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Belknap County restores outside-agency funding, forwards 2026 budget after presentations from conservation district and extension
Summary
After hearings from the Belknap County Conservation District and Cooperative Extension about program losses tied to last year’s cuts, commissioners voted unanimously to increase county funding to both outside agencies and to forward the 2026 recommended budget with those adjustments to the delegation for review.
Belknap County commissioners voted unanimously this meeting to increase county funding for two outside agencies and to forward the county’s recommended 2026 budget with those changes for delegation review.
The decisions followed lengthy presentations from the Belknap County Conservation District and the Belknap County Cooperative Extension. Conservation district volunteers explained they had used previously restricted grant dollars to cover operations, placed their sole paid employee on a reduced schedule and scaled back programs including stream restoration work, an equipment-leasing program and a gleaning program that collects surplus farm food for residents. "We're pretty much dead in…
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