Technical Assistance for Watershed Improvement in Nebraska 06/01/2020
By Katrina Vaitkus Since 1972, the Middle Niobrara Natural Resources District (MNNRD) has been devoted to helping solve natural resource issues in their area. Many of those issues revolve around erosion and water quality in the Long Pine Creek Watershed. This watershed, which is found in north central Nebraska, encompasses approximately 332,000 acres, many of…… Continue reading →
Forestry Support in Sonoma County with an NACD Technical Assistance Grant 05/26/2020
By Katrina Vaitkus Thanks to an NACD Technical Assistance (TA) Grant, the Sonoma Resource Conservation District (RCD) in California has their first ever professional forester. The district had wanted to bring someone on for a while, but they didn’t have the funds until 2018, when they were awarded their first TA grant. The grant allowed…… Continue reading →
Engineering Technical Assistance Boosts Conservation Practices in Stearns County, Minnesota 05/11/2020
By Katrina Vaitkus In 2018, Stearns County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) in Minnesota was able to hire Mark Greve as their soil and water engineer-in-training thanks to an NACD Technical Assistance (TA) Grant. The district had previously been lacking the technical support for conservation practices that required engineering tasks such as surveying and…… Continue reading →
Hill County-Blackland SWCD Eases Backlog with a 2018 TA Grant 05/05/2020
By Katrina Vaitkus Through a 2018 NACD Technical Assistance Grant, Hill County-Blackland Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) in Texas has been able to remove the backlog that has plagued the district for quite some time. Upon receiving their grant, the district was able to bring on Jai Erwin as a technical support specialist. Erwin…… Continue reading →
Brown County SWCD helping to ‘whittle down’ EQIP backlog 11/05/2018
In January 2018, Ohio’s Brown County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) received a technical assistance grant from the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) designed to add capacity at the local level to provide more assistance to landowners. This technical assistance grant…… Continue reading →