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Soil and water report: tire collection, ash tree grant progress and state environmental funding boost
Summary
A soil-and-water committee update to the Clinton County Legislature reported a nearly 900-tire pickup, resumed USDA conservation payments and progress on an ash tree management grant following state budget increases in environmental funding.
A soil-and-water committee report delivered to the Clinton County Legislature on May 28 said local partners collected nearly 900 tires in a recent pickup, payments for some USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service programs that had been delayed have resumed, and an ash tree management grant is moving toward contract execution with municipal outreach beginning.
The committee representative reported the pickup recovered "almost a thousand tires, like 900 and some odd," and said federal funding deposits that had delayed certain conservation program payments have started flowing again for newly approved applications. The report said the ash tree management grant discussions have started with municipal leaders to plan inventory and removal priorities and that the state contract for that grant is close to execution.
The report also noted the state budget included a $25,000,000 increase in environmental protection funding, which the committee said could have direct benefits for the district's soil-and-water conservation work, including nonpoint source pollution-control projects and water districts. The Agriculture and Environmental Management (ADM) program was mentioned: round 19 is under development and includes a three-year action-plan funding of over $600,000 for technical assistance; committee staff said a newly hired technical staff member may qualify to serve in that role.
No county-level allocations or project start dates were specified in the meeting record. Committee members said they will coordinate with municipal leaders in affected towns, including Champlain, to develop inventories and disbursement plans to stretch available funds.
The topics were reported as updates rather than items requiring immediate legislative votes; the legislature accepted the committee report and moved on to other business.
