NACD Forum - Recent Posts

RE: NRCS Watershed Structure Office Help

Crystal Renfro — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 21:10:41 +0000

Heather,

We are looking for something like this in Kentucky also. Did you all ever create this position?

Thanks,

Crystal

RE: Board Self-Evaluations

Yoko Talley — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 09:30:40 +0000

Heather Duncan can explore the NACD's website and resources for any self-evaluation surveys or tools designed for supervisors. Additionally, she should check out the online modules submitted by other states for the District Official Training Program Recognition, as they may offer valuable resources for board self-evaluations. It's essential to gather a variety of tools and adapt them to the specific needs of the local boards.

RE: Board Self-Evaluations

Joseph Kennedy — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 10:55:49 +0000

I appreciate you for sharing that link with us. I am looking for the District Leadership Self-Assessment online and I am glad I found your post.

NRCS Watershed Structure Office Help

Heather Duncan — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 12:51:04 +0000

Does anyone have NRCS supplied employees that work specifically on watershed structures (specifically with PIFRs and all of the new funding) and are to act as a liaison between NRCS and districts? If so, would you mind sharing what the roles and responsibilities look like in your state? Also, how many districts/areas/structures they're assigned to. Thank you :)

RE: Tribal Representation on CDs

Jan Lee — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 15:28:32 +0000

In Oregon we have a tribal SWCD. We also have no restrictions on who can serve on a board other than that 5 of the board must be from zones and own 10 acres of land or manage land and 2 directors are at-large. If a person serves as an associate director for one year, they can be a zone director without owning land.

Water Milfoil

Janelle Mead — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 15:17:33 +0000

Friends, many of you may remember Mindy Bankey who was the me before me. She is now at our natural resources department and asked that I share this question with you -- do any of you have information on treatment of water milfoil in ponds and lakes? If you do, you can either respond directly to her at mindy.bankey@dnr.ohio.gov or send me a message and I will forward to her. Thanks so much!

Tribal Representation on CDs

Connie Lee — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 22:47:16 +0000

Our Nevada Revised Statutes are somewhat restrictive regarding who can act as a supervisor (namely those residing in incorporated cities, etc) which by default does not include tribal representation and communication. I am wondering what other states have done to ensure First Nations are included in decision making within their CDs.

Supervisor Per Diem/Pay

Heather Duncan — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 03:04:11 +0000

Sorry for all of my posts and if this has been covered somewhere else. I have tried looking at individual states and not necessarily seeing what I'm looking for. Some supervisors in WV are curious what other supervisors are paid for their per diem, etc. It's my understanding that some states have no payment whatsoever while other states only do reimbursements. WV follows GSA rates for mileage and meals and also allows up to $80/full day compensation. Could you please tell me what your state covers for your supervisors? Thank you!

Communications Surveys of Districts?

Matt Krueger — Tue, 01 Feb 2022 17:06:06 +0000

Hi all, Our state association has an outreach committee that had been mothballed for a few years, but with the hire of our new association communications manager, we've taken the opportunity to revive the committee's efforts. One of the first initiatives we are undertaking is to survey our 72 "districts" (in Wisconsin's case, you'll recall, we have county conservation departments, not districts) to determine their communications needs. We are hoping to answer a few major questions with the survey: - Who are the audiences of importance that need to know about the department's work/services? - What methods of communication is the department using to reach these audiences? - What methods of communication are working well? - What methods of communication do they need assistance with? I'm wondering if any of my ED colleagues whose associations have communications staff (or other comms capacity) have undertaken a similar type of survey of your districts, and if so, whether you would be willing to share the survey design (and results)? Thanks, Matt

RE: Board Self-Evaluations

Heather Duncan — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 14:00:32 +0000

@jnelsonde Thank you! These are great!