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Stearns Conservation District reports $10.1 million in project funding, director announces May retirement
Summary
Stearns Conservation District presented its 2024 annual report to the Stearns County Board on March 11, citing $10.1 million in state, federal and local funds that supported 78 projects countywide and announcing Director Dennis Fuchs will retire in May.
Dennis Fuchs, presenter for the Stearns Conservation District, told the Stearns County Board of Commissioners on March 11 that the district brought in $10,100,000 in state, federal and local funds in 2024 to support landowner projects across the county.
The annual report, delivered to the board during the county meeting, said the district does not have taxing authority and relies on baseline funding from the county to leverage outside grants. "We brought in $10,100,000 in state, federal, and local funds," Fuchs said, adding those funds went to landowners and were largely state and federal cost-share dollars.
The report…
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