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Conservation district reports surge in cost-share requests, cites federal drought wells and state match increase
Summary
A Dickinson County conservation district official told commissioners the district fielded more than two dozen cost-share applications for 2026 and noted federal emergency wells, large nutrient-management grants and a state law that doubled matching education funds.
A representative of the local conservation district told the Dickinson County Commission that the district received more demand for cost-share help than it could fund and that a recent change in state matching rules had increased the county's leverage.
The presenter said federal Farm Service Agency emergency-well work during the drought resulted in 60 wells in Dickinson County and that the conservation district “brought in over $1,250,000 into Dickinson County” in 2024 through partnership with the Natural Resources Conservation Service and FSA. The district reported it obtained an additional $60,000 in local cost share but still had more applications than could be funded for 2025, and said more than 25 new…
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