The Huntington County Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD), along with several other conservation partners, have provided cost-share opportunities for landowners and/or producers in Huntington County over the past year. These added conservation practices help our environment by reducing erosion of our soil and the amount of nutrients entering our rivers and streams. The District and partners continue to work diligently to promote and encourage the implementation of conservation practices to
319 Grant – This past year the Watershed Management Plan and the Cost Share Program Plan for the Lower Salamonie River Watershed (LSRW) were completed and approved by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Through our cost share program, we had 47 applications submitted for seeding cover crops in the Tier 1 and Tier 2 critical areas in the watershed. Forty-four of those projects were completed and a total of 2,948.4 acres were seeded with cover crops. The total cost share funds allocated for these projects were $76,786.33.
The LSRW group hosted an “On-Site Sewage System Workshop” in which guest speakers provided information about on-site sewage systems, system failures and the importance of proper maintenance and care of your on-site sewage system.
During the final year of our grant, we will continue to conduct water sampling events to monitor levels of contaminants entering our rivers and streams, work with landowners on implementing conservation practices on their farms and hosting a cover crop field day later this summer.
Information about the progress of our 319 Watershed Management Grant and upcoming events, will be provided through news releases, public meetings and included on the Huntington County SWCD website at www.huntingtonswcd.org and the Lower Salamonie Watershed website at https://salamonieriver.wix.com/lsrw.
For more information about conservation programs and events, you can contact the Huntington County SWCD office at 260-356-6816 ext. 3.
The Huntington County Soil and Water Conservation District is committed to promoting the implementation of conservation practices in the urban, rural and agriculture sectors that will protect the environment for future generations.