban
Sites Evaluated
- 25 * Engineering
Plans Completed
- 77 * Grassed
Waterways Designed
- 98,074
feet * Grassed Waterways Installed - 135,335 feet * Subsurface
Drainage Tile Installed
- 318,233 feet * Erosion
Control Structures
- 90 * Petition
Projects Installed - 14,600 feet * Conservation
Easement Established
- 77
acres * No-Till
Drill Use - 610
acres * Wetlands
Restoration
- 70
acres * Wildlife
Habitat Management - 82
acres * Field Borders Installed - 89,325 feet * Conservation Cover Established - 1,752 acres * Conservation Plans Developed - 4,973 acres Financial Report January 1 through December 31, 2007 Click
here for Detailed Report.
District Fund: Beginning Balance - $65,759.83
Receipts
- $33,070.54
Distributions
- $49,700.02 Ending Balance - $49,130.35 Special
Fund:
Beginning Balance
- $13,055.57
Receipts
- $320,340.14
Distributions
- $293,912.18 Ending Balance - $39,483.53 2007 Programs and Services Ä Tree Seedling &
Fish Fingerling Sales Ä Marking Flags, USGS
Topo Map Sales Ä Best Management
Practice Engineering Assistance
- Agricultural & Urban Ä Agricultural Pollution
Abatement State
Cost Share Program Ä Equipment Rental Program Ä County Ditch
Maintenance Program Ä Conservation
Easement Program Ä Conservation Reserve
Program Ä Wetland Reserve Program Ä Flood Plain
Administration Technical Advisor Ä Experience Earth 3-Day Camp - 64
County 3rd & 4th
Graders Ä Soil Stewardship
Material Sponsor Ä 64 Conservation Education Presentations Ä Conservation Education
Field Days Ä “Conservation News”
Quarterly Newsletter - 3500 per Issue Ä County Ditch
Maintenance Bi-Annual Newsletter - 460
per Issue Ä Weekly Articles
Published in The
Circleville Herald Newspaper Ä Web Site (www.pickawayswcd.org) Ä Chamber of Commerce
Member Ä Heart of Ohio RC&D Member Ä Watershed Technical
& Educational Activities Ä Pickaway County
Regional Planning Commission
Member Ä Subdivision Technical
Review Committee Ä 4H Natural
Resources Program Sponsor Ä Area, State,
& National Envirothon Competition
Sponsor Ä Hands-On Educational Models &
Trunks Ä Education
Lending Library
2007 Pickaway SWCD Program Highlights State and Federal Cost Share Programs
Through partnerships between USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service,
Farm Service Agency, the
ODNR, Division of Soil and Water, and the Pickaway Soil and Water Conservation District,
State and Federal cost share programs have distributed over one million dollars
to cooperators in Pickaway County between October 1, 2006
and September
30,
2007.
The programs include Conservation Reserve Program, Scioto
River Watershed Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program, Environmental Quality Incentive Program, Wildlife
Habitat Incentive Program, Conservation
Easement, and annual farm program rental payments. Educational Program
The District’s Education Coordinator provided
hands-on activities demonstrating 65 conservation education
presentations. Other
programs were provided for, Cub Scouts, 4-H, home
schools, Science Clubs, and other special events reaching an additional 600
youth and adult. The District
sponsors the annual Area 5 Envirothon, an outdoor natural resource education
competition. The District also
provides a three-day Experience Earth Day Camp for sixty-five 3rd and 4th grade youth in the summer. A
total of 2500 pieces of educational material such as booklets, pamphlets,
magazines, soil survey books, and the like were distributed to area youth and
adults. The District
provides natural resource materials through its lending program including a
Forestry Trunk, a Stream Quality Monitoring Trunk, Stream Table Model,
Groundwater Model, the Enviroscape Model, and the Soil Tunnel.
The District’s web site, www.pickawayswcd.org,
provides a portal to the internet through educational links.
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