Kosciusko County Conservation District Receives $75,000 from State
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Staff Report-
Kosciusko County received $75,000. Most counties received either $60,000 or $75,000.
The goals of the projects are to seek ways to protect drinking water, improve water quality and assist Indiana residents in gaining knowledge and awareness about the impacts of land use on water resources, according to the announcement from the ISDA.
“Our land and water are our state’s most precious natural resources and conserving what we have is critical to our Hoosier environment and economy,” ISDA Director Ted McKinney said in the announcement. “We are committed to working with our partners to develop more conservation practices and get the necessary funding into the hands of Indiana landowners as quickly as we can.”
The CWI Grants Program provides financial assistance to conservation districts to implement conservation practices to reduce non-point sources of water pollution through education, technical assistance, training and cost-sharing programs.
Statewide, this round of CWI Grant recipient projects bring together local organizations, governments and communities, as well as state and federal agencies, to showcase what conservationists can do when given the resources to make a difference. Proposals were concentrated on unique partnerships; regional technical assistance; centralized office coordination of state, federal and local agencies; and marketing conservation programs to landowners.
Conservation districts were encouraged to work together across county lines and to leverage local, state and federal resources to put more conservation on the land and bring more funds home to landowners, the announcement states. Funded projects demonstrated cooperative conservation by connecting their local business plans to the statewide Indiana Conservation Partnership Strategic Plan.
Technical help to implement the grants will come from district staff, the ISDA’s Division of Soil Conservation, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and local businesses and conservation groups. The grants will help several SWCDs and local land users accelerate the implementation of federal and state conservation programs in their areas.[[In-content Ad]]
Kosciusko County received $75,000. Most counties received either $60,000 or $75,000.
The goals of the projects are to seek ways to protect drinking water, improve water quality and assist Indiana residents in gaining knowledge and awareness about the impacts of land use on water resources, according to the announcement from the ISDA.
“Our land and water are our state’s most precious natural resources and conserving what we have is critical to our Hoosier environment and economy,” ISDA Director Ted McKinney said in the announcement. “We are committed to working with our partners to develop more conservation practices and get the necessary funding into the hands of Indiana landowners as quickly as we can.”
The CWI Grants Program provides financial assistance to conservation districts to implement conservation practices to reduce non-point sources of water pollution through education, technical assistance, training and cost-sharing programs.
Statewide, this round of CWI Grant recipient projects bring together local organizations, governments and communities, as well as state and federal agencies, to showcase what conservationists can do when given the resources to make a difference. Proposals were concentrated on unique partnerships; regional technical assistance; centralized office coordination of state, federal and local agencies; and marketing conservation programs to landowners.
Conservation districts were encouraged to work together across county lines and to leverage local, state and federal resources to put more conservation on the land and bring more funds home to landowners, the announcement states. Funded projects demonstrated cooperative conservation by connecting their local business plans to the statewide Indiana Conservation Partnership Strategic Plan.
Technical help to implement the grants will come from district staff, the ISDA’s Division of Soil Conservation, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and local businesses and conservation groups. The grants will help several SWCDs and local land users accelerate the implementation of federal and state conservation programs in their areas.[[In-content Ad]]
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