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Cody Conservation District seeks county support for shared NRCS position, warns of grant uncertainty
Summary
Cody Conservation District leaders told Park County commissioners they are pursuing a shared employee with NRCS, asked commissioners to consider $22,000 per year in county support, described plans for a potential mill-levy election and asked the county to consider vehicle help; no budget decision was made.
Russ Dwire, chairman of the Cody Conservation District, told the Park County Board of Commissioners during their meeting that the district is pursuing a shared position with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and is asking the county to consider annual funding of $22,000 to cost-share the position.
Dwire said the position would assist with on-the-ground projects, provide design and engineering help for conservation practices such as irrigation pivots, handle paperwork required by NRCS cost-share programs and — over time — could broaden certification and inspection capacity so local residents would not always wait for distant NRCS personnel. He said the district is proceeding with hiring even though federal grant funding is uncertain and NRCS has indicated some funding reductions.
The district also updated commissioners on a proposal for a mail-ballot mill levy for the Cody Conservation District. Dwire and other…
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