Wasco County SWCD, Oregon
District Priorities

District Resource Priorities (in order)

1A.    Oregon Plan for salmon and watersheds (Clean Water and ESA)

1.             Pasture and Cropland Erosion

2.             Irrigation Water Management system inefficiencies and operator practices

3.             Streambank erosion

4.             Water quality agricultural non-point source pollution including animal waste, sediment, ag chemical runoff

5.             Other (Farm and Forest land related)

a.       Rangeland Management

b.      Wind Erosion

c.       Upstream flood control

d.      Drainage

e.       Forest Management

f.        Fish & Wildlife Habitat Improvement

6.             Other (non-agriculture related) conservation activities should be undertaken only when higher priority needs are met.

 

Operations Priorities

District operations priorities shall be based on contribution toward the resource priorities above and the identified priority needs for:

1.  District funding, capability improvement, & mandatory items

2.  Hands-on, agriculture/environmental information, education, and demonstration projects

 

Updated 5/9/05


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