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Conservation districts ask Vermont committee to build modest base funding to leverage federal grants
Summary
The Vermont Association of Conservation Districts told the Natural Resources & Energy committee Feb. 13 it seeks $948,200 in state support (including prior one‑time funds) to sustain staff and locally led projects that leverage federal NRCS funding and enable dam removals, stormwater work and septic assistance.
Michelle Munro, executive director of the Vermont Association of Conservation Districts, told the Natural Resources & Energy committee on Feb. 13 that the state’s 14 locally led conservation districts need a modest increase in flexible state funding to sustain staff and keep leveraging federal grants.
Munro said the districts are asking for $948,200 in total state support for the coming year; she described that figure as the overall funding request that includes the $612,000 the districts have received as base funding through the Agency of Agriculture plus a $250,000 one‑time appropriation they received this year and would like folded into an ongoing allocation. "This money that we receive from the state is the most flexible…
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