FY
2008 (7/1/07 – 6/30/08) Annual Plan
(Excerpt
from Page 1)
Mission
of the Foster Creek Conservation District
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To
protect natural resources; enhance sustainable, profitable
agriculture; and improve the quality of life in
Douglas
County
by:
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Encouraging
good land stewardship through education, incentives, and quality
technical assistance.
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Protecting
individual private property rights.
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Building
strong coalitions with other groups.
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Including
government assistance as a valid conservation partner to
agriculture, by providing quality, intelligent, technical
assistance to cooperators and partners.
Natural Resource Priorities and Goals:
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Facilitating
HB 2514 Watershed Planning for WRIA’s 44 & 50.
The mission of the
Douglas
County
Watershed Planning Association is to determine water resource concerns
and implementation of an action plan to address these concerns for
approximately 1,307,816 acres in WRIA’s 44 & 50.
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The
continued development and initial implementation of a county-wide
Multi Species Habitat Conservation Plan for agricultural lands in
Douglas County to protect twenty wildlife species and their
habitat. Twenty-seven
local citizens and agency people will participate on two
HCP
Committees.
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Continued
implementation of a biocontrol program to control invasive weed
species. This will
result in over fifty site visits with the improvement of water
quality and habitat on approximately sixty properties within
Douglas
County
.
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The
district will continue a cost-share program with landowners to
control additional weed species that have not established
themselves within the county.
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Stream
monitoring on over one-hundred forty miles of stream in
Douglas
County
which will result in
the improvement of riparian area along approximately fifty miles
of stream in
Douglas
County
.
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Continue
long term water quality monitoring on Grimes and
Jameson
Lakes
.
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Continue
long term regional groundwater monitoring in Rimrock Meadows,
Badger
Mountain
, Chelan Springs, and
Chelan Hills.
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The
installation of stream bank erosion control projects within
WRIA’s 44 & 50 to prevent further erosion and improve water
quality.
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Facilitate
renewal of the Conservation Reserve Program and similar programs.
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Facilitate
the creation and management of a regional prairie grouse Local
Working Group.
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Research
the feasibility of developing agriculturally-based renewable
energy in
Douglas
County
.
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Create
protocols and procedures for volunteers and landowners to monitor
wildlife and other natural resources in Douglas County.
Information
& Education
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Foster Creek
Conservation District’s Annual Tour or Conference.
The goal of the Tour or Conference is to bring together 200
local stakeholders, environmental groups, local, state, and
federal elected officials to witness on-the-ground conservation in
a collaborative atmosphere.
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Conservation
Voices Quarterly Newsletter reaches over nine hundred individuals
throughout
Douglas
County
.
Its mission is to educate individuals regarding natural
resources while enhancing sustainable, profitable agriculture.
This newsletter will be published four times per year.
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A
regional Envirothon with the goal of attracting over thirty area
high school students. The
mission of the Envirothon is to develop knowledgeable, skilled and
dedicated citizens who are willing to work towards achieving and
maintaining a natural resource balance between the quality of life
and the quality of the environment.
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Foster
Creek Conservation District’s Annual meeting with South Douglas
Conservation District. The goal of the annual meeting is to
attract over seventy-five local residents.
Issues that will be discussed range from well water
sampling,
Douglas
County MSHCP, possible biocontrol releases, watershed issue, along with
Farm Bill Updates from NRCS and FSA.
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North
Central Washington
Fair Display.
The goal of the fair display is to communicate to
approximately 1,500 local stakeholders and elected officials the
importance of on-the-ground conservation and how a collaborative
effort is important to achieve the goals established by the
Foster Creek
Conservation District.
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Monthly
Foster Creek Conservation District website updates.
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Conduct student field trips
to observe watershed restoration projects.
