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7-12-2011

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GILLESPIE COUNTY SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION
DISTRICT #220

Gillespie County, Texas

NRCS CONSERVATION PROGRAMS

USDA NRCS staff works with local landowners and Gillespie County SWCD in a variety of federal cost-shared programs. Visit the TX NRCS web page at http://www.tx.nrcs.usda.gov/programs/ for a list of programs and to learn how NRCS can help ranchers and farmers.

On June 20, 2011, Gillespie County SWCD hosted a Local Work Group meeting with NRCS to rank eight resource concerns for Cropland, Pastureland, & Rangeland for EQIP (the Environmental Quality Incentives Program). Concerns are ranked 1 through 8, with 1 being the highest. Here are the results:

RESOURCE CONCERNS	CROP	PASTURE	RANGE
Soil Erosion	1	2	2
Soil Condition	4	4	4
Water Quantity	2	1	1
Water Quality	3	3	3
Air Quality	7	7	8
Domestic Animal	6	6	6
Plant Condition & Health	5	5	5
Fish and Wildlife	8	8	7
COUNTY FUNDING % BY LANDUSE	5%	10%	85%

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