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Highland County SWCD announces $873K grant for Rocky Fork Watershed conservation Highland County SWCD district technician Chuck Williams and operations manager Pam Bushelman are pictured at the April 28 commission meeting. (HCP Photo/Caitlin Forsha) During the April 28 Highland County commission meeting, representatives of the Highland County Soil & Water Conservation District announced that they were awarded an $873,000 grant Monday through the Regional Conservation Partnership Program.
Highland County SWCD operations manager Pam Bushelman and district technician Chuck Williams said that the SWCD was announced April 26 as one of just 10 districts across the country to be awarded this grant through the United States Department of Agriculture. This $873,152 local grant is one of 85 grants across the U.S., to
Briefs: Grant program to enhance Lake Erie
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New grant program to enhance Lake Erie water quality
REYNOLDSBURG – The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded the Ohio Department of Agriculture s Division of Soil and Water Conservation a five-year, $8-million grant to assist in Ohio’s work to improve water quality in Lake Erie.
Administered by the National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), the grant funding will support the H2Ohio initiative by assisting farmers in developing nutrient management plans and conservation practices in Crawford, Erie, Huron, Marion, Ottawa, Richland, Sandusky, Seneca, Shelby and Wyandot counties.
Program to enhance Lake Erie water quality efforts Published by sports@presspub. on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 1:25pm
The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) announced today that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded ODA’s Division of Soil and Water Conservation a five-year, $8-million grant to assist in Ohio’s work to improve water quality in Lake Erie.
Administered by the National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), the grant funding will support Governor Mike DeWine’s H2Ohio initiative by assisting farmers in developing nutrient management plans and conservation practices in Crawford, Erie, Huron, Marion, Ottawa, Richland, Sandusky, Seneca, Shelby, and Wyandot counties.
Jun 15, 2021 to Jun 17, 2021
USDA is investing $330 million in 85 locally driven, public-private partnerships to address climate change, improve the nation’s water quality, combat drought, enhance soil health, support wildlife habitat and protect agricultural viability. Projects are awarded through the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP).
“The Regional Conservation Partnership Program is public-private partnerships working at their best,” said NRCS Acting Chief Terry Cosby. “These new projects will harness the power of partnerships to help bring about solutions to natural resource concerns across the country while supporting our efforts to combat the climate crisis.”
Through RCPP, conservation partners work in collaboration with NRCS to help farmers, ranchers and forest landowners to implement systems that conserve water and soil resources, improve the health of wildlife habitats and increase climate resilience
Deadline fast approaching for new proposed Ohio redistricting change: Capitol Letter
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Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman, a Lima Republican, explains to reporters his reasoning for proposing allowing lawmakers to change the state s redistricting deadlines on Tuesday, April 27, 2021.
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New deadline crunch: The state legislature has until next week to carry out Senate President Matt Huffman’s last-minute plan to ask voters to let lawmakers change the deadlines for Ohio’s upcoming redistricting process. Per Andrew Tobias, Huffman wants to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot for the Aug. 3 election, the filing deadline for which is May 5. Huffman, a Republican, also said he thinks Democratic opposition would tank the plan, so he plans to not move forward with the proposed amendment if there isn’t bipartisan support.