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Bourbon County Conservation District urges commissioners to keep $40,000 contribution to preserve state match
Summary
Board chair and the district’s sole employee told commissioners that county funding triggers state and federal cost‑share dollars; they warned that cutting county support would end state matching funds and the district’s programs.
Jared Pollack, chair of the Bourbon County Conservation District, and Mandy (the district’s sole employee) asked Bourbon County commissioners to maintain a $40,000 county contribution that the district uses as the local match for state conservation programs.
Pollack said the district serves as a hub for conservation work — coordinating Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) technical assistance, state water resource cost‑share contracts, nonpoint source pollution control funds and cost‑share programs for producers. He told commissioners that county support unlocks…
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